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Reducing the risks- A framework for DRR in South East Asia

Reducing the risks- A framework for DRR in South East Asia

Document Type: Policies and Frameworks

The Red Cross Red Crescent has achieved remarkable results in saving thousands of lives every year by harnessing our network of volunteers to prepare for and respond to disasters. However, preparing for and responding to disasters is essential but not sufficient. We need to do more, and do it in a better coordinated and holistic manner to build safer and more resilient communities. This is disaster risk reduction.



DRR Advocacy Guide

DRR Advocacy Guide

Document Type: Policies and Frameworks

Disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives encapsulate the growing recognition that relief is not enough in mitigating disasters and that resilient communities in fact are the key to reducing the impact and severity of natural hazards when they strike. During 2010 alone more than 208 million people were affected by natural hazards. Equally alarming is the projection, that should current trends continue, annually 100,000 lives will be lost each year, while the costs of natural disasters will be in excess of US$ 300 billion per year by 2050. These vulnerabilities become even more pronounced in poorer nations where it is estimated that 97 per cent of all people killed by natural disasters each year occur in developing countries.



Framework for Community Resilience

Framework for Community Resilience

Document Type: Policies and Frameworks

For the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) the concept of community resilience represents a unique opportunity as this approach in many ways captures the totality of what the IFRC is working to achieve. Although their efforts may not have been characterized as ‘strengthening community resilience,’ this is in fact what many National Societies have been doing over the course of many decades by supporting their local communities.



Understanding community resilience and program factors that strengthen them

Understanding community resilience and program factors that strengthen them

Document Type: Projects and Case Studies

The IFRC’s response and recovery operation in the af-termath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami reflected the scale of what is recorded as the deadliest tsunami in history – one that swept through coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Thailand, and ten other Indian Ocean countries. Over 4.8 million people benefited from a wide range of Red Cross Red Crescent support that included reconstruction of physical infrastructure such as homes, schools and health facilities as well as long-term recovery and disaster risk reduction programming.



Global key determinants of a successful CBDRR

Global key determinants of a successful CBDRR

Document Type: Projects and Case Studies

The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), as the ‘world’s largest humanitarian and development network’ is committed to building safety and resilience through its Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) programmes . As a movement the Red Cross-Red Crescent (RCRC) has significant knowledge and experience of implementing CBDRR programmes.
However, defining the aims and objectives of such programmes and the critical factors that influence their impact remains a challenge. This is particularly acute when comparing outcomes and approaches between communities, countries and regions.