This booklet is a guide for children which explains, in a narrative way, what a flood, flash flood are, their various intensities and frequencies, the water cycle, their more or less dangerous aspects. Precautions to take against disaster also feature at
This booklet is a guide for children that deals in a narrative way, with the earthquake problem. It gives definitions of: earthquake, magnitude, epicenter, furnace, fault, plate tectonics, waves, after-shock, seismograms, Richter and Mercalli scales
This guide aims to strengthen the Educational sector and the national system in the prevention of disasters through the definition of school plans for emergencies in which students, teachers, administrative staff and family have a specific function to
Published as Humanitarian Practice Network Paper Number 57, December, 2006.
This paper presents the case for education as an essential humanitarian intervention, and the INEE Minimum standards as a tool for quality and accountability within those
For primary school children, featuring Stan the dog and five children - Dan, Ana, Frankie, Matt and Beth - who model what to do in an emergency, around the 4 "Rs" of emergency management (reduction, readiness, response, recovery). This resource has three
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
This guide was published as a collaborative effort of ProVention, the World Bank's Hazard Management Unit, and the UN Capital Development Fund. It provides practical guidance on how to reduce the vulnerability of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to disaster impacts as well as to more effectively support the recovery of their clients in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
Report on the international workshop, October 2005, Ahmedabad, India
Microfinance has helped victims of disasters accelerate their recovery and diversify their livelihoods with more productive sources of income. Microfinance as an emergency loan has also
This resource pack contains guidelines for planning post-disaster management. Its content draws attention to multiple aspects such as: what points to consider in rebuilding after a disaster; using hazard, risk & vulnerability assessment, and capacity assessment in planning for rebuilding; engaging the community; paying attention to women’s and gender issues in responding after the Tsunami crisis; disability Sensitive Planning for rehabilitation/reconstruction; community early warning systems; and understanding concepts on hazards, disasters and vulnerability.
This document provides a baseline on which a strategy for Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) within the Caribbean will be designed. CDM has been defined under the DERMS project as including integrated management of all natural and human-induced
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
The overall purpose of the study was to develop a socio-economic profile of WFP’s six priority rural areas of Bangladesh based on a logical framework of the linkages between food security, nutritional status, livelihoods, and socio-economic indicators.
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