Public awareness and public education for disaster risk reduction enables communities to identify hazards, take action to reduce their vulnerability and empowers them to participate in reducing future risks by turning available knowledge into specific local action.

In this sense, is imperative to enable engagement environments of education and empowerment for the Youth. Youth are agents of change in addressing global challenges in their local communities. Recent events around the world have delivered powerful examples of the potential of young people to mobilize, engage in social, economic, and political issues and to drive the change they want to see around them. In addition, Youth Engagement is intrinsic to build strong national societies since they play a vital role in volunteerism.  

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Behavior Change
Beneficiary Communication
Community-Based Health and First Aid (CBHFA)
Early Warning Systems
Games
Public Awareness and Public Education
Social Media in Disasters
Volunteers
Youth Preparedness

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Videos (108)
The Pillowcase Project International Pilot: Peru Video Case Study

Bangladesh community radio: Hello Red Crescent – We Listen to You

Bangladesh community radio: Hello Red Crescent – We Listen to You

Keeping Calm - Building Resilience with Hunter and Eve

Keeping Calm - Building Resilience with Hunter and Eve
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Case Studies (46)
Forecast-based Financing: Effective early actions to reduce flood impacts
Led by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and supported by the German Red Cross, the Bangladesh FbF project is at the forefront of experience with FbF activation and funding delivery in the Asia-Pacific region.  This case study examines the effectiveness of distributing unconditional cash grants...
Participatory Campaign Planning for Inclusive DRR Knowledge and Messaging in Nepal
The Strengthening Urban Resilience and Engagement (SURE) program developed a Participatory Campaign Planning (PCP) process to improve disaster messaging and increase awareness of disaster risks and mitigation measures among vulnerable groups in Nepal.  The project included a series of interactive...
Integrated Coastal Community Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Demak, Central Java
In Demak, Central Java, natural forces exacerbated by human activities have escalated coastal erosion to the point of damaging the ecological system and jeopardizing opportunities for socio-economic activities in coastal areas.  To mitigate the impact of coastal hazards and strengthen community...
Youth-led actions for more resilient schools and communities: Mapping of School Safety approaches and Youth in School Safety training for youth facilitators
National Societies have been implementing a wide range of school-based, youth-led actions geared toward disaster risk reduction, first aid, hygiene and health promotion, water and sanitation, road safety, and youth empowerment.  With guidance from IFRC, the RCRC Southeast Asia Youth Network (SEAYN...
Building partnerships to engage communities in preparedness and early warning systems in the Pacific
Between 2014 and 2016, Red Cross National Societies worked with communities, governments, and regional organizations to develop and implement an "early warning early action" approach in eight island nations in the Pacific.  The Finnish-Pacific (or FINPAC) project brought together relevant...
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GET-19 Tsunami Exercise Map
Map for GET-19 Tsunami Exercise
Consultancy: Blended Learning approaches using First Aid App
With the Universal App Program, the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) has created a platform to facilitate the adaptation and localization of mobile applications (apps) with first aid and hazard information  to be used in countries across the globe, putting preparedness information...
CAP Editor Operations Guide
This document concerns administrative operations for running the "CAP Editor" freeware. CAP Editor is a tool for creating and publishing emergency alerts in the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) format. CAP Editor runs on the Amazon Web Services cloud. 
CAP Flyer
The Common Alerting Protocol standard, officially designated as International Telecommunication Union Recommendation X.1303, is described in an online alerting context.
CAP Editor Message Templates
CAP Editor presents a link to CAP alert message templates in HTML that provide text suggestions for the "headline", "description" and "instruction" elements of a CAP alert. These CAP alert message templates address about 20 common alerting situations. The templates are in English, Dutch, French,...
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