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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
Case Study

Disaster Preparedness for Climate change in Nicaragua

12 May 2014
In Nicaragua, a pilot climate change and disaster risk reduction initiative, supported by the Netherlands Red Cross through the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, aims at strengthening the Nicaraguan Red Cross’s capacity to carry out local-leve...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation
Case Study

Disaster preparedness and response: building up from the ground up

12 May 2014
The concept of National Disaster Response Teams (NDRTs), known in some contexts as National Intervention Teams, has evolved as the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement seeks the most appropriate and effective mechanisms to address the ch...
Case Study
Case Study

Preparedness for response to future disaster risk reduction: The Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society experience

12 May 2014
Evidence from recent disasters in other locations, shows that initial support, and a very significant portion of the total support provided, comes from the local community. With this in mind, in 2001 the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Society (SARCS) began...
Case Study
Guidance material

Characteristics of a Well Prepared National Society for Situations of Disaster and Conflict

12 May 2014
In 2001, disaster preparedness delegates from the IFRC and staff from different National Societies defined the characteristics of a well-prepared National Society. Their aim was to prepare a simple tool for disaster preparedness planning. This docume...
Guidance material

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