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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
Report

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
Case Study

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...
Case Study
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...
Case Study
Case Study

Climate-informed reduction of disaster risk

12 May 2014
This leaflet provides a review of the accomplishments and remaining tasks of the Pledge Project, which was born in 2007 when the Netherlands government and Red Cross jointly pledged to help a pilot group of National Societies adapt their efforts to r...
Case Study, Climate Change Adaptation
Guidance material

Food security and nutrition policy

09 May 2014
This policy establishes the basis of Red Cross and Red Crescent action in food security. It applies to all types of food security programming i.e. risk reduction, disaster preparedness, response or recovery at local, national, regional and internatio...
Guidance material, Livelihoods and Food Security
Guidance material

IFRC Guidelines for Livelihoods programming

09 May 2014
This is a practical ‘how to’ guide aimed at National Society programme managers and field staff wishing to start or improve livelihoods programming under an early recovery or developmental programme. It builds on the experience of a number of par...
Guidance material, Livelihoods and Food Security
Guidance material

Nutrition Guidelines

09 May 2014
The nutrition guidelines contain information and advice on globally accepted best practices to combat malnutrition and is intended to support “evidence-based programming” (i.e., interventions that are proven by careful research to be successful i...
Guidance material, Livelihoods and Food Security

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