Civil society/NGOs

On World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day, UNDRR's Kamal Kishore reflects on what we can learn from the work of the inspiring organizers and volunteers of the Red Cross and Red Crescent around the world – humility, a local focus, and quiet persistence.

This document serves as a practical tool for National Society branches, offering detailed guidance, tiered assessments, and actionable steps to improve urban preparedness and response.

This report explores the local resilience agents (LRAs) approach implemented by Practical Action in Bangladesh.

Humanitarian groups have pushed ahead with innovative efforts to protect people in conflict zones from worsening climate impacts – but they are struggling to go it alone.

This research aims to investigate the impacts of external interventions on the responsive adaptation process by studying a riverside flood-prone urban slum in Bangladesh.

This report details an ARA learning journey that identified existing mechanisms for locally-led adaptation, examined community members’ experiences in financing LLA projects, and investigated ways to foster better collaboration and mutual understanding.

Drawing on a qualitative approach and situated in a disaster-vulnerable community of Dome, Greater Accra, this paper unpacks the activities of Faith-based Organisations (FBOs) in filling the voids in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.

Community health worker Noushadbi Mujawar safely evacuated everyone from Rajapur, an isolated village in India, as its streets began flooding in August 2019. Mujawar, 42, remained in the village herself even as floodwaters rose 12 feet above her house.