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Ghana: recent floods a good test for disaster preparedness

"We realized that we still had a long way to go to be able to fully respond to a disaster of such a scale when it happens so abruptly." Jean-Luc Martinage spoke to Andrews Frimpong, Secretary General of the Ghana Red Cross Society.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
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What does a disaster resilient community look like?

A group of six agencies was found themselves debating this question...
Tearfund
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Education focus for international day for disaster reduction

The International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction on 10 October will be marked this year by a regional workshop on School Education and Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangkok, and a ceremony on the Day. Both events will take place at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
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The future in our hands: addressing the leadership challenge of climate change

'To help leverage the synergies between the disaster risk reduction and climate change agendas, I am considering how to strengthen our disaster risk reduction capabilities.' - The Chair's Summary, UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon...
United Nations - Headquarters
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Prepared for a shock

'What happens when a school really lets its pupils down: when the walls collapse sideways and the heavy tiled roof pancakes down in a couple of seconds? ...'
Guardian, the (UK)

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