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World Disasters Report 2009 – Early Warning Early Action

05 Jun 2015
The World Disasters Report 2009 focuses on disaster risk reduction under the title Early Warning Early Action. The report emphasizes the need to invest in a culture of prevention. Early action is portrayed as an investment for the future, and far mo...
Report, Video, Early Warning Systems
Video

Haiti – Preparing for disaster

05 Jun 2015
Haiti’s rainy season, followed by the hurricane season, bring hardship to thousands of people every year. Serious rains and landslides have already hit Haiti, causing loss of life and devastation in some parts of the country. Eighteen months af...
Video, Early Warning Systems, Public Awareness and Public Education
Video

Mozambique floods

05 Jun 2015
The heaviest flooding in over a decade to hit southern Mozambique has affected almost 250,000 people and destroyed towns and livelihoods. The floods have claimed 113 lives, which is still far fewer than similar floods in 2000 when over 900 people die...
Video, Flood, Livelihoods and Food Security
Video

Early Warning Early Action

05 Jun 2015
The IFRC has focused its planning 2009-2010 on early warning, early action. This entails proactively using existing knowledge and resources to better identify risks and to act before disasters happen. This community-based, preventive approach not onl...
Video
Guidance material, Training material, Video

Setting up a National Disaster Preparedness and Response Mechanism – Guidelines for National Societies (NDPRM)

05 Jun 2015
This publication presents a set of practical guidelines that are designed to support National Societies in developing the processes, systems, teams and individuals involved in preparing for and responding to disasters. The guidelines acknowledge that...
Guidance material, Training material, Video, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management
Video

Disaster Risk Reduction Is A Development Issue

04 Jun 2015
A changing climate and rapidly growing exposure to disaster risk presents the world with an unprecedented challenge. For developing countries, both less able to cope with the impact and more likely to be affected, the challenge is particularly severe...
Video, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Resilience
Awareness material, Guidance material

Psychosocial Recovery Training Toolkit

01 Jun 2015
Training to build understanding of psychosocial recovery to support those working in varied roles in disaster recovery. This training was originally inspired by the need among personnel working on the ground post-earthquake in Christchurch, New Zeala...
Awareness material, Guidance material, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Post-Disaster Recovery
Guidance material

All Under One Roof: Disability Inclusive Shelter and Settlement Guidelines

22 May 2015
These guidelines are the result of institutional collaboration between IFRC, CBM and Handicap International, and between the Shelter & Settlements and Health Departments within IFRC. The aim is to transform the way humanitarian organisations a...
Guidance material
Guidance material

Inclusive Disaster Risk Management: A framework and toolkit for DRM practitioners

20 May 2015
The Inclusive DRM Framework and Toolkit is the result of two years’ work as part of the regional project Inclusive Resilience for Sustainable Disaster Risk Management by the INCRISD South Asia Consortium. The project was carried out in Afghanistan,...
Guidance material
Assessment or evaluation, Report

Market Analysis in Emergencies

20 May 2015
The recent emphasis on market analysis has been on its use in the relatively new modality of cash transfers, but it is relevant for all kinds of agency response. Understanding how markets are affected by crises and how agency response can both be inf...
Assessment or evaluation, Report

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