Reducing risks, Saving lives - Save the Children’s Resource Centre

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Briefs, Fact Sheets and BrochuresReducing risks, Saving livesPublication year: 
2009
English
Format: 
pdf (2.7 MiB)
Publisher: 
Save the Children International
This booklet addresses disaster risk reduction (DRR) as any activity carried out by a village, community, aid agency or government that helps vulnerable communities, and especially children, to prepare for, reduce the impact of, or prevent disasters. It details preparedness, early warning, mitigation, and promotion of resilience activities and gives recommendations to move forward in DRR countries’ programmes.
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Reducing risks, Saving lives
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Publisher
Save the Children International
Format
pdf
Content type
Briefs, Fact Sheets and Brochures
Country
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, Myanmar
Region
Caribbean, Central Asia, Eastern Africa, Middle East and Eurasia, Northern America, South America, South-eastern Asia, Southern Africa, Southern Asia
Topics
Advocacy, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Resilience
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Keywords
Child protectionChild rightsChildren's rightsCommunity-based activitiesEmergency settingsNatural disastersPolicyPovertyRecommendationsSchools
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