Disaster Risk Reduction

Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies REGIONAL COMMUNITY SAFETY AND RESILIENCE FORUM Monthly Updates – October 2017

Dian Nurul Wardani, a community member who spearheaded the community garbage bank programme to prevent mosquito-borne diseases. Learn about her story from this short video, which forms part of community voice 2017.

Welcome to our October 2017 Southeast Asia news updates. In addition to these monthly updates we send to you every month, you could also find Southeast Asia Red Cross Red Crescent’s resources, tools, events and updates at Resilience Library at http://www.rcrc-resilience- southeastasia.org.

Thematic Updates from Southeast Asia

Southeast Asian countries celebrated the International Day for Disaster Reduction 2017 and the ASEAN Day for Disaster Management

From http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/communication-and-advocacy/asean-countries-celebrated- the-international-day-for-disaster-reduction-2017-and-the-asean-day-for-disaster-management/

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October marked many key activities related to the disaster risk reduction. Throughout this month, the Southeast Asian countries celebrated the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) together with the ASEAN Day for Disaster Management (ADDM), to encourage people and governments to participate in building more resilient communities and nation. It was also the annual opportunity for the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to promote and remind the public of the importance of disaster risk reduction and, to continue strengthening their recognition as key disaster risk reduction partner in each country.

At the regional-wide level, the ADDM was hosted and celebrated in Luangprabang, Lao PDR, back-to- back with the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM), attended by the heads of National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs), Ministers from ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Secretariat Office, Lao Provincial Governor and representatives from the government. Around 150 delegates convened together in this event. In addition to an annual Ministerial Meeting, the exhibition showcased good practices on disaster management and risk reduction from the region. Southeast Asian Community Voices videos and Scan the QR code to access IFRC booth featured the publications (scan the IFRC publications inserted QR code) drew a great attention from the Deputy Prime Minister of Lao PDR and other

Ministries.

At the country-level, Thailand was the first country to celebrate the IDDR day. The activity was organized on the 1st October at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center with the collaboration of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the Relief and Community Health Bureau of the Thai Red Cross Society and other key partners. In remembrance for the late King Rama 9, the country set up the exhibition highlighting His Majesty’s work to build community resilience under the theme “The King’s Philosophy on Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainability.” The short films screening was shown and disaster risk reduction awareness raising materials from various key stakeholders were also disseminated during the event.

In Vietnam, despite flooding in many provinces, the country organized the IDDR Day celebration with relevant stakeholders and communities. This year, the awareness raising activities was organized in Vinh City of Nghe An province. Around 350 participants including the provincial media and national media attended the celebration. The event also served as an opportunity to inform the public on the Vietnam Disaster Law and Viet Nam Red Cross (VNRC)’s disaster preparedness and response mechanism. Disaster law key messages on rights, roles and responsibilities (3R) of communities in disaster management were disseminated to the public along with the 3R calendars for community members. 3 Regional Community Safety and Resilience updates – October 2017 Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

In Timor Leste, the Government at national and local level were strongly involved in IDDR Day celebration. Key messages about the importance of Disaster Risk Reduction were spread throughout the country before, during and after the event using various communication channels. Fifty banners showing what actions need to do in certain disasters were distributed to 25 villages across Timor. Media coverages included a press release published in the Timor Post newspaper, reports from RTM (Radio e Televizaun Maubere) and the National Television and radio (RTTL). Furthermore, Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste (CVTL) in collaboration with GMN (Grupo Media Nasional) TV produced and broadcasted a television spot featuring Ex-President of Timor-Leste - Dr. José Ramos Horta. In addition, drill simulation exercise on the awareness of various hazard and disaster risk types, roles and responsibilities were also organized in Aileu municipality.

In Lao PDR, two activities were featured to celebrate the IDDR day. The first activity was the IDDR Day Television Talk Show, which was hosted by two well- known television announcers and broadcasted on the Lao National Television channel. Four key stakeholders including the Ministry of Social Welfare, OXFAM, Weather Forecast Bureau and Lao Red Cross were invited to discuss about their roles and works in disaster risk reduction. Two media outlets from Vientiane Times and Lao Phatthana newspapers reported about the event. The second activity was the Radio Q&A programme which aimed to increase public awareness on the IDDR day as well as disseminate the knowledge related to disasters and resilience. The national radio programme was on air daily covering nationwide from 25 September until 19 October.

In Myanmar, the IDDR Day celebration reached national, regional & local levels with nearly 6,000 people engaged. The pre – event for IDDR Day which was held on September 30, 2017 in the People’s park of Yangon City attracted around 2,000 people. It was the first time that the event took place for the whole day. The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) organized booth to display Disaster Risk Reduction photos and materials and raised awareness of disaster knowledge to the public with games and quizzes. The day was also celebrated with schools from Kyauktan, Hlaing and Thaketa townships of MRCS school safety projects. In the local level, community awareness activities on earthquake, fire, flood and storms were organized along with the essay and painting contest for students and celebration of township level.

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Disaster Risk Reduction

AHA Centre Executive (ACE) Programme 2017 Red Cross Red Crescent Induction | 9-13 October 2017 | Semarang, Indonesia From http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/event/aha-centre-executive-ace-programme-2017-redcross-red-crescent-induction-09-13-october-2017-semarang-indonesia/

The AHA Centre Executive (ACE) Programme aims to provide capacity building for professionals from National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs) of ASEAN Member States who wish to pursue a career in disaster management. It offers select group of NMDO staff the opportunity to further develop their professional knowledge, skills and experience in regional cooperation on disaster management by exposing them to various settings in which they work with and learn from key partners including the United Nations and other international organizations such as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

The programme also serves as a platform to develop strong inter-governmental network to strengthen regional cooperation. Funded by the Japanese Government and other partners, the programme seeks to generate a pool of disaster management champions across ASEAN. ACE Programme was carried out successfully in 2014, 2015 and 2016, with different sessions held in Indonesia, New Zealand and Japan including a substantial period based within the AHA Centre in Jakarta. The fourth cohort started its training in July 2017.

IFRC has been identified by the AHA Centre as one of the key resource organizations for some modules of the course, given its expertise in international disaster management, emergency shelter, disaster law and logistics. For training documents, and simulation scenarios, refer to this weblink. This year, the training included a community level simulation exercise involving around 500 community members and the District Regent, as well as a technical discussion with the Mayor as well as the Chief Resilience Officer of the City of Semarang, one of the 100 Resilient Cities under the global campaign led by the Rockefeller Foundation.

Building Urban Resilience in Southeast Asia (ECHO funded) From http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/disaster-risk-reduction/urban-disaster-risk- reduction/building-urban-resilience-in-southeast-asia-project/#1510542189444-4b99079e-ffdb

At Regional Level:

Regional Lessons Learned Workshop is scheduled in Bangkok, Thailand from 7-8 December 2017. The workshop aims to identify lessons learned, challenges, achievements, and recommendations on the ways forward to continue building resilience in Southeast Asia as a result of DIPECHO’s contributions in the region for the last two decades. It is expected that different stakeholders, especially at the regional, national and local levels, will have a stronger understanding on how the impacts of DIPECHO interventions on vulnerable communities throughout the region by: • Final list of good practices and achievements as well as related challenges, lessons and gaps in Southeast Asia confirmed and verified by partners; • Documentation of the recommendations to build on DRR in Southeast Asia, which includes priority actions, advocacy messages and strategies to enhance the investment in DRR in the region.

Save the date for the workshop was sent out early October to relevant partners. For further details about the workshop refer to the link.

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Final draft of three case studies on School Safety, PAPE and QGIS have received significant contributions and inputs from partner national societies and ready to be shared with ECHO for feedback and comments. It is expected that all three case studies will be published late November before the regional lessons learned workshop.

In Laos: Result 2- Innovative PAPE for disaster risk reduction, targeting specific vulnerable group brings about positive, safer behaviour, improved preparedness and social change in five wards of Vientiane. On 14-15 October 2017, Community Campaign was conducted in four communities including Nasaiythong village and Sidamduan village on 14 October 2017 Sithan neua village and Donnoun village stared on 15 October 2017. The campaign was led by trained students (Lao Red Cross volunteers), village staff, LRC staffs. The campaign was conducted through door to door visit, parade in some markets and group focus discussion supported by some IEC materials such as comics of 7 disasters, posters (hygiene, disaster and climate change), hand fan 6 disaster (flood, hygiene, road safety, drought, storm and climate change). It is estimated that the campaign has reached at least 1,963 people (1,088 female).

Volunteers from Bo Oh and Donnoun schools conducting community campaign in Donnoun village. Photo by Lao Red Cross

In Viet Nam: Result 2- Innovative PAPE for disaster risk reduction, targeting specific vulnerable group brings about positive, safer behaviour, improved preparedness and social change in five wards of Quy Nhon City.

In October, the campaign on four behaviours related to the risks of fire in households came to an end. The Facebook page which was setup in July by and for young people as the main mean to inform the young audience about the campaign has been very successful. At end of October, the Facebook page counted more than 100,000 reach posts (= number of people the Facebook posts were served to), and more than 38,000 persons have been directly reached from which 63% are from Binh Dinh Province, 36% from the rest of Vietnam (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh), 1% from abroad. The contents of the page include key messages and illustrations on the four behaviors, short reports, interviews, and live broadcasts of all the campaign events. The large majority of the people reached are between 18 and 24 years old (85%), 43% are women and 57% men. The short movie contest launched in September also came to its end in October. A movie developed by youths from Quy Nhon was selected and uploaded on the Facebook page to showcase the four key behaviors that the campaign promoted. This is one of the illustration about the participatory approach used by this project to encourage peer to peer awareness building and promotion of safer behaviours. On the 25 and 26th of October 35 students and ward authorities staff have been trained in conducting a KAP survey. This training facilitated by German Red Cross included practical sessions to test Mr Phan Dang Khoa – Chairman of Thi Nai ward People’s Committee and Head of the Natural Disaster Prevention Committee – coordinating a drill exercise using QGIS multi-hazard map (17 October 2017). Photo by German Red Cross. 6 Regional Community Safety and Resilience updates – October 2017 Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies the questionnaire and the sampling methodology. Then the trained enumerators conducted the survey in the five project wards. More than 800 respondents were selected randomly through a strict methodology: about 400 women and 400 men from which about 50% are aged between 18 and 60 years old and 50% are over 60 years old. This will allow the comparison of answers in order to evaluate the campaign impacts for each gender and age group. The results of the KAP survey will be documented in November. Result 3- Increased capacity of local government authorities and Red Cross for disaster preparedness and response in five wards of Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh.

In October, the Disaster Preparedness Plan and the QGIS maps of each ward have been tested through drill exercises. Each ward organized its drill (5 in total) based on a flood and storm scenario and involving 200-250 persons from local community, authorities, volunteers and Red Cross. The fire brigades also participated as the scenario included a fire in an at-risk household. Thus, it was an opportunity to further promote the safer behaviours of the communication campaign. In the Philippines: Result 1: Children and youth are more resilient to disasters and have a safe and secure learning environment in 8 urban public schools in The Philippines, through improved Red Cross contributions to the ASEAN Safe School Initiative (ASSI)

1.2.7 Conduct orientation sessions with teachers and students in Diosdado P. Macapagal ES (Barangay Tatalon) in YADAPT participated by 90 co-teachers (81 female and 9 male).

1.2.8 Set-up School DRRM Teams and provide further specialized training such as DRR, CCA, health and hygiene promotion, child protection, gender and diversity. This month, specialized training was conducted in one of the project schools: Bagong Silangan Elementary School on Nov 30 and Oct 3. Attendees: 108 teaching and non-teaching personnel (92 female and 16 male). Topics discussed were Disaster Management, Psychosocial Support and Fire Management. Speakers were invited from PRC and Bureau of Fire.

1.4.1 Conduct (or update) a comprehensive Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment through a participatory approach. This month, Bagong Silangan ES, Pres. Corazon C. Aquino ES and Bagong Silangan HS have completed the VCA reports, the documents are currently under revision of PRC (NHQ). Whereas, Batasan Hills National HS is in 1st revision at Chapter level while Carlos L. Albert High school submitted to Division Office.

1.5.2 Identifying and setting up school early warning system. Early Warning Systems are still under procurement process

1.6.1 Distribution of updated IEC materials. Second batch of IEC materials are waiting for delivery in Quezon City Chapter

1.6.2 Conduct curricular and/or extracurricular activities in accordance to local context: refresher sessions, spreading messages on DRR, CCA, health and hygiene promotion, first aid, mural paintings and poster making competitions, drills and simulation exercises, youth camps and gatherings. In this month, several extra-curricular activities had been conducted as follows: • First aid refresher course at Bagong Silangan ES and HS, Pres. Corazon C. Aquino Elementary School and Batasan Hills National High School. Attendees: 80 participants (37 female and 23 male) • Y-Adapt re-echo session at Diosdado Macapagal ES (barangay Tatalon) on October 28, 2017. Attendees: 91 participants (84 female and 7 male). This activity was facilitated by one of the focal teachers.

1.7.1 Identify small mitigation based on SDRRM Plan and conduct technical assessment; Coordinate with stakeholders for support/co-funding. Proposals are being finalized by the schools. Procurement process is ongoing.

Result 2 – Innovative PAPE for disaster risk reduction, targeting specific vulnerable group brings about positive, safer behaviour, improved preparedness and social change in 15 at – risk urban and pre – urban areas in four countries

2.2.2 Development, reproduction, and distribution of innovative and inclusive PAPE and IEC materials Barangay Batasan Hills has implemented some of the activities on PAPE campaign, which started early this month.

120 participants (61 female and 59 male) on October 21, 2017 150 participants (57 female and 93 male) on October 28, 2017 204 participants (80 female and 124 male) on October 29,2017

Doña Imelda and Tatalon completed the tools for PAPE campaign in a form of video presentation to be conducted in 7 consecutive activities in the coming month. In Barangay Tatalon, only one activity was conducted on October 12 for elderly and people living with disability. The collected recommendations will be used for the coming activities.

Result 3 - Increased capacity of local government authorities and Red Cross for disaster preparedness and response in 4 barangays in Quezon City, the Philippines.

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3.2.1 Participatory development of risk maps involving representatives on local people, including vulnerable groups, government authorities, and PRC staff. Presently, 3 maps had been completed: Brgy Tatalon (Fire), Brgy Tatalon (Flood), Brgy Doña Imelda (Flood), with the last 2 maps tested through simulation last October 27. Brgy Tatalon and Doña Imelda final versions are ready for printing. Barangays Batasan Hills and Bagong Silangan are still in the process of plotting the collected information on their risk analysis, infrastructures and capacities.

3.2.2 Print and display DPR maps on local government offices, schools, and other public buildings The Project had conducted different meetings along this month in order to finalize the GIS DPR maps:

On October 9, 2017: 2 Female / 3 Male, total of 5 On October 10, 2017: 7 Female / 8 Male, total of 15 On October 14, 2017: 10 Female / 10 Male, total of 20 On October 19, 2017: 4 Female / 6 Male, total of 10 On October 28, 2017: 3 Female / 11 Male, total of 15

3.3.1 Conduct simulation exercise (table-top or live drill) including participants from government authorities, PRC staff and volunteers, and target different vulnerable groups. Successfully completed the tablet-top simulation exercise of Flood Risk Maps of Brgy. Doña Imelda and Tatalon participated by different stakeholders with a total of 30 participants (22 males and 8 females)

Mrs. Erlinda Amor during her discussion on Table top Mr. Alex Santos during his discussion on Table top exercise to test the map of Brgy. Dona Imelda, held last exercise to test the map of Brgy Tatalon, held last October 27, 2017 in Brgy. Dona Imelda function Hall. October 27, 2017 in Brgy. Dona Imelda function Hall. Photo by Philippine Red Cross Photo by Philippine Red Cross

3.5.2 Conduct barangay DRRM planning workshop involving government authorities, community members, and PRC staff and volunteer, and taking into account CCA, gender equity, the needs of PWD, older people, children and youth. The Contingency Planning Workshop (Oct 20-23) for 4 Barangays was conducted, attended by 38 participants (15 male and 20 female)

3.6.2 Carry out research study to select an area with a successful urban DRR model within the country and organize a study visit. On October 27, a learning cross visit to Barangay Santo Cristo (Quezon City) and Barangay 176 Bagong Silang (Caloocan City) was conducted, as suggested by the Office Civil Defense (OCD) and Philippines Red Cross. The activity was attended by 24 participants from each barangay together with PRC.

The main topics discussed along the visit were as follows: • DRR: sharing of DRR related documents as BDRRM Plan, Contingency plan, hazard map, inventory of the equipment, response teams, specifications and characteristics of the available evacuation centers, collaboration agreements with other entities) • CCA: (related activities such as enforcement of environmental laws, tree planting, clean-up drive and water system • Waste Management

3.7.6 Provision of first aids and minor equipment for training, drills, and simulation exercises Later this month, First Aid kits were distributed to the District IV: Brgy. Doña Imelda – October 28, 2017 Brgy. Tatalon – October 30, 2017

In Cambodia: A review of the project budget was finalized at the end of October 2017, as there was an extension of the project, and the full project team by 1 month. 8 Regional Community Safety and Resilience updates – October 2017 Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• CCA Training for sub-branch officers. This training included the participation of CRC sub-branches from other districts in Bantey Meanchey (not only the capital district). This is seen as a means to contribute to the overall capacity of the CRC Bantey Meanchey Branch. • Workshop to conclude the drafting of the the District Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, together with local authorities: PCDM, DCDM, CRC Branch, etc. • Preparation of school fire evacuation plans together with Bantey Meanchey Police Department (responsible for fire safety). The plans were finalized in 2 of the 3 schools; with the last one pending preparation. • Continuation of dissemination of key DRR messages in schools and communities; focusing on flood awareness, drought, and first aid. • Finalization of community risk maps in 6 communities/villages belong to the two target Sangkats. • Continuation of implementation of small scale mitigation measures in schools; and preparation for implementation of community mitigation measures. Most of these measures relate to water and sanitation practices as a means for community resilience and preparedness for emergencies. • Preparation of regional case studies (interviews with stakeholders and beneficiaries).

Highlight Updates from National Societies

Laos Water and sanitation in emergencies training in Champasak Province From http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/event/training-on-emergency-wash-response-and- preparedness-for-red-cross-volunteers-25-26-oct-2017-champasak-province-lao-pdr/

Handover of AP 700 CL Manpack water treatment The Red Cross Volunteers checking the turbidity and PH equipment to Champasak provincial Red Cross branch, of water after water treatment during the training, photo photo by Lao Red Cross. by Lao Red Cross.

Muang Pakse District in Champasak Province is located in the southern part of Lao PDR which is disaster- prone, with 112,000 people living in the area. The district is bordered by Salavan Province to the north, Sekong Province to the northeast, Attapeu Province to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.

This water, sanitation and hygiene promotion in emergencies (E-WASH) training for Red Cross Volunteers (RCV) was organized in two days in Muang Pakse District, Champasak Province, in preparedness of disaster management and risk reduction and health & hygiene promotion in this disaster affected area, from 25 to 26 October 2017.

The objectives of this training are:

• To improve the knowledge and skills about water and sanitation related disease in emergency and hygiene promotion of Red Cross Volunteers in four disaster -prone districts and 8 community leaders from the villages located in Muang Pakse District. • To demonstrate water treatment and sanitation, hygiene promotion in emergencies. 9 Regional Community Safety and Resilience updates – October 2017 Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• To familiarize with technical and practical aspects of the processes of water treatment and ensuring water quality by using AP700 CL Man-Packs and on temporary latrine / permanent latrine constructions during emergencies. • To develop and discuss about E-WASH planning at district and community levels in preparedness and response in emergencies. • To construct one latrine for Pak Klang Primary School with 123 students and 6 teachers.

The training was conducted in two days in Champasak Provincial Red Cross Branch, Muang Pakse, Champasak Province. There were 17 WASH focal persons from 7 districts under the Champasak branch, and 1 WASH focal person of the Ministry of Health were invited to participate in this RCV E-WASH training (Male 6, Female 11).

Lao RC has been receiving funding support from the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) in strengthening emergency WASH capacity since 2016, focusing mainly on Khammuane province including the procurement and prepositioning of two water purification units (one at that province and one at the national headquarters in Vientiane).

In 2017, JRCS continues to support LRC in the same capacity, where LRC has expanded its geographical scope to also include Oudomxay and Champasak Provinces. These targeted provinces are known to be affected by floods on a yearly basis due to its close vicinity to the Mekong river and various tributaries that run along these provinces.

Both training days started with theoretical sessions and table-top exercises, and the second half of both days were mainly focused on practical sessions i.e. installation of the water purification unit Aquaplus AP 700 CL (first day) and construction of a pour-flush toilet (second day).

A variety of training methods were utilised such as use of IEC materials, PowerPoint presentations, videos, group exercises and demonstrations. Pre- and post-tests, as well as evaluations were carried out. (Picture caption: The Red Cross Volunteers checking the turbidity and PH of water after water treatment during the training).

The five key topics of Emergency WASH are: water treatment demonstration by using AP700 CL Man-Packs, hygiene promotion, group work discussion, “Chlorine Water Treatment, Filtration, Chemical Water treatment”, temporary / permanent latrine construction, health education practices using community tool focusing on three diseases and 7 steps of hand washing were highlighted and demonstrated to participants.

The results of True & False pre- test and post- test with 13 questions shown that the participants’ knowledge and skills were significantly increased from 78% to 97% respectively.

Dr Sing Menorath, the Vice President of Lao Red Cross, mentioned that the continuous support for implementing WASH program from IFRC to Laos is really needed because current WASH implementation only reached four provinces. The AP700 CL Man-Packs is very useful in helping the vulnerable people in disaster effected areas.

Suodsakhon Sripandhon, one of the participants, stated that both the practical and theory sessions were very important for all of participants. “These training sessions were totally new for us, water treatment, turbidity measurement, filtration process and health hygiene promotion are very interesting for the trainees, and are very helpful for their communication with villagers and communities.”

See also the agenda [English] [Lao] and training summary report. For more information please contact: Dr Bounma Xayasouk, Head of Health Promotion Department, Lao Red Cross Headquarter: [email protected] and Dr Pornsak Khortwong, IFRC Bangkok: [email protected]

Philippines Housing Land and Property Rights in Disasters: Red Cross Strategy Development in Philippines

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From http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/event/technical-working-group-on-internal-housing- land-and-property-hlp-strategy-draft-11-october-2011-the-philippines/

Sustainable and meaningful shelter assistance in the humanitarian context is not only about providing a roof over one’s head. It is also about making sure that the assistance places displaced people in a much-improved housing situation than they were originally in or, at the very least, in a position that is not worse off than before they were hit by a disaster. Beyond ensuring safe structural shelter design, a humanitarian organization aiming to achieve this goal will have to consider and be responsive to the basic housing, land and property rights of disaster affected persons.

On 11 October 2011, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) held a technical working group meeting to seek feedback on its draft internal housing, land and property (HLP) strategy. This strategy seeks to guide PRC in its humanitarian shelter and settlement assistance. The contents of the draft strategy are based on inputs received from shelter practitioners’ last year, which identified the need for greater preparedness and advocacy to ensure that disaster affected populations will enjoy similar or increased land tenure security after a disaster, fulfilling their human right to adequate housing.

HLP Partners The Philippine Red Cross invited its partners, American Red Cross (AmCross) and Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services, Inc. (IDEALS), and listened to their sharing of good practices and lessons learned in the implementation of a legal assistance project for its shelter beneficiaries in Tacloban. This is part of PRC’s Typhoon Haiyan humanitarian assistance initiative in partnership with AmCross. Other partners in the consultation included the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Netherlands Red Cross.

Overview of the PRC HLP Strategy The draft housing land and property strategy for PRC proposes the following: (1) improving internal PRC processes that will ensure its shelter and settlements programming satisfies the beneficiaries’ right to adequate housing, and is aligned with the Movement’s shelter and settlement aims—i.e. rapid tenure assessment (based on these Guidelines), due diligence, stakeholder mapping, HLP legal referral pathways, and more flexible shelter beneficiary and assistance options; and (2) advocacy for the improvement of external shelter and settlement public policies and ensuring better implementation of these. Once finalized and approved after a feedback process, the internal HLP strategy should be operational at the preparedness, response, and recovery stages of shelter programming. It mostly applies to a natural disaster setting but the working group will look into how this can be integrated in a conflict context.

Lessons Learned from the Legal Assistance Project The HLP situation in the Philippines, like in many other countries, is complex. This impacts on PRC’s shelter assistance programming. IDEALS presented an informative “national housing snapshot”, and an overview of the land administration and management in the country. These focused on overlapping mandates and conflicting laws, as well as protracted procedural requirements, including the impact of the No Build Zone Policy implemented during the Typhoon Haiyan recovery phase. Given this background, it was inherently difficult to implement the legal assistance for Tacloban shelter beneficiaries. However, after interviewing 1,195 shelter beneficiaries and 261 landowners, the team was able to secure 432 land tenure documents (e.g. lease documents, usufruct agreements, agricultural leasehold contract), which was above the targeted number. 11 Regional Community Safety and Resilience updates – October 2017 Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The IDEALS team shared that HLP legal assistance, particularly due diligence and land security interventions, would be best done prior to any humanitarian shelter intervention. They also stressed the importance of engaging with landowners in this type of legal assistance project early on, given that their cooperation will make or break the success of procuring land tenure documents for shelter beneficiaries.

In addition, IDEALS shared its ongoing legal assistance support for the displaced in Marawi City. The armed conflict which had just formally ended has resulted in a high number of internally displaced persons. As part of its humanitarian and development interventions in Marawi, PRC is expected to provide shelter assistance, and the HLP strategy will be able to provide crucial guidance in this.

The lessons learned from the legal assistance project in Tacloban will form part of the legal assistance / referral pathways component of the proposed PRC HLP strategy. The second draft of the strategy will be further reviewed by the Philippines Red Cross technical working group later in the year.

This event is funded by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Red Cross as part of the Regional Resilience Initiative.

Singapore Sending humanitarian aid to communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh From: https://www.redcross.sg/media-centre/press-releases/619-singapore-red-cross-sends-humanitarian- aid-to-communities-in-cox-s-bazar-bangladesh.html

Singapore Red Cross (SRC) deployed an advanced team to assess the needs of the affected communities, and to assist with relief distribution, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh from 4 to 10 October. Working alongside the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), SRC distributed US$30,000 worth of relief items to aid the affected communities in the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State. Photo by Singapore Red Cross The assessment team visited Hakimpara (51,800 displaced people), Thankhalli, Balukhali (46,110), Mainnerghona (71,770) and Palong Khali camps to assess the situation. The team worked with the Turkish Red Crescent and the Bangladesh Red Crescent to distribute food items including rice, dhal, salt, and oil etc for 800 families. SRC has medical and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) personnel on standby to assist with the relief efforts at these camps.

“People would be queuing for two to three hours even before we started distributing relief supplies. You could see how afraid they were of losing their place in the queue. The camp we went to didn’t have food distribution for five days before we arrived,” said Charis Chan, Head, International Services.

“These people really need help. The smiles on the faces of the refugees when they got their food package. That was really something,” shared Nazeer Basir, Executive, International Services.

Earlier in September, SRC launched a public appeal for funds to support relief efforts for the people from Rakhine state, Myanmar. Through the month-long appeal, SRC raised more than SG$50,000 in donations, all of which will be used in aid of those affected by the current crisis.

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Since the crisis began, nearly 587,000 people fled from the Rakhine State of neighbouring Myanmar into Bangladesh. Red Cross and Red Crescent teams provided relief items to the affected communities, while healthcare, food and water were still needed for the communities who self-settled in the areas surrounding Cox’s Bazar.

“The large wave of population movement resulted in a critical humanitarian emergency in the Cox’s Bazar area, with the communities facing issues like overcrowding, poor sanitation, and insufficient first aid, medical assistance, clean water and food. These challenges are likely to persist for an extended period of time,” said Benjamin William, Secretary General and CEO of Singapore Red Cross.

SRC has been providing humanitarian assistance in Rakhine since 2012. In July this year, SRC mobilised a team in Rakhine to distribute USD $50,000 worth of shelter items, school kits and teaching kits to communities affected by flooding in Rakhine. Earlier on, SRC had also provided assistance to internally displaced person (IDP) camps in Rakhine.

SRC had also previously distributed US$50,000 worth of relief items in collaboration with BDRCS to support the people who were affected by Cyclone Mora in Bangladesh. Dry food rations and household items were distributed to beneficiaries of the Cyclone Mora, together with toolkits for repairing shelters, and cash grants to help restore lost livelihoods.

Singapore Red Cross & Singapore Polytechnic groom young humanitarian leaders From: https://www.redcross.sg/media-centre/press-releases/620-singapore-red-cross-singapore-polytechnic- groom-young-humanitarian-leaders.html

Singapore Red Cross (SRC) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP) inked a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 19 October to collaborate on the development and provision of courses in Humanitarian Studies and its related programmes. The MoU signing ceremony took place at the commencement of the Diploma-Plus Certificate Programme in Humanitarian Affairs offered by SP.

Jointly developed and taught by SRC humanitarian workers and lecturers from SP’s School of Architecture & The Built Environment, the course aims to provide students with an understanding of the operations of the humanitarian aid and relief industry. It will also inculcate in students a Photo by Singapore Red Cross sense of civic-social responsibility, while providing opportunities to facilitate collaborative learning amongst students. The first intake saw applications from 120 students from SP.

The role played by international humanitarian aid in disaster response, as well as resilience building and recovery of communities hit by disasters or crisis is immense. Addressing the significance behind the partnership, Mr Benjamin William, Secretary-General and CEO of SRC, said, “Through our overseas community development projects, SRC has come to realise that young people possess the exceptional potential to change mindsets and break down barriers. Those who have been involved in community service at home also tend to grow into the role of a global humanitarian more easily. Besides contributing to the humanitarian cause, our youth hold immense potential to become great ambassadors for the country. Partnering a well-established Institute of Higher Learning like Singapore Polytechnic enables us to reach out to a bigger community of socially- conscious young people, and in turn, hopefully inspire another generation of humanitarians.”

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The MoU also complements the overseas community service trips organised by SP, which see students making a difference in a vulnerable community overseas, through infrastructure building and the teaching of English. SP students are also given the opportunity to co-develop innovative solutions using what they have learnt in their classes to meet the challenges of these communities.

Some of these challenges include access to clean water, increasing food production through technology and innovative means, healthcare and enterprise issues. The immersive experience of embarking on an overseas community service trips for each student, as he/she works closely with the local community, is crucial to nurturing a sense of purpose through the social contributions that one can make to society. As students interact with the communities they visit, they also uncover new insights into different communities and their cultures.

Over the last four years, the number of students signing up for overseas community service trips has increased by almost 60%. In 2017, so far, more than 850 SP students have ventured beyond our shores to assist the less fortunate. One disaster-affected location that SP students have visited often is Sichuan, China, where they have had the opportunity to interact with locals who were handicapped as a result of the 2008 earthquake. Besides learning about the local culture, students also learned to develop empathy and resilience from the handicapped locals who continue to live life to the fullest.

Mr Soh Wai Wah, Principal and CEO of SP, said, “The partnership with Singapore Red Cross is a reaffirmation of Singapore Polytechnic’s commitment to developing our students into global citizens who are sensitive and responsive to the needs of Singapore as well as those of our neighbours. Through the Diploma-Plus Certificate Programme, students will be more aware of the issues facing humanitarian workers in Asia.”

The course also builds on the knowledge and technical expertise of SP’s lecturers from the School of Architecture & the Built Environment. In the aftermath of a disaster, humanitarian workers will often need to design and build shelters, rudimentary roads, as well as drainage and water supply. This critical knowledge and skillsets are important so as to prevent and minimise further injury and harm to those living in disaster-prone areas.

The Diploma-Plus Certificate Programme in Humanitarian Affairs comprises three modules delivered over a period of three semesters, amounting to a total of 150 hours. Modules include “Introduction to Humanitarian Assistance”, “International Relief & Development” and “Stakeholder Relations & Fundraising”, all of which serve to foster a deeper understanding of the intricacies of humanitarian work and inspire students to consider careers that support the sector.

The course curriculum also includes an Overseas Humanitarian Project component that will see students embarking on an overseas community service trip in 2018 to Surabaya, Indonesia for a truly immersive learning experience. This visit to SRC’s project location will provide students with the chance to carry out humanitarian work through practical and effective means.

At present, the Diploma-Plus Certificate Programme in Humanitarian Affairs is offered exclusively to current SP students with an accumulated GPA of 3.0 and above. Moving forward, both SRC and SP have plans to offer the course as a Continuing Education and Training (CET) programme that will be made available to members of the public.

Thailand Thai Red Cross flood relief operations From http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/thailand/the-thai-red-cross-society-flood-relief- operations/

The heavy rains which started from the beginning of July until late October 2017 had led to a severe flash flood and flooding, and has affected many provinces in north, northeastern and central Thailand. The impact has spread wider, according to the Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) report on 1st November 2017, the resulting floods affected 23 provinces, 79 districts, 479 sub-districts, 2,820 villages, 125,716 households, 326,072 people and caused 10 deaths. The 23 affected provinces are Chiang Mai, Loei, Kampangphet, Tak, Sukhothai, Pichit, Nakornsawan, Utaithani, Singburi, Lopburi, Angthong, Ayudthaya, 14 Regional Community Safety and Resilience updates – October 2017 Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Phatumthani, Chainat, Petchaboon, Supanburi, Nongbualumphu, Khonkhen, Mahasarakham, Kalasin, Roi Ed, Ubonratchathani, and Suratchani.

The government at provincial level, DDPM and Thai Red Cross Society have been assisting by distribution relief kit and food and non-food items to affected population.

Thai Red Cross Society distributed relief kits in Thai Red Cross Society distributed relief kits in Angthong Nakornsawan province for flood affected people. Photo province for flood affected people. Photo by Thai Red by Thai Red Cross Cross

Viet Nam

Gender-sensitive community-based disaster risk management project in ethnic minority areas of North-West Vietnam: 42-month effort with many achievements From http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/vietnam/gender-sensitive-community-based-disaster-risk- management-project-in-ethnic-minority-areas-of-north-west-vietnam/

Implemented by the Vietnam Red Cross with support from the French Red Cross through Ready Fund, the American Red Cross and French Development Agency (AFD), from April 2014 to September 2017 in 12 communes and wards of ethnic minorities in Lai Chau and Son La, with the total budget of 1.5 million Euro, Gender-sensitive community-based disaster risk management project in ethnic minority areas of North- West Vietnam has come to an end.

Simulation, photo by French Red Cross Awareness-raising session on disaster risk reduction, photo by French Red Cross

Even though the mountainous areas of North-West Vietnam often face several extreme disasters such as landslide, flash flood, cold wave and forest fire, the local authorities and people’s preparedness, response and recovery capacity and knowledge were very limited. Therefore, the Project brings significant values to the community, contributing to the resilience of North-West Vietnamese women, men and youths facing the impacts 15 Regional Community Safety and Resilience updates – October 2017 Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of natural disasters and increasing capacities of vulnerable ethnic minority communities and local actors to prepare for disasters and reduce risks through a gender-sensitive, participatory and replicable approach.

After 42 months, the Project has obtained many positive results including the following figures: • 12 Assessments, namely Vulnerable and Capacity Assessments (VCA) and Community-Based Disaster Risk Assessments (CBDRA), have been conducted involving 2,294 officials and people • 02 Provincial Disaster Response Teams, 12 Community Action for Disaster Response (CADRE) teams with 320 members have been established, trained and equipped • 55,000 people and 2,063 students have been equipped with disaster preparedness and gender equality knowledge • 44 mitigation projects at communes and schools have been funded and carried out benefiting over 3,500 people and 5,000 students • 36 disaster response simulations have been organized participated by 2,245 people and 2,840 students and teachers • 48 teachers have been trained on disaster preparedness and safe school and 288 teachers have undergone first aid training • Gender-sensitive frame has been developed and implemented in all Project activities The Project’s most significant achievements are (1) building a group of capable officials in disaster management from provincial to community levels (2) mitigation constructions contributing to community’s vulnerability reduction, (3) awareness-raising campaign on disaster preparedness with a communication toolkit specifically-designed for the ethnic-minority people of North-West Vietnam and (4) gender issues being considered and integrated in all Project activities.

Project result infographics video, see video Project documentary video, see video

In the two target provinces, the Project has contributed to building a group of young, dynamic, knowledgeable and experienced officials for disaster management. At provincial level, they are the trainers for Community Based Disaster Risk Assessment (CBDRA), Provincial Disaster Reponses Teams (PDRT), trainers for Community Action for Disaster Response (CADRE), trainers for communicators, and first aid trainers. At commune and community level, they are the Communicators, Assessment Facilitators, Emergency Response Teams, and primary school teachers. These officials will be the core actor to maintain the disaster preparedness activities that the Project has started in the two provinces. They will also be a vital actor in the national Red Cross Society’s disaster preparedness and response work.

The mitigation constructions supported by the Project were carried out based on the needs of local people. They were proposed, implemented, contributed to in terms of capital and labour contribution, monitored, evaluated, managed and maintained by the local authorities. These constructions such as bridge, embankment, ditch, water network, shelter, disaster-warming system namely the loudspeakers, etc., do not only enhance the community’s disaster preparedness capacity but also bring significant improvement to people’s life. At schools, using the same participatory approach, the Project has provided supports for mitigations such as embankment construction, roof solidification, handrail solidification, repairing of electrical system, yard concreting, lavatory construction, repairing of water network, etc., improving the schools’ disaster response readiness as well as their operation. 16 Regional Community Safety and Resilience updates – October 2017 Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Meanwhile, a communication campaign on disaster preparedness for rural people at the mountainous North- West areas was carried out to equip the locals with knowledge and skills to pro-actively protect their assets, their lives and their loved ones in the occurrence of disaster. Using the direct communication channel, the campaign held a training course for dynamic officials who can speak both national and local languages, those who can learn the knowledge and communicate them to local people. Afterward, these facilitators used the communication toolkit specifically-designed for people of ethnic minorities at Project communes and organized communication sessions at villages. The awareness-raising toolkit used symbol and illustrations, enabling even illiterate people to understand the ways to prepare for, respond to and recover from disaster. Moreover, the toolkit was designed to encourage people’s participation through group activities and games. This enhanced the session’s effectiveness, and made the knowledge more interesting, easier to understand and stay longer in people’s memory.

Throughout the project development, implementation and monitoring process, gender integration was an important and constant element of all project activities. In particular, the Project has carried out the following activities: conducting gender analysis at the beginning of the Project to assess the roles, capacities and needs of men and women at project areas, developing Gender Integration frame to include gender issues in all project activities, developing gender awareness-raising and/or gender-sensitive tools, carrying out diverse and dynamic gender and diversity awareness-raising campaigns such as direct communications, photo contest, photo-telling story contest, discussions, contests and so on. The Project also contributed to the revision of Vietnam Red Cross’s Disaster management standards documents towards Gender and Diversity inclusion. These documents include guidance for Community Based Disaster Risk Assessment and Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA).

The Head of Delegation of the French Red Cross in Vietnam, Mr. Eric Legendre, considered Vietnam Red Cross a vital factor in ensuring the Project’s sustainability. He shared: “This project was a kind of pilot, first phase, project for which we selected and implemented activities in only a few locations among the most vulnerable. There are still plenty of similarly vulnerable and low resilient locations in Vietnam. Implementing activities together with the Vietnam Red Cross, represents probably one of the most important factor to ensure sustainability. Today, the Vietnam Red Cross has the know-how, the human resources and the tools to scale- up and replicate the same activities in the other vulnerable locations in Vietnam. They usually simply miss the funds to implement these activities.”

The Project’s documents are accessible from https://sites.google.com/view/frc-vn217

Vietnam Red Cross Post-OCAC Prioritization Workshop | 4-5 October 2017 | Hanoi, Vietnam From http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/event/vietnam-red-cross-post-ocac-prioritization-workshop- 4-5-october-2017-hanoi-vietnam/

A strong National Society is the one that is able to deliver country-wide, through a network of volunteer-based units, a relevant service to vulnerable people sustained for as long as needed. To understand their own strengths, weaknesses, and potential within its own context, the National Societies conduct Organizational Capacity Assessment and Certification (OCAC).

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Organizational Capacity Assessment and Certification (OCAC) enables National Societies to assess their own capacity and performance so as to determine the best approaches for their self- development, and also to acknowledge those National Societies that have reached a high level of proficiency. Every capacity deficit that is discovered represents an opportunity for further development and growth.

Vietnam Red Cross (VNRC) has carried the Organizational Capacity Assessment and Certification (OCAC) in 2014. During the VNRC OCAC process, four key priority recommendations were identified: 1. Strengthening organisational planning and monitoring systems 2. Sustainability strategy 3. Community level presence and participation 4. Local chapter and branch government enhancement

Through this second process, VNRC will identify tailor-made organizational development and capacity enhancement approaches and develop their national society development road map 2018-2020 which can contribute the VNRC Strategy 2020 and their future strategies.

Objective and expected outcome of the Workshop: 1. To identify the key indicators on the above recommended actions and review their progress and key challenges 2. To develop the road map for the National Society Development 2018-2020 and introduce the BOCA and Resource Mobilization System (RMS). 3. To develop the monitoring and evaluation, and reporting mechanism and its sustainability for the National Society effective work and OCAC follow up.

For the report and other related documents, click here

Vietnam: Making disaster law accessible and fun for community-level dissemination From: http://www.rcrc-resilience-southeastasia.org/event/disaster-law-community-dissemination-training-of- trainers-13-14-oct-2017-vinh-vietnam/

Despite flooding across several provinces, and a soaked International Disaster Risk Reduction Day ceremony, Vietnam Red Cross, the Women’s Union and IFRC gathered in Vinh, Nghe An province to participate in the ‘Know Your Rights, Roles and Responsibilities in Disaster Management’ (Know Your 3Rs) 13-14 October 2017. This was the first Training of Trainers (ToT) on Disaster Law Community Dissemination to be held in Vietnam The training included sessions on disaster law and Vietnam Red Cross law, it also drew attention to key community messages drawn from Vietnam’s Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Law, which had been developed through a process that included a national and provincial roundtables held in September 2017.

Participants joined in role-playing exercises and games, including a walk-through scenario developed for the Vietnam context and a jeopardy-style quiz. Lively discussions, laughter and acting talents broke out in the room. The various activities are will be modified as appropriate and integrated into existing Red Cross community-level programs.

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On day two of the training, the roles were reversed. Participants were invited to design and implement sessions plans on how they would run community programming for rights, roles and responsibilities in disaster management. Facilitators and other participants took on the roles of community members.

At the conclusion of the training, all participants were asked to develop a Plan of Action to incorporate these key messages and activities in existing programmes. Recognising that this training was the first of its kind in Vietnam, the facilitators welcomed feedback on the modules, which will inform the revision and preparation for the three remaining ToT’s to be rolled out by the end of this year. All participants were in strong agreement that increasing community level awareness of 3Rs is crucial to increase resilience to disasters, and must be accompanied with practical information on how community members can exercise their rights and fulfil their responsibilities in disaster management.

This series of activities related to Disaster Law dissemination is funded by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Red Cross as part of the Regional Resilience Initiative.

Weather Forecast

November - January 2017 For the interactive map from IFRC IRI, click here

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming events for November to December 2017 November 6-8 Canadian Red Cross monitoring visit / RRI technical working Bangkok, Thailand group meeting 6-8 Asia Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Global Bangkok, Thailand Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration 6-10 PASSA Youth Regional Training of Trainers Manila, Philippines 12-17 DPRK RCS delegation Regional Visit (peer to peer learning Philippines exchange program CBHFA) 14 – 15 Disaster Law ToT – Northern chapters Viet Nam 14 Gender Inequality of Risks (GIR) Donor roundtable Bangkok, 14 - 21 Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ERAT) Hua Hin, Thailand Training 15 - 17 Asia Pacific Regional PMER meeting Kuala Lumpur 20 - 21 Gender and Diversity refresher training Cambodia 21 - 22 Gender and Diversity technical review workshop Bangkok, Thailand 20-22 Disaster Law – chapter training roll out Philippines 20-23 Rapid Assessments of Markets (RAM) Training Philippines 20-24 Basic WASH in Emergency Response Training Philippines 23-24 Disaster Law ToT – Southern Central chapters Viet Nam 27 Official launch of Virtual Volunteer Application in PH Philippines 27 – 1 Dec Emergency Needs Assessment (ENA) Manila, Philippines 27- 29 PSSie Training of Trainers Manila, Philippines 28-29 Disaster Law ToT – Mekong Delta chapters Viet Nam 27-1 Dec Gender and Diversity in VCA training Viet Nam 29-30 National Climate Change Law Consultation Lao PDR Various Advocacy events in selected countries for 16 days of activism Various countries dates against gender-based violence (Nov 25 – Dec 10) December 1st week of Emergency and Recovery Livelihoods Assessment and Manila, Philippines December Response Option Analysis (ERLA) Training 4 Gender and diversity training for the new leadership of Thai Thailand Red Cross 4-8 Gender and Diversity in VCA field School Cambodia 7-8 DIPECHO Lessons Learnt Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 8 Philippine Red Cross (PRC) technical working group meeting Philippines on 2nd draft PRC Housing, Land and Property Strategy 11-16 Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) training Philippines 11-16 Operations Manager’s Training Manila, Philippines 12-14 Violence Prevention Integration into CBHFA Training Cambodia

New Publications

Community engagement and accountability: Good practices from around the world (2017)

This publication presents examples of community engagement and accountability initiatives being implemented by the Movement in both emergency and longer-term contexts. The work done in Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East stands testament to how community engagement and accountability is not only enabling ICRC and IFRC to better respond to the needs of the communities they serve but also in 20 Regional Community Safety and Resilience updates – October 2017 Southeast Asia Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

reducing the communities’ vulnerability and in building safer, more resilient communities. Click here to download

How to use social media to better engage people affected by crises

The use of social media by humanitarian organizations to engage and communicate with (not about) affected people is, to date, still vastly untapped, and largely under researched and documented in terms of the provision of practical guidance, both thematically and technically, good practices and lessons learned. This document serves as a brief guide for those using social media in humanitarian organizations. Click here to download

Communication with Communities in disaster emergency response and recovery: Volunteers Guideline

This guideline aims to enhance knowledge and capacity of the volunteers regarding communication with community in implementing disaster emergency response and recover activities. Click here to download

Indonesian Red Cross Society: Working towards school safety

This brochure highlights and maps Indonesian Red Cross Society (PMI) activities to support school safety, including the challenges and ways forward. The activities are grouped following the three pillars of Comprehensive School Safety. Click here to download

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Cambodian Red Cross Society: Working towards school safety

This brochure highlights and maps Cambodian Red Cross activities to support school safety, including the challenges and ways forward. The activities are grouped following the three pillars of Comprehensive School Safety. Click here to download