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Shelter and Settlements working group and DRR working group
Content Type: Resource
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Date: Jul 2018
Location: Global - Multiple countries
CRS Shelter & Settlements 2019 CS
Content Type: Collection
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Date: Jul 2020
Location: Global - Multiple countries

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is committed to spread knowledge and good practices to contribute in capacity building through sharing lessons learned, case studies and guides developed from...

Educational Facilities in Remote Settlements
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: Jul 2020
Location: Pakistan

On October 8, 2005, a violent earthquake of 7.6 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted northern Pakistan (epicenter 95km northeast of Islamabad), causing entire villages to disappear under a pile...

Shelter Meeting 23
Content Type: Collection
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Date: Jul 2023
Location: All

Shelter Centre, in collaboration with our host, IFRC...

Urban Transitional Shelters Inspired by Traditional Building
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: Jul 2020
Location: Philippines

The flash floods caused by Tropical Storm Washi destroyed a large portion of the city center of Cagayan de Oro. Macasandig and Isla de Oro were the worst affected urban barangays (or neighborhood...

Relief to development - the UN-Habitat approach and mandate
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): United Nations Human Settlements Program
Date: Jul 2008
Location: Global - Multiple countries

The Speaker presented the approach and mandate of UN-Habitat, emphasising the need to bridge humanitarian and development work and promoting sustainability and disaster risk reduction.

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Participatory Village Planning
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: Jul 2020
Location: Pakistan

In early September 2012, Jacobabad district was flooded due to heavy monsoon rain. Many houses collapsed, and people were forced to live in tents, emergency shelters or under the open sky. Around...

Together: Strengthening Community Resilience to Natural Disasters
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: Sep 2019
Location: Vietnam

The project focused on strengthening the disaster risk reduction capacities and increasing the resilience of vulnerable communities in 27 villages by helping them to prepare for and respond to...

Guide simplifié des bonnes pratiques de construction
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: Aug 2019
Location: Mali

L’objectif de ce guide est de faciliter la sensibilisation sur les aspects techniques et bonnes pratiques lors de la construction habituelle au Mali. Il concerne les pratiques quotidiennes et des...

Understanding Community Perceptions of Resilience: Discussions with...
Content Type: Resource
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Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: Sep 2019
Location: Central America, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia

What does resilience mean to vulnerable communities? This question is crucial when designing initiatives to promote disaster risk reduction and resilience. Catholic Relief Services interviewed...

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