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The Central Bosnia Canton has initiated different projects and activities to build up the capacities of local communities, increase resilience, and reduce the impact of disasters.

Across Europe and Central Asia, people with disabilities have too often been excluded from disaster risk reduction (DRR), early warning systems and evacuation planning, and have faced compounding risks and barriers while displaced from their homes.

The way humanitarian aid has functioned for decades is as a response. But there is a better way to respond; a way that is more supportive of vulnerable households, more financially effective, and, more logistically efficient.

What are the five resilience attributes that help resilience flourish?

Bringing together local stakeholders, investment, and international cooperation creates opportunities to transform from risk to resilience.

Organisations like Mahila Housing Trust and Slum Dwellers International work with women to design safe, resilient housing solutions.

Satellite technology applications for disaster and climate risk management have transformative humanitarian-development potential.

Sri Varshini Kaliappan is a young female disaster management professional turned into an entrepreneur from the Tamil Nadu state in the south of India.

Najeeb Yunusa Hassan a young entrepreneur and engineer from Nigeria.

To celebrate the International Youth Day on 12 August 2021, we are sharing a story of Kiki Kartikasari, Indonesia, who is a Project Officer at CER Indonesia, an environmental consultancy company