Along the 2021 Red Cross Pre-Hurricane Conference, Red Cross National Societies, IFRC teams, partners, allies and public official have...

For more than 20 years, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) has supported governments, non-profits worldwide, and organizations including IFRC,...

Strengthening of National Societies is one of the Federation’s and particularly the IFRC Secretariat’s fundamental tasks, as well as...

The panel was led by Andrés Morales, IFRC's Volunteering & Youth Development Regional Coordinator and included insights from Félix...

Localization in the emergency context means recognizing, respecting and strengthening leadership and decision making by local and...

Together with academic, corporate and humanitarian actors, the Red Cross work in the Americas to understand better the risks that...

In 2020, 238,000 displacements were due to conflict issues, and 4.5 million due to disasters. Specialists define climate migration as one...

Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) refers to programs where cash transfers or vouchers for goods or services are directly provided to...

The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement renewed its commitment to gender equity and inclusion in 2020: having a diversity of people in...

Ariel Kestens, IFRC Head of Delegation for the Dutch- and English-Speaking Caribbean, noted that Red Cross’ preparedness efforts imply...

In the Logistics session of the Pre-Hurricane Conference, the IFRC team in the Americas spoke about the different response mechanisms...

Partnerships between sectors is crucial in order to respond to emergencies across the region. During the first session on 24 June,...

During the 2020 Hurricane Season, the Community Engament and Accountability team in the Americas had three key learnings for the current...

In order to adapt to a changing climate, IFRC and Red Cross National Societies, as well as partners, work on different Disaster Risk...

Forecast Based Financing (FBF) is an innovative early action mechanism to act faster in a region with multiple threats and risks and that...

The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that we are all at risk and need to pay close attention to health during emergencies. Red Cross...

The mission, data, information products of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency of the United States were explained in this...

2020 was a year like no other. With 30 named storms – the most ever recorded – there was the need to use the Greek alphabet in naming...

To increase readiness for hurricane preparedness throughout the region and to ensure that National Societies and IFRC will have an...

Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 in the Atlantic and in the eastern Pacific from May 15 to November 30. The International...