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New 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 help teenagers better prepare for emergencies and disasters. The Teen Prep Kit takes activities created by teens across the RCRC Movement and brings them together to create a one-of-a-kind emergency and disaster preparedness resource for students aged 13-19. …
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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...
Nepal’s Municipal Disaster Risk Governance Assessment Tool: a case study on strengthening disaster risk management
Nepal Red Cross Society volunteers and local people strengthen a breached embankment to prevent floodwater from entering their settlement. Photo by Ne...
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Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in October 2021 the Asia Pacific Urban Community Resilience Hub launched the 2nd Urban Community Resilience Small Grants,...
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