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Cities and climate resilience: reflections from the World Urban Forum 2024

Avatar photo Cale Johnstone 27 Nov 2024
Following the conclusion of COP29 this week, a critical area of discussion in climate mitigation and adaptation is the role of the urban context. Whil...

Putting children and youth at the centre of disaster risk reduction and community resilience building

Avatar photo Cale Johnstone 11 Oct 2024
In 2024, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, celebrated on the 13th of October, is focused on the theme of ‘Empowering the next g...

From Local Infrastructure to National Policies: How the Albanian Red Cross Leads the Way in Building Resilient Communities

Global Disaster Preparedness Center 09 Oct 2024
With a rich history spanning over a century, the Albanian Red Cross has been at the forefront of disaster preparedness and response efforts, from addr...

Dominica Building Resilience Through Community Early Warning Systems

Sarita Maurya 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...

Preparing for the Disasters in Harsh Weather Conditions: Positioning Disaster Management within the Climate Framework

Avatar photo Yasuhiro Soshino 27 Aug 2024
Picture this: A powerful earthquake strikes, and thousands flee to a gymnasium-turned-shelter. Instead of finding safety, evacuees face a new threat: ...

Accelerating Climate Action through University Students in Indonesia

Avatar photo Aynur Kadihasanoglu 17 Jul 2024
The Coastal City Resilience and Heat Action Project (CoCHAP) stands as a testament to collaborative resilience-building efforts supported by the USAID...

Scaling Up Resilience: How Red Cross of Montenegro is Transforming Flood Preparedness

Global Disaster Preparedness Center 09 Jul 2024
From earthquakes and floods to COVID-19 and population movements, the Red Cross of Montenegro plays a pivotal role in bolstering the nation’s ca...

Empowering Communities, Influencing National Change: The Mexican Red Cross’ Approach to Flood Resilience

Global Disaster Preparedness Center 05 Jun 2024
Leading the way in strengthening community resilience, the Mexican Red Cross is at the forefront of impactful disaster preparedness and risk reduction...

Future of Urban for Red Cross Red Crescent

Avatar photo Aynur Kadihasanoglu 09 May 2024
THIS THOUGHT PIECE IS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR IFRC SOLFERINO ACADEMYAuthors: Aynur Kadihasanoglu (lead author), Julie Arrighi and Ian O’Donnell F...

Digital mapping the cities and communities to understand risks and vulnerabilities

Avatar photo Aynur Kadihasanoglu 20 Apr 2024
Around ending of December to January month as a way of complimenting the achievements of the previous City-Wide Risk Assessment Tanzania Red Cross Soc...

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Teaching Children About Resilience in Rural Panama
Anna Vichnevetskaia 03 May 2016
In the rural communities of Guabito and Puente Blanco, located in Panama, children are helping spread the message about resilience. Thanks to the init...
Nepal earthquake: How a GO BAG (Emergency Kit) became the Bag for Survival
Amod Bhattarai 08 Jan 2016
On April 25, 2015, an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.8M killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000 in Nepal. This is the sec...
Nepal earthquake: Preparing for an inevitable uncertainty
Amod Bhattarai 21 Dec 2015
On April 25, 2015, an earthquake with a magnitude of over 7.8M killed more than 9,000 people and injured more than 23,000 in Nepal. This is the first ...
Focus on: the First Aid app of the Hellenic Red Cross
Philip Conor Farrell 24 Jun 2015
“With the app we feel closer to the people!” As part of the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GD...
OpenStreetMap in Humanitarian Response
Avatar photo Jessica Ports Robbins 07 May 2015
The following story was written by Lena Kang, GDPC Knowledge Management Intern, based on the learning events and discussions at the inaugural HOT Summ...
Helping Ebola survivors survive in Sierra Leone
Global Disaster Preparedness Center 22 Apr 2015
By Lisa Pattison, IFRC Without a doubt, stepping over the threshold to leave an Ebola treatment centre for the last time gives a patient a certain deg...
Being an Ebola responder at an Ebola treatment center: the story of Francis Nallu
Global Disaster Preparedness Center 22 Apr 2015
This is the story of Francis Nallu, an Infection Prevention Control Supervisor, working at the Ebola treatment center (ETC). I supervise and train a l...
The pain of surviving Ebola
Global Disaster Preparedness Center 22 Apr 2015
By Anita Dullard, IFRC As the streets of Bopolu city wake, Tenneh Kamara sits quietly, hands in her lap and voice low. Motorcycle taxis have already b...
Surviving Ebola: Jerald’s story.
Global Disaster Preparedness Center 22 Apr 2015
Jerald P. Dennis contracted the deadly Ebola virus disease while attending a funeral in Liberia. After spending ten days as a patient in an Ebola trea...
International Response Operations: Perspectives from HQ
Global Disaster Preparedness Center 15 Apr 2015
The following story was written by Lena Kang, Knowledge Management Intern, GDPC, based from an interview with Tracy Reines, Director of the Internatio...
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