50.000 - 200.000

After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, residents of North Rokko used the participatory Machizukuri model to create alternative reconstruction plans, forming neighbourhood associations that strengthened community resilience and civic engagement.

A five-step method for building flood early warning systems with local communities, municipalities and national weather and civil defence services in the Andes.

It was developed by CIIFEN, the International Research Centre on El Niño, under the regional programme PRASDES, which Finland’s foreign ministry financed. It joins the four components of early warning set out by the UN disaster-reduction office to an approach of the Organization of American States in which trained community volunteers operate simple rain and river-level instruments. 

Before the 2024/25 drought season, farmers in Mbire, Zimbabwe, helped plan and build water and livestock protection measures with Welthungerhilfe and its local partner.

Suryodaya connects neighbourhood organisation with municipal disaster risk governance. Its 201 Tole Development Committees support preparedness and community mobilisation, working with ward and municipal authorities. Participatory assessment and planning connect local knowledge with technical risk analysis and municipal action.

Providing Red Cross/Red Crescent practitioners with a complete project cycle framework and 59 adaptable tools for implementing community and school-based disaster risk education in Small Island Developing States.

A network coordinating primary and secondary schools to integrate civil protection education into the curriculum through teacher training, age-stratified educational materials, curriculum development, and systematic engagement with civil protection volunteer organizations.

A compact handbook and printable visual communication kit that equips first responders with the knowledge and tools to assist people with Autism Spectrum Disorder safely and effectively during emergencies.

A compact handbook and printable visual communication kit that equips first responders with the knowledge and tools to assist people with Autism Spectrum Disorder safely and effectively during emergencies.

A network coordinating primary and secondary schools to integrate civil protection education into the curriculum through teacher training, age-stratified educational materials, curriculum development, and systematic engagement with civil protection volunteer organizations.

Providing Red Cross/Red Crescent practitioners with a complete project cycle framework and 59 adaptable tools for implementing community and school-based disaster risk education in Small Island Developing States.