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This project helped flood-affected communities increase their resilience and disaster preparedness by assisting them to develop their own plan of action: identifying the hazards they face,...
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...
This project helped the government institute a cholera risk reduction system in Artibonite department. It provided technical support to senior health staff and community health workers in four...
This guide builds on previous manuals produced by CRS and CAFOD, adding new sections on how to strengthen community leadership and participation mechanisms, and how to integrate climate change...
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...
This manual describes how to build disaster-resistant shelters. Catholic Relief Services used this guide to build flood-resistant shelters in West Bengal.
This step-by-step guide explains how to manage the two main types of CRS post-disaster or post-conflict construction: owner-driven and contractor-built. The guide is for non-construction...
CRS used the Designing for Behavior Change methodology to conduct a study on people’s perceptions of using CRS‑recommended hazard‑resistant construction practices. The study involved communities...
In 2015, CRS conducted a multi‑country study that recommended ways to influence household adoption of...
The government of Madagascar declared a national emergency on March 14, 2017 due to Cyclone Enawo, which affected 64,566 people and destroyed 2,727 homes. CRS responded by strengthening the...