GRC - International cooperation: disaster risk reduction
Analyse hazards, prevent disasters and prepare people:
This document describes the purpose of the disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities of the German Red Cross (GRC), which is to build communities' self-help capacities and to strengthen the resilience of particularly vulnerable groups such as women, children and elderly people. It presents GRC's three fields of action: (i) measures to analyse natural hazards and people's resilience on site (vulnerability and capacity assessments or VCAs); (ii) activities designed to prevent or reduce adverse effects of future disasters (disaster prevention and mitigation); and (iii) effectively preparing the people at risk for future disasters and strengthening their capacities to cope (disaster preparedness).