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Advocacy report- The road to strengthening community resilience in East Africa-Investing in National Societies volunteers and partnerships

23 Nov 2013
This report considers the extent to which Red Cross Red Crescent volunteer action is strengthening community resilience in East Africa, focusing specifically on the unique role of volunteers, and emphasizing the role of National Societies as respecte...
Awareness material, Communication As Aid, Early Warning Systems, Mobile Technology, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Report

Awareness to Action

20 Nov 2013
On June 27–28, 2012, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Red Cross (Red Cross) hosted a workshop to discuss how to improve preparedness messaging to encourage the public to prepare themselves and their families for a dis...
Report
Research

Preparedness in America: Research Insights to Increase Individual, Organizational, and Community Action

20 Nov 2013
Advances our understanding of the complexities of motivating the public to prepare by examining trend data on personal preparedness behaviors and by providing findings on several new areas of analysis: Exploring the relationship between preparedness ...
Research
Guidance material

The Road to Resilience: Bridging relief and development for a more sustainable future

20 Nov 2013
IFRC takes a look at resilience and the inherent link between humanitarian action and long-term development in this discussion paper. It focuses on sustainability and offers an array of community level examples that are useful references. IFRC R...
Guidance material, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management

Case Study: Mozambique- cyclone early warning system in practice

13 Nov 2013
In 2000 and 2001, severe floods struck large areas of Mozambique. The devastating impact of the flooding, and the relative lack of disaster preparedness among affected communities, provided the impetus and the opportunity for the Mozambique Red C...
Early Warning Systems
Case Study

The Red Cross Red Crescent and the Hyogo Framework for Action – Focus on the Asia/Pacific region

13 Nov 2013
This document describes some of the ways that National Societies in the Asia-Pacific region have been contributing to the implementation of the five priorities of the Hyogo Framework Action, grouped according to the main activities under each priori...
Case Study, Early Warning Systems
Guidance material

Early Warning – Early Action: A Regional Guideline for Effective Engagement

13 Nov 2013
The purpose of this guideline is to provide guidance to the National Societies on effectively enhancing and supporting Early Warning Systems (EWS) in their respective countries, particularly at the community level. This publication is meant to iden...
Guidance material, Early Warning Systems
Guidance material

Early Warning, Early Action: The RCRC answer to rising climate risks

13 Nov 2013
When disasters strike, Red Cross Red Crescent volunteers are often among the first to provide relief to the victims. But in most cases, we can save more lives and reduce more suffering if we can act before a disaster.We have known for decades now t...
Guidance material
Guidance material

Public Awareness and Public Education for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Guide

13 Nov 2013
This guide is designed to help National Societies to plan and develop public awareness and public education efforts for disaster risk reduction. It supports two key IFRC documents – Strategy 2020 and A Framework for Community Safety and Resilience ...
Guidance material, Public Awareness and Public Education
Case Study

Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into development: challenges and experience in the Philippines

11 Nov 2013
This case study was undertaken by the ProVention Consortium in support of the process to mainstream disaster risk reduction into development, examining experience to date and challenges ahead in mainstreaming at a country level. The paper focuses on ...
Case Study, Disaster Law

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