If you could save a life from the threat of disaster, what would you do? Disasters can be natural such as earthquakes and floods, or man-made – for example civil war and oil spills. In some...
The Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools (DRRS) Project, exclusively funded the UK’s Department for International Development, was implemented from October 2005 to December 2010 by ActionAid...
This publication is a guidance note for government and civil society organizations working on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) initiatives at community level in...
This report draws out examples of good practice and lessons learned from the implementation of ActionAid's five year Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools project in Nepal.
This edition begins with an article on a fascinating collaborative research project, which examined the role and influence of parents and teachers on children's learning outcomes in primary schools...
On 23rd June 2011, ActionAid and VOICE (Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies) hosted a panel discussion entitled From Disaster Risk Reduction to Comprehensive Resilience - Towards a...
This executive summary outlines the findings of a learning review on ActionAid's 5 year Disaster Risk Reduction through Schools (DRRS) project, implemented in 9 countries across Africa, Asia and the...
The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26th December 2004 was a disaster of unprecedented magnitude. Across the 12 affected countries in Asia and Africa, more than 230,000 people were reported dead...
This report uses participatory techniques to investigate the impacts of climate change and urban flooding on populations in six major cities across Africa – Nairobi (Kenya), Kampala (Uganda), Lagos (...
