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Flagship 4 handbook

16 May 2014
Since the inception of the 9 minimum characteristics of a disaster resilient community in Nepal, there have been many questions by Government, implementing agencies, researchers, and community members on how to operationalise these characteristics. T...
Guidance material
Guidance material

دليل الحد من مخاطر الكوارث

13 May 2014
يعرض هذا المورد دليل للحد من مخاطر الكوارث، بما في ذلك قسم تقييم الضعف والمقدرات في الشرق الأوسط
Guidance material
Case Study

Population movement and the Chittagong Hill Tracts development programme

12 May 2014
In 1999 the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) decided to use the “Better Programming Initiative” (BPI), the conflict-sensitive approach to programming adopted by the International Federation in 1998, to plan a new Chittagong Hill Tracts dev...
Case Study
Case Study

Population movement and the Nepal Red Cross Society

12 May 2014
Since the early 1990s, more than 100,000 refugees – mainly Bhutanese of Nepali origin – having been living in seven refugee camps in the south-eastern corner of Nepal. They fled Bhutan following the introduction of the government’s “One Natio...
Case Study
Report

Aid: supporting or undermining recovery? Lessons from the Better Programming Initiative

12 May 2014
Better Programming Initiative (BPI) analysis in six countries has demonstrated that the beneficiaries targeted by the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, the staff hired, the sources used to inform needs assessments, the...
Report
Case Study

Empowering communities to prepare for cyclones

12 May 2014
Cox’s Bazar District is in the Bay of Bengal, at the south-eastern corner of Bangladesh, bordering Myanmar. It is particularly vulnerable to the tropical cyclones that frequently hit the region, causing deadly storm surges and wind damage. The wors...
Case Study, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone
Case Study

Sri Lanka Red Cross Society , IFRC – Working with Children for a Culture of Prepardeness

12 May 2014
Insufficient knowledge on risks and risk reduction measures exposes communities to greater impact of hazards. Schools can play a major role in reducing the vulnerability of students and local communities. Educating school teachers and students on eff...
Case Study
Case Study

Drought in El Salvador: response and mitigation

12 May 2014
In mid-September 2001, the International Federation launched an appeal which emphasised the need to develop short, medium and long-term strategies to reverse the effects of drought in El Salvador. The Spanish Red Cross, the Salvadorean Red Cross Soci...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation, Drought
Case Study

Reducing risks in Nepal’s disaster-prone communities

12 May 2014
In Nepal, a successful community-based disaster preparedness (CBDP) programme has shown that, through increasing communities’ capacities, it is possible to reduce risks at the local level. This resource presents the intervention carried out by the ...
Case Study
Guidance material

Manual for facilitators in Community Based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) – Make that change (Better be ready)

12 May 2014
This manual for facilitators in Community Based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) is the result of a decade of work of various Caribbean Red Cross Societies and draws on the experience of hundreds of Red Cross volunteers and beneficiaries. It also reflect...
Guidance material

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