Community Based Disaster Preparedness - A How-To Guide

The Community Based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) “How-To” Guide was developed to help CRS India, its partners, and CRS and other nGOs worldwide, facilitate a community-led disaster preparedness process. CBDP field practitioners repeatedly stated the need for a ready reference document detailing how to facilitate CBDP programs.
This guide is designed to complement the existing handbooks on CBDP, Community Based Disaster Risk Management and Disaster Risk Reduction.
CRS has been running CBDP programs in India and South Asia for five years, learning what works well and not so well. This guide is an opportunity to compile lessons learned and best practices and improve CBDP programming for people in disaster-prone communities.