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Displaying 7 of about 7 resultsA report of the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters
Focusing exclusively on natural disasters, this report reviews the knowledge and practice gains that promote a more rapid and equitable recovery for children and youth through collaboration and established partnerships at all levels: federal, state, tribe, territory and local governm…
This report addresses educational infrastructure and the global issue of it being underfunded and overexteded. Schools are more vulnerable to natural hazards than other building types, not only putting children at significant risk, but also reducing the quality of education and limiting opportunities for economic and social growth and other community be…
This report examines the information provision by humanitarian responses and their communication to and with girls and boys affected by the 2015 Nepal earthquake. The report is divided into three sections that present successes and gaps in the meaningful participation of children and youth of the earthquake response, based on documented initiatives, suc…
World Rescue is a narrative, research-based mobile phone video-game inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Through fast-paced gameplay set in Kenya, Norway, Brazil, India, and China, the player will meet and help five young heroes and help them solve global problems—such as flood, disease, deforestation and drough…
This guidance presents Red Cross and Red Crescent staff, members and volunteers with a set of minimum standards for protection, gender and inclusion (PGI) in emergencies. It aims to ensure that the emergency programming of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and National Societies provides dignity, access, partici…
La finalidad de este material es específica y única: La Prevención de Desastres por tsunami, a través de conocimientos, del desarrollo de capacidades, valores, actitudes y hábitos, orientados a la realización de acciones adecuadas para la preparación ante la ocurrencia de un desastre por tsunami, pensando en la protección de tu vida, la de los seres que…
This case study explores how Japan developed guidelines for local governments to plan and implement assessment and retrofitting projects, and established a national subsidy programme for school assessments and retrofits, in order to strengthen all high school buildings in the country to resist earthquakes.
This case study is part of a series of case st…