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Inclusive and Accessible Early Warning/Early Action (EWEA) Challenge
Calling on Innovative Early Warning Early Action Champions! If you’re a Red Cross Red Crescent active volunteer, staff or team, the Solferino Academy and the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) have an exciting challenge for you. The Inclusive and Accessible Early Warning/Early Action (EWEA) Challenge focuses on ways Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies work toward inclusive and accessible programming for Early …
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Read MoreNew Teen Prep Kit Supports Young People to Get Started with Disaster Preparedness
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center and the American Red Cross are pleased to announce the launch of Teen Prep Kit, a unique resource designed to ...
Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them. Here’s how
After devastating earthquakes, it’s common to see discussion of earthquake prediction. An earthquake prediction requires, in advance, the specif...
Working with local partners – and nature – for flood resilience
Building on the successful cooperation between the Red Cross of Montenegro and the municipality of Golubovci on the repair and construction of a flood...
Successful Completion of Small Grants II: Youth Trailblaze Urban Climate Action in Asia Pacific
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2021 the Asia Pacific Urban Community Resilience Hub launched the 2nd Urban Community Resilience Small Grants,...
Leaders and Data Driven Decision Making: Why it Matters
The importance of data in informing sound decision making for management and key stakeholders cannot be over emphasized especially in this period and ...
The IFRC Alert Hub Initiative Spurs Innovation for Effective Emergency Alerting
An amazing surge of innovations in emergency alerting is happening now to ensure accurate and actionable emergency alerts reach communities around the...
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Tanah: The Tsunami and Earthquake Fighter A Mobile App Helping Kids Be Prepared! ‘Tanah: The Tsunami and Earthquake Fighter‘ is a disaster prepa...
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