Early action database

Identifying appropriate early actions for a particular hazard and context is essential to successful anticipatory action. In the interest of facilitating exchange between organizations, regions, and actors, this early action database allows practitioners to see what anticipatory actions are being implemented or considered around the world.

Using the dropdown menus and search options below, you can pull up early actions according to country, organization, hazard, sector or intended purpose. The resulting list will provide you with basic information about the actions including lead times and links to additional resources, where available. This information can serve as the foundation for further research and discussion as to how to adapt these actions to new contexts.

Please note that, at the moment, the early action database only contains early actions from Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies, but the Anticipation Hub is working with other actors in anticipatory humanitarian action to catalog their programs and actions and include them in the database as soon as possible.

Growing this database and keeping it up to date is a community effort. If you or your organization identify an early action not in the database, please download and fill out the following form and send it to Arielle Tozier de la Poterie so that we can add them.

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Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Peru

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Flood

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    10-15 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribute filters in periurban and rural areas after 10-day trigger. Beneficiaries based upon distance to Red Cross and likelihood that community will be isolated by flood waters. 

  • Additional resources

    Visit the country page here.

    Visit the Peru Red Cross FbF project page here.

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Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Togo

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Flood

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    Not available

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribution of aquatabs and buckets.

Title

Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Uganda

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Flood

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    7 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribution of water purification chemicals, water storage vessels and soap to help reduce waterborne diseases and promote proper hygiene 

  • Additional resources

    Visit the country page here.

    Visit the Uganda Red Cross FbF project page here. 

Title

Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Zambia

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Flood

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    7 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribution of water purification tablets

  • Additional resources

    Visit the country page here. 

    Visit the Zambia Red Cross FbF project page here. 

Title

Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    El Niño

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    5-7 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribute safe water kits (20 litre bucket and 20 chlorine pills) when shorter-term forecasts indicate El Niño-related, long-term heavy rains (and associated flooding).

Title

Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Mozambique

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Cyclone / Typhoon

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    3 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribution of liquid cholorine (Certeza) and buckets to individual households

  • Additional resources

    Visit the country page here.

    Visit the Mozambique Red Cross FbF project page here.

Title

Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Niger

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Flood

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    3 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribution of individual water purification supplies (chlorine, tablets, drops, filters)

  • Additional resources

    Visit the country profile here.

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Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Honduras

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Cyclone / Typhoon

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    WASH

  • Lead Time

    5 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce health impacts, Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    The Honduran Red Cross will purchase, preposition and distribute home water purification kits including chlorine tablets, storage containers,  in order to prevent the outbrak of water-borne diseases

Title

Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Kenya

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Flood

  • Early Actions

    Non-food items, Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    7 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribution of WASH NFI. Through this action, KRCS aims to procure and deployment of emergency water treatment plants to support provision of water to families affected by floods in floods prone areas.

Title

Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Peru

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Intense rainfall, El Niño

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    7 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribute safe water kits (20 litre bucket and 20 chlorine pills) when shorter-term forecasts indicate El Niño-related, long-term heavy rains (and associated flooding)

  • Additional resources

    Visit the country page here.

    Visit the Peru Red Cross FbF project page here.

Title

Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Mozambique

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Flood

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    3 days maximum

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribution of liquid cholorine (Certeza), a mug, and bucket with lid

  • Multi hazard considerations

    During COVID-19, Mozambique added the following language to their EAP: "As a consequence of the COVID19 pandemic activities implemented in the context of this EAP (readiness, preparedness and activation) shall be carried out following international and national preventive measures for the limitation of the further spread of the virus. This includes respecting distancing rules, the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) and equipment for hygiene, frequent hand washing, maximum size of groups of people (max 20) and continuous dissemination and awareness raising on the COVID19 and its prevention."

  • Additional resources

    Visit the country page here.

    Visit the Mozambique Red Cross FbF project page here.

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Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Mali

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Flood

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    4 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Distribution of aquatabs and chlorine in conjunction with the ministry of health. 

  • Additional resources

    Visit the country profile here.

    Visit the Mali Red Cross project page here. 

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Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Country

    Ethiopia

  • Organization

    Red Cross Red Crescent

  • Hazard

    Flood

  • Early Actions

    Water purification supplies (household-level)

  • Sector

    Health, WASH

  • Lead Time

    7 days

  • Purpose

    Prevent or reduce waterborne diseases

  • Detail of action

    Provision of tablets to purify water of contaminants caused by riverine flood

  • Additional resources

    View Ethiopia's country profile here. 

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