Reducing Risks in Nepal’s Disaster-Prone Communities

Publication language
English
Pages
2pp
Date published
01 Aug 2004
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Capacity development, Community-led, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disasters
Countries
Nepal
Organisations
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

When communities are united and work together for the benefit of all, they can bring about big changes. Local-level initiatives that ensure maximum community participation have proved to be an effective approach to disaster risk reduction. In Nepal, a successful community-based disaster preparedness (CBDP) programme has shown that, through increasing communities’ capacities, it is possible to reduce risks at the local level.