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Webinar: 2023 El Nino – Impact, Preparedness, Funding

26 Sep 2023
The El Niño phenomenon is strengthening in the Africa Region with severe impacts predicted for Eastern and Southern Africa. To help African National Societies and their partners anticipate and prepare for the likely impacts of the El Niño phenomena...
Video, Early Warning Systems, Risk Assessment
Guidance material

Community Brigades – Solutions Brief

20 Sep 2023
This solution brief forms part of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance’s solutions series. The solution series aims to improve outreach and impact of such resilient practices at a global level. This brief explores how the Mexican Red Cross have...
Guidance material, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Community Engagement and Accountability, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Case Study

‘Emergent advocacy’ in long-term programming

19 Sep 2023
After years of community-based work coupled with iterative sharing with local, regional, and national government actors, the Mexican Red Cross’ community brigades approach has been formally recognized by organizations and government at all levels. ...
Case Study, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Case Study

La “incidencia emergente” en la programación a largo plazo

19 Sep 2023
Tras años de trabajo basado en la comunidad, junto con un intercambio iterativo con actores gubernamentales locales, regionales y nacionales, el enfoque de las brigadas comunitarias de la Cruz Roja Mexicana ha sido reconocido formalmente por organiz...
Case Study, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report

Towards effective early warning systems: Impact and lessons from Nepal and Peru

01 Sep 2023
Towards effective early warning systems: Impact and lessons from Nepal and Peru. A report with findings from Practical Action’s commissioned assessment to better understand the impact of our people-centred early warning system (EWS) programming...
Report, Early Warning Systems
Case Study

Pathways toward change: A model for growth Insights from the Mexican Red Cross’ Flood Resilience Program

31 Aug 2023
This case study explores the model used by the Mexican Red Cross to set up their Alliance program for long-term operation, scalability, and impact. The details of the program’s growth and expansion are particular to the Mexican Red Cross’ experie...
Case Study, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Case Study

Un modelo de crecimiento: las vías hacia el cambio Experiencias del Proyecto de Resiliencia ante Inundaciones de la Cruz Roja Mexicana

31 Aug 2023
Este caso de estudio explora el modelo utilizado por la Cruz Roja Mexicana para la implementación, escalamiento e impacto del proyecto a largo plazo dentro de la Alianza. Los detalles del crecimiento y la expansión son particulares y resultado de...
Case Study, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Case Study, Research

Indigenous knowledge, community resilience, and health emergency preparedness

09 Aug 2023
In this Commentary, the authors reflect on the commonalities of Indigenous actions across multiple settings, recently synthesized at a COVID Observatories workshop at the Keystone Foundation in Kotagiri, India (March 19–21, 2023). The COVID-19 pand...
Case Study, Research, COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Case Study, Research

Communicating storm surge risks via risk communication websites: a novel approach

26 Jul 2023
Websites related to storm surge risks mostly follow an instructive approach, often combining flood risk maps with historical information on floods, and instructions on how to behave in case of an approaching emergency, such as a dike break. Sometimes...
Case Study, Research, Community Engagement and Accountability
Case Study, Research

A Concept for Creating Mobile Games for Enhanced Disaster Preparedness in Cooperation with Local Communities

26 Jul 2023
This paper shows how educational games for enhanced disaster preparedness can be created in cooperation / collaboration with local communities. The specific case presented discusses how students from the local university (here: La Plata National Univ...
Case Study, Research, Community Engagement and Accountability

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