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This manual describes how to help communities implement disaster risk reduction activities. It was written for development workers and community-based organizations in the Horn of Africa, but...
This resource aims to promote a change in the approach to community infrastructure informed by emerging practices. They capitalize on the experiences and expertise gained by a number of...
This handbook gives detail experience from the field in Java in Indonesia, on how the community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) component in the context of IOM post-disaster recovery and...
This guide builds on previous manuals produced by CRS and CAFOD, adding new sections on how to strengthen community leadership and participation mechanisms, and how to integrate climate change...
The group identified and discussed the existing needs around fora and partnerships and expanded on ideas of how to manage and...
This Mass Evacuation in Natural Disasters (MEND) guide for Vanuatu provides operational guidance to emergency responders to support the evacuation of communities at risk in the context of volcanic...
This presentation covered topics including-
1. Camp planning
2. Community unit plan
3. Shelter designs.
4. Shelter construction
All over the world, societies have managed to produce, adapt and develop their habitat according to their needs, interests, aspirations, preferences and abilities, making the best use of locally...
Ethiopia boasts a proud history of habitation in the many and varied climates using clever and innovative solutions, with materials sourced from the local environment. Local building cultures in...
Child-centred DRR recognises that children can play an important role in helping their families, villages and communities to reduce the risks associated with natural disasters. Children should be...