Strengthening community resilience and risk management in vulnerable urban communities in Venezuela
This project will contribute to building community-based resilience in 5 vulnerable urban neighbourhoods in El Tigre (Anzoátegui), Valencia (Carabobo), Coro (Falcon), Barquisimeto (Lara) and Mérida (Mérida). Led by the IFRC in close coordination with the Venezuelan Red Cross (VRC), 5…
Caribbean Communities Organisation and prepared for crisis and disasters
Caribbean Red Cross National Societies will continue to build capacity to ensure that they can support Caribbean communities to build resilience in order to be prepared, cope and recover from man made and natural disasters and crisis. Red Cross National…
Strengthening resilience for peri-urban communities in Chiapas, Mexico
As a part of a global alliance between Jaguar Land Rover and the Red Cross, this three year program aims to enhance community resilience in peri-urban communities in Tuxtla Gutierrez and San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The program…
Community Disaster Risk Reduction
Strengthening community early warning systems, preparedness and response mechanisms in Sierra Leone. Integrated disaster risk reduction (DRR) interventions were undertaken in target communities to address vulnerability relating to epidemics, including viral haemorrhagic fevers, cholera and measles, as well as other…
Ecuador Earthquake Emergency Appeal / Recovery Plan
On April 16, 2016, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake (Richter scale) struck off the coast of northern Ecuador at 6:58 pm local time. The Ecuadorian government declared a state of emergency with a red alert in six provinces: Manabí, Esmeraldas, Santo Domingo,…
Flood Resilience Alliance – Mexico
The Floods Resilience Alliance Mexico program aims to combine local community knowledge with humanitarian and private sector expertise to enhance flood resilience across 21 rural, flood prone communities in Tabasco State. The Alliance team understands resilience as a process, a…
Enhanced Community Resilience
ENCORE project will work in two disaster prone rural municipalities in Dang District with the aim to enhance the resilience to disasters and health threats of 46 vulnerable communities. The project is designed to apply a community based integrated approach…