The Zambia Red Cross acted on a flood forecast in January 2023 to warn and equip households in Kitwe and Kafue before the water arrived.
NUTS 3 (Province)
In November 2023, communities in Butaleja and Mbale, Uganda, dug drainage ditches and reinforced flood barriers before forecast floods, supported by the Uganda Red Cross Society.
Contribution
An immersive game-based learning experience that teaches disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation through collaborative problem-solving. Participants work together in a three-room installation to solve quizzes and puzzles to make their simulated community more resilient to natural hazards.
Solution
Cette démarche s’inspire de l’expérience québécoise du Regroupement des Organismes Humanitaires et Communautaires pour les Mesures d’Urgence à Montréal (ROHCMUM). Les outils de préparation aux situations d’urgence développés par l’AFPCNT, associés à des ateliers collectifs, permettent aux associations réunionnaises volontaires de réaliser leur Plan de mesures d’urgence et de solidarité.
Contribution
A post-wildfire recovery initiative that mobilized conservation corps youth as a trained, paid workforce to support environmental and community recovery in fire-affected areas of Los Angeles County.
Case
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.
Case
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.
Solution
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.
Contribution
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.
Contribution
Provides emergency managers and disaster preparedness professionals with practical, step-by-step guidance for designing and conducting simulation exercises that test and strengthen response plans, procedures, and coordination systems across all hazards.
Solution