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The DRR Community Voices share personal stories and perspectives from the disaster risk reduction trenches on reducing risk and building resilience.

  • Our posts from both practitioners and academics reach a global audience and can influence policy, practices and approaches.
  • We invite you to propose your own blog and submit it for review.
  • Most articles can be republished under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO Deed.
Portrait of Abia Akram
Interview

Abia Akram: “If policies don’t have teeth, change can’t happen”

For over two decades, Abia Akram has been a leading and vocal advocate for the rights of women with disabilities, in more than 30 countries, especially in the context of gender justice, financing for development, and inclusive DRR.
People walking in front of small colorful shops in Mombasa, Kenya
Blog
Terry Kinyua

Empowering Kenya's entrepreneurs: resilience lessons from the pandemic

A collaborative effort supported by the Mastercard Foundation has led to the development and implementation of the IIA-Kenya MSME Resilience Programme, aimed at empowering Kenyan MSMEs to navigate through crises and emerge stronger than before.
Portrait of Goma Karki
Interview

Goma Karki: "DRR is a great space to learn, grow and give back to the community, so come be part of it!"

Goma Karki works as Project Manager for Youth Innovation Lab in Kathmandu, Nepal, leading the Nepali Yuwa in Climate Action and Green Growth (The Youth CAN) project.
Portrait of Flora Vano
Interview

Flora Vano: “Women are the first responders. We put others before us so that no one is left behind.”

Flora Vano is the Country Manager of ActionAid Vanuatu, an organization that supports local women to become galvanizing and powerful community leaders, particularly in times of crisis such as disasters.
First mile for warning concept
Blog
Ilan Kelman Carina Fearnley

The first mile of warnings means putting people first

The first mile of warnings means putting people first. It means asking each other about what we need and what we offer. Warnings are meant to be for and about people, as a long-term social process to act for, by, and with all of us.
Portrair of Lulu He
Interview

Lulu He: “Education is crucial when addressing disaster recovery”

Lulu’s dedication to disaster research stems from her personal experience in an earthquake that struck her hometown in Sichuan Province in China in 2008.
Portrait of Decibel Faustino
Interview

Decibel V. Faustino-Eslava: “How I got into DRR is a true life story”

Today, in her academic role at the School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Decibel works at the intersection of scientific research and the application of risk knowledge to decision-making.
Portrait of Ankita Shah
Interview

Ankita Shah: “Disaster risk reduction is not a separate issue. It should be included in every developmental sector”

Ankita Shah from Kathmandu in Nepal is the Executive Director of Bighnaharta Nepal, a non-profit organization based in the country’s capital Kathmandu. She was not always meant to work in DRR.

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