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  • EM-DAT listing of disaster events in Rwanda
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  • Disaster response and management data from ReliefWeb

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Videos (3)

Rwanda, Burundi - A Big Storm

Rwanda, Burundi - A Big Storm

Rwanda, Burundi - A story about nutrition

Rwanda, Burundi - A story about nutrition

Rwanda: Food Security and livelihood

Rwanda: Food Security and livelihood
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Case Studies (7)
Communicating Climate Change: A Practitioner's Guide
Climate & Development Knowledge Network's (CDKN) guide to communicating climate change offers tips for practitioners to effectively communicate climate change and climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions, with a focus on convincing people of the need for immediate action.  The guide's...
Resilient: Zero carbon, risk-informed, sustainable
UNDP's work in climate change, disaster risk reduction and energy (2015-2017) This report is comprised of 15 country case studies providing examples of climate action, disaster risk reduction and recovery, and sustainable energy. Each case emphasizes the integrated approach to these work streams...
Case Study: Lessons learned from community mapping in urban and rural areas in East Africa and Bangladesh
The Missing Maps project aims to literally and figuratively put more than 20 million vulnerable, at-risk people on the map using OpenStreetMap (OSM) as a platform. We need to fill in these “missing maps” before the next disaster strikes ensuring the maps have detail sufficient for emergency...
Rwandan Red Cross: Experience in cow rotation
As part of the national programme, the Rwandan Red Cross has provided for shelter, food security and livelihoods activities, especially for orphans, vulnerable families and returnees. A livestock initiative is one component of the food security and livelihoods programme. This case study presents a...
Micro-credit: a Rwandan experience
There is much concern about a food crisis emerging in low altitude areas of the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Accordingly the Rwandan Red Cross (RRC) has set about evaluating food security situation in the country and looking at measures to combat the instability at its roots. This case study...
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Resilient Cities, Resilient Lives Learning from the 100RC Network
In the six years since the creation of 100 Resilient Cities, more than 70 cities have published Resilience Strategies containing over 3,000 initiatives. To date, more than US$25 billion has been catalyzed by 100RC member cities toward the resilience agenda, and the world’s leading development...
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019
The United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the flagship report of the United Nations on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk. The GAR is published biennially by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and is the product of the contributions of...
WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2018
The World Metereological Organization (WMO) marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate, which was first issued in 1194. The 2019 edition treating data for 2018 marks sustained international efforts dedicated to reporting on, analysing and...
Communicating Climate Change: A Practitioner's Guide
Climate & Development Knowledge Network's (CDKN) guide to communicating climate change offers tips for practitioners to effectively communicate climate change and climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions, with a focus on convincing people of the need for immediate action.  The guide's...
Preparedness for Effective Response
Preparedness for Effective Response (PER) is a cyclical approach for a National Society (NS) to systematically assess, measure, and analyse the strengths and weaknesses of its response system in order to take remedial actions. The PER approach puts the National Society in the driver's seat to...
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Paulin Mucyo
November 10, 2016

Am Paulin from Rwanda, i really thank you for this site explaining how to handle disasters and tools that can be used in disasters, i would like to request more information about how to save lives or what exactly to do in case disasters occur,
Thank you again!

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