Featured Stories
Sorry, we couldn't find any posts. Please try a different search.
Strengthening Risk Governance from the Ground Up: Nepal’s MDRGA Tool in Action
30 Apr 2025
Authors: Bhesh Parajuli | Cale Johnstone | Anil Rai Local Solutions for Local Risks Disaster risk is most acutely felt—and most effectively managedâ...
Telecross Redi: Heatwave Service
17 Apr 2025
Extreme weather events pose significant risks to vulnerable populations, especially those who are isolated or have underlying health conditions. In re...
Pre-Financing Anticipatory Action: A Practical Guide for National Societies
28 Feb 2025
Anticipatory action is expanding and being mainstreamed across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. As National Societies add more Early Action Protoc...
Double Jeopardy: Addressing compound flood and heatwave events
20 Feb 2025
Compound events, such as floods and heatwaves occurring in close succession or simultaneously, can interact in a way that creates more severe outcomes...
Preparedness for winter weather and response by National Societies in Europe and Central Asia
13 Jan 2025
This briefing note outlines common winter weather hazards experienced across Europe and Central Asia, and the ways in which National Societies are pre...
Dominica Building Resilience Through Community Early Warning Systems
04 Sep 2024
Setting the Scene ​​​​​Dominica is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, the impacts of which have already been experienced wh...
More Stories
Filter
According to the World Bank, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing more than 1.6 billion children and youth to be out of school in 161 countries. This is c...
07 May 2020
Tanah: The Tsunami and Earthquake Fighter A Mobile App Helping Kids Be Prepared! ‘Tanah: The Tsunami and Earthquake Fighter‘ is a disaster prepa...
13 Mar 2020
Ombretta Baggio, IFRC Senior Advisor, Community Engagement and Accountability In more than two months, the number of people confirmed to have been inf...
18 Feb 2020
For many of us, identifying and planning better habits extend well beyond they first few days in the new year. In fact, it is probably more effective ...
The use of virtual reality simulations in a variety of training and pedagogical contexts is expanding, reflective of an upward trend in immersive tech...
10 Oct 2019
As part of the project “LARRA Actividades de Reducción de Riesgo de Latinoamérica,” the American Red Cross in coordination with the Nat...
07 Oct 2019
“I volunteer because I love learning lifesaving skills. This is how I can support my community,†remarks Tarin Akther from her school in Banglades...
23 Aug 2019
“Each and every person here has huge potential. We just have to bring it out,†says Harun al Rashid—an American Red Cross staff member traini...
16 Aug 2019
Over the past two years, more than 700,000 people have fled Rakhine State, Myanmar to seek safety in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Many arrived injured, ...
24 Apr 2019
Originally publish on March 2019. View The World conference on Health and Climate Change organised by the French Red Cross took place in Cannes on 15 ...