Australian Red Cross

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Red Cross is committed to helping those in need in the community, from providing breakfast for hungry children every day to supporting the elderly and isolated in their own homes. Australian Red Cross is part of the world's largest humanitarian organisation, with more than 100 million volunteers in 186 countries. It is independent of government and have no political, religious or cultural affiliation.

The organization has no registered commitments.

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7 September 2021

Understanding preparedness and recovery: A survey of people's preparedness and recovery experience of emergencies

This report sets out to better understand people's experience of recovery, and what preparedness steps they had undertaken pre disaster.

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3 August 2020

Guide to Post Disaster Recovery Capitals

The Recovery Capitals (ReCap) project applies a Community Capitals lens to disaster recovery to increase understanding about the interacting influences of social, built, financial, political, human, cultural, and natural capital on wellbeing outco

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16 July 2013

Preparedness and recovery lesson plans

Australian Red Cross has developed this suite of lesson plans to help teachers educate students from pre-school to year 12 about important emergency preparedness and recovery information. Endorsed by the Australian Psychologists Society and the Australia Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network, the lesson plans were developed by teachers with advice from experienced emergency managers and a psychologist experienced in emergency preparedness and recovery. The plans have been designed to assist students to prepare for emergencies, to reflect on situations and scenarios and to be aware of the feelings they may have after an emergency.

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15 April 2008

Tsunami education kit: responding to the Asia earthquake and tsunamis

When Red Cross first heard news that an earthquake causing one of the worst ever tsunamis had hit the coast of Sumatra it immediately set the wheels in motion to help the victims of this natural disaster.