Understanding community resilience and program factors that strengthen them. A comprehensive study of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies tsunami operation. The IFRC’s response and recovery operation in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami refl …
Traditionally, much of the humanitarian effort focuses on immediate life saving responses to disasters or crises. At the same time, individuals and communities facing simultaneous or repeated shocks, such as economic crises, disease epidemics, or natur …
Case Study: Turkey’s high vulnerability to earthquakes is significantly compounded by socio-economic factors. Following two devastating earthquakes in 1999, the Turkish Red Crescent Society (TRCS), American Red Cross (ARC) and Bogazici University began …
These guidelines are intended to help Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) incorporate effective gender-sensitive and inclusive approaches into their disaster mana …
Phase one of the Disaster Reduction Programme took place between 2001 and 2003, including several extensions, and provided funding to seven National Societies in disaster-prone countries in East Africa (Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan) and South Asia (Banglade …
Nowhere are they increasing faster and with greater ferocity than in Asia Pacific, the world’s most disaster-prone region where, on average, 40 per cent of the globe’s “natural” catastrophe occurs. Witness such events as 2010’s Pakistan superflood, 200 …
African communities have always been resourceful when adapting to their environment and today’s threats are forcing them to become ever more resilient. Development issues are high among their concerns. A vicious cycle of poverty and ill health are the …
Disasters are an all-too-common feature of life in the Americas. Recent catastrophic events, such as Hurricane Mitch in Central America in 1998, the earthquakes in Peru in 2007 and in Haiti and Chile in 2010, have wreaked a colossal toll on the lives, …
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives encapsulate the growing recognition that relief is not enough in mitigating disasters and that resilient communities in fact are the key to reducing the impact and severity of natural hazards when they strike. …
