The objectives of this Red Cross project project are to develop and strengthen the capacities in two districts of the Jakarta Province, East Jakarta and West Jakarta, to undertake integrated community-based risk reduction activities (including climate change adaptation) and to learn about  integrating risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and micro-finance in one holistic project.  Specific actions at the community level will include community organization and mobilization through Village Committees; the formation and training of volunteer groups, self-help groups, and Community-Based A

The project is aimed at strengthening capacities regarding climate change related risks, implemented in the Department of Chiquimula by the Guatemalan Red Cross with technical and financial assistance from the Netherlands Red Cross. The target is communities in Santa Rosa district. To date, disaster preparedness training has been initiated and the community has participated in the formation of a local disaster reduction committee. Link to Source

This project will: (1) enhance the capacity of the District of Bogota to identify and monitor risks by upgrading hydrologic, seismic, and volcanic detection and forecasting systems, as well as conducting vulnerability assessments that will help it better target its investments and identify potential calamities before they occur; (2) continue the city government’s existing risk reduction efforts to ensure the functioning of critical facilities and lifeline infrastructure in the event of adverse natural or technological catastrophes; (3) strengthen the District Administration’s effectiveness

The City of Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Secretariat of Social Development created the Community Reforestation Project in 1986.  The project, also referred to as the Paid Self-Help Reforestation Project and the Mutirão Project, aims to control erosion and reduce the associated land slide and flood risks through the reforestation of erosion-prone areas of the city, particularly where favelas (squatter settlements) are located.  Furthermore, the project aims to employ local residents and reintroduce native tree species (the best for erosion control) to the hillsides.  The individual reforestat