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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 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.
Like, share, subscribe... and save lives
Blog
Anne Bach Nielsen Emmanuel Raju

Like, share, follow… and save lives

How social media and crowdsourcing can help build disaster resilience.
Two women dressed in the traditional Indian Saree are walking through the narrow streets of the blue city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Blog
Repaul Kanji

The blue houses of Jodhpur: Traditional wisdom for a cooler future

Jodhpur is known as the “Blue City” for its captivating blue-painted houses. But, beyond their visual appeal, these houses hold a hidden secret; a revelation that could pave the way for a cooler, more sustainable urban future.
Earthquake refugees tent camp with a lonely child walking in Aquila Italy (August 2009)
Blog
Dr Dharam Raj Uprety

Only resilient recovery can provide long-term protection from climate shocks and stresses

For many communities around the world, climate-induced disasters are now an inevitable part of life. When recovering from such events, it is senseless to rebuild structures that are incapable of resisting the hazards that will inevitably follow.

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