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Community mitigation and awareness raising activities in Central Asia

12 May 2014
This case study provides information on community mitigation and awareness activities undertaken in Central Asia by the Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan, the Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan and the Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan.
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Case Study

Risk reduction in practice: a Philippines case study

12 May 2014
Since 1995, the PNRC has broadened its approach towards more proactive risk reduction. With support from the Danish Red Cross (DRC), PNRC initiated community-based disaster preparedness in five mountain, coastal and urban provinces. Much can be done ...
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Case Study

Solomon Islands – From risk assessment to community actions

12 May 2014
For many years, the concept of community risk reduction has been a priority in the Red Cross programmes in the Pacific. Some National Societies have, however, been struggling to find an effective way to turn this priority into meaningful community-ba...
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Case Study

Assessing Quality and Cost Benefit – A Philippines Case Study

12 May 2014
This document includes background on community based disaster risk reduction programming in the Philippines and an overview of a comprehensive recent Quality Impact Assessment and Cost Benefit Analysis undertaken to document the impact of that progra...
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Case Study

Kenyan droughts: a community based approach

12 May 2014
In 2001 the Spanish Red Cross (SRC) initiated a bilateral cooperation with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) on a long term basis. This programme focuses on developing branch capacities through training to enable the KRCS Machakos branch to mobilize...
Case Study, Drought
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Community based disaster risk reduction study – Latin America and the Caribbean

12 May 2014
This report details the findings of the research undertaken in 2012 in Latin America and the Caribbean, examining the characteristics of a safe and resilient community and the key determinants of a successful CBDRR programme. Published in 2013.
Report
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The long road to resilience – Impact and cost-benefit analysis of community-based disaster risk reduction in Bangladesh

12 May 2014
For more than three decades, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has been aiming to reduce this vulnerability by building up local disaster preparedness capacities and by applying numerous tools to reduce risks. Since 1996, it has been runnin...
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Case Study

Measuring cost benefits of community disaster risk reduction in Ilam, Nepal

12 May 2014
The following case study provides an overview of a Cost benefit analysis (CBA) that was conducted for disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities which were implemented by the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), with the support of the British Red Cross and...
Case Study
Report

Zambezi River Basin Initiative

12 May 2014
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) southern Africa office was asked to appoint a technical team to support the development of the Zambezi River Basin Initiative (ZRBI) concept. The ZRBI represents a shared ...
Report
Case Study

From risk assessment to road safety with the Yemen Red Crescent Society

12 May 2014
In 2001, the Yemen Red Crescent Society (YRCS) conducted a vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) study in Hajjah and Hodeidah governorates. The study showed that traffic accidents are a major hazard and the YRCS decided to initiate a pilot road...
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