Ensuring an all-of-society engagement and partnership for DRR through empowerment and inclusive, accessible and non-discriminatory participation, paying special attention to people disproportionately affected by disasters, especially the poorest.
Here are five ways countries ensure persons with disabilities are not left behind when the next disaster strikes.
For years, USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance has supported the work of Catholic Relief Services to transform at-risk youth into disaster preparedness leaders. By joining the St. Patrick’s Rangers, young people learn how to help communities plan for and respond to hurricanes, administer first aid, map out evacuation routes and set up emergency shelters...
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
One of the main factors preventing IDPs from returning is the lack of shelter, since their homes were damaged by the floods. They also lost their livelihoods. Stephane Trocher, IOM Malawi Chief of Mission said, 'The focus on recovery and transition is the best way to address the ongoing displacement in these six districts'...
Cyclone Nargis hit the Ayeyarwady Delta on May 2, 2008, and killed an estimated 140,000 people. Three rounds of Post-Nargis Social Impacts Monitoring (SIM) accompanied the post-disaster recovery period from 2008-10. By focusing on a limited set of
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
In Obrenovac, IOCC provided new teaching tools and replacement equipment for the science labs in the town's two primary schools. IOCC also responded to the tremendous loss of personal school supplies by distributing school kits to more than 30,000 school aged children living in the region's flood affected communities, and to care facilities for orphaned and disabled children...
Myanmar Consortium for Community Resilience newsletter, no.2 :
The second edition of the newsletter outlines the consortium's key activities between December 2014-April 2015, and shares what the consortium will be doing over the next few months. It also
Until recently, there was little communication of the health risks of heat waves to people coping with these conditions. But since 2013, the city's awareness-building materials and training medical staff to diagnose heat-related illnesses, stocking emergency rooms with ice packs and the creation of an early warning system with alerts issued through media (TV, radio, newspapers), text messages, and the mobile application WhatsApp, have made headway in reducing heat-related illnesses and deaths in Ahmedabad...
The provincial ordinance of Oriental Mindoro that guarantees youth representation in their local disaster risk reduction and management councils and offices has inspired the National Youth Commission to promote the same legislation in other provinces...
This study evaluates the development of DRM national architecture and activities in two case study countries in South Asia, namely India and Nepal, to get a better sense of where these countries stand with regard to DRM capabilities.
