IFRC

International Day for Risk Reduction

The IFRC has assisted the people of Bangladesh to re-establish themselves in the wake of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Sidr, which hit the area in November 2007. The livelihood program has been designed to provide eligible families with a cash grant based on a proposal to start an income generating activity to replace their lost professions. It requires applicants to open a bank account to receive payments - something most of the people in the village of Lota baria in Barguna District have never done before. (p-BGD0261)Photo: Graham Crouch/IFRC

The IFRC has assisted the people of Bangladesh to re-establish themselves in the wake of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Sidr, which hit the area in November 2007. The livelihood program has been designed to provide eligible families with a cash grant based on a proposal to start an income generating activity to replace their lost professions. It requires applicants to open a bank account to receive payments - something most of the people in the village of Lota baria in Barguna District have never done before. (p-BGD0261)Photo: Graham Crouch/IFRC

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A training session for villagers on disaster preparedness in Natutu village on Fiji's main island near the town of Ba. The training covers how to prepare for and respond to floods, cyclones, earthquakes and tsunamis: where to flee to stay above the water, what supplies to prepare beforehand, what radio stations and mobile phone messages to watch out for, the importance of a system to account for missing people, the establishment of a village committee to oversee disaster preparation, first aid and so on.Villagers listen to training and then do group work on how best to prepare for and respond to disasters.(p-FJI0001)Photo: IFRC
Cash for work activities in Niger. When village people work at the Red Cross they will receive money with which they can feed their family for two days. At the same time, environment is improved and further desertification stopped. (p-NER0358)Photo: IFRC
Disaster risk reduction in Rwanda. Honoré Ciraba, a volcanologist with the Observatoire Volcanogique de Goma, measures a fissure that runs through Gisenyi’s main hospital. Fissures are one of the key tell-take signs of the likelihood of a Nyiragongo eruption. (p-RWA0011)Photo: Alex Wynter/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Health awareness is conducted by Cambodia Red Cross volunteers at community level as part of a nationwide Disaster Risk Reduction programme. Photo is from Kratie province. (pw-KHM0001)Photo: Cambodia Red Cross
Volunteer from the Madagascar Red Cross Society communicating with some remote people in the capital city Antananarivo to convince mothers to bring their child for the vaccination campaign. (p-MDG0001)Photo: Benoit Matsha-Carpentier/IFRC
Volunteers of the Indonesian Red Cross Society (PMI) in West Sumatra collect rubbish on Padang beach as part of a PMI risk reduction awareness event in September 2010. (p-IDN1587)Photo: Novi Mandasari/Indonesian Red Cross
Villagers built the footbridge between barangays Pis-anan and Indag-an in Antique province of Philippines in 2004. It enables villagers to cross the river without a hassle. Students now reach their school, sick people easily go to the hospital and farmers transport their crops to the market, hence proper maintenance of the bridge is crucial for these people. The bridge was built as part of the Red Cross disaster preparedness programme. (p-PHL0262)Photo: Erik Olsson/IFRC
Kurnool village in Krishna district of India recently suffered one of the worst floods in 100 years. Nearly 400 people died in this district and neighbouring Karnataka and more than 500,000 were displaced. Villagers have their ID cards checked and receive their family packs. (p-IND0096)Photo: Rob Few/IFRC
TB and HIV co-infection has been singled out as vital to make progress in reducing TB incidence and mortality, because those living with HIV are five times more likely to contract TB, which is the leading cause of death for people living with HIV. The Kazakh Red Crescent project uses a community based holistic approach to support some of the most vulnerable communities affected by TB and HIV. (p-KAZ0030)Photo: Claudia Janke/British Red Cross
    

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