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Disaster work

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Through its volunteers the Red Cross is able to be present before, during and after the disaster. The aim of the FRC is to improve the ability of the communities to respond to disasters and to alleviate their impacts within those communities.

John Sparrow

Disasters

Disasters strike quickly or develop slowly and can, in some cases, even be predicted.

SPR

Before a disaster

The eradication of extreme poverty by 2015 is one of the UN millennium goals. This target cannot be achieved without decreasing the risk of disasters and improving the capacity to survive in case of disaster.

Lue lisää -linkit: 
International Day for Risk Reduction 2010
Prepared communities are safer communities
A framework for community safety and resilience - In the face of disaster risk
Disaster: How the Red Cross & Red Crescent reduces risk
Disaster preparedness training manual
Ari Räsänen

During a disaster

The Finnish Red Cross specializes in providing humanitarian aid in a quick and efficient way.

SPR

After a disaster

After the immediate disaster relief phase it is time to start the reconstruction phase.

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Living the recovery
Integrating relief, rehabilitation and development
Post-emergency rehabilitation policy
Review of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies recovery operations
SPR

Disaster tools of the Red Cross