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Blog March 18, 2025

Early Action, Food Insecurity, Gender & Inclusion

Ensuring education through a crisis: how school-feeding programmes give children ‘more than just a meal’

Slow-onset hazards can drive hunger among children, forcing them to stay at home rather than attend school. In such contexts, school-feeding programmes have emerged as a crucial anticipatory action. …

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Blog February 10, 2025

Compound risk, Dialogue Platform

When hazards ‘work together’ in complex ways, how can anticipatory action stakeholders keep pace?

Anticipatory action initiatives have often focused on a single hazard. But the contexts in which humanitarians operate are all too often shaped by a complex interplay of cascading and compounding …

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Blog January 23, 2025

Dialogue Platform, GIS & Mapping, Science

Demystifying artificial intelligence for anticipatory action

What is the potential for using AI in anticipatory action? How can we harness AI in a way that is ethical and aligned with humanitarian values? A recent workshop sought to answer some of these …

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Blog December 02, 2024

GIS & Mapping

Using geoinformation for anticipatory action frameworks: a technical training workshop in Pakistan

Geoinformation plays a critical role in anticipatory action, providing a clear, data-driven picture of where the risks are highest and which areas are most vulnerable to hazards. A recent workshop …

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Blog November 29, 2024

Early Action, Health, WASH

Learning by doing: lessons from anticipatory actions ahead of floods in Zambia

In January 2023, the Zambian Red Cross Society activated its EAP for Floods. Later that year, the Netherlands Red Cross commissioned a study to learn lessons from this activation; this provided …

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Blog October 16, 2024

Early Action, Lessons Learnt

Anticipating tropical cyclones in Madagascar: Start Network’s experience

Since 2021, Start Network has been anticipating tropical cyclones in Madagascar, financing anticipation and early-response projects in the country. This blog captures some of the lessons learned …

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Blog October 14, 2024

Locally led

Strengthening locally led anticipatory action in Pakistan

Pakistan’s unique geographical landscape means its communities face rising threats from a number of hazards – but locally led anticipatory action is offering a way to mitigate the impacts.

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Blog October 11, 2024

Early Warning System, Locally led

Should I stay or should I go? Actionable early warnings for floods in Kenya

Having a flood-forecasting system in place is not enough: early warnings need to be understandable and actionable for communities. The partners of the WAHAFA programme in Kenya tested the readiness …

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Blog October 11, 2024

Early Action, Scaling up, Trigger Development

Drill leads to skill! Simulating anticipatory actions ahead of floods in Kenya

Simulation exercises provide an opportunity for stakeholders to practice and refine the different phases of anticipatory action. Partners in the WAHAFA project recently held a simulation of their …

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Blog October 09, 2024

Dialogue Platform, Locally led, Networks & Conferences, Scaling up

Do we need to mainstream anticipatory action, ensure it is locally led – or both? Take 2...

Can anticipatory action be both locally led and mainstreamed at the national level? Read more reflections from the anticipatory action community.

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News March 31, 2025

Early Action, Gender & Inclusion, Health, WASH

How anticipatory action adds value to epidemic preparedness: managing cholera outbreaks in Cameroon

The Cameroon Red Cross Society’s EAP for Cholera marks a historic milestone: it is the first EAP for an epidemic to be validated by the IFRC, and will guide anticipatory actions ahead of a forecast …

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News March 21, 2025

Early Action, Health, WASH

OCHA and CERF act in anticipation of a large cholera outbreak in DRC

The United Nations CERF has allocated 750,000 US dollars for anticipatory actions to contain a cholera outbreak in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo. This funding will be used to …

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News March 19, 2025

Cash & Voucher, Early Action

The Malawi Red Cross Society distributes anticipatory cash ahead of Tropical Cyclone Jude

With Tropical Cyclone Jude forecast to bring severe weather to Malawi, the Malawi Red Cross Society provided anticipatory cash and other support to help communities prepare for the worst.

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News March 11, 2025

Early Action, Gender & Inclusion, Shelter, WASH

OCHA and UN CERF support anticipatory action ahead of Tropical Cyclone Jude in Mozambique

On 8 March 2025, as Tropical Cyclone Jude headed towards Mozambique, the trigger thresholds set out in the country’s 'Anticipatory Action and Early Response Framework - Cyclones' were reached. This …

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News March 10, 2025

Early Action, Shelter

The Mozambique Red Cross Society activates its Early Action Protocol for Cyclones

The Mozambique Red Cross Society has activated its EAP for Cyclone, based on forecasts that Tropical Cyclone Jude would soon make landfall. It implemented a series of anticipatory actions to protect …

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News March 10, 2025

Early Action, Early Warning System, Scaling up, Shelter, WASH

Simulating anticipatory actions ahead of cyclones in Bangladesh

Cyclones are a recurrent hazard in Bangladesh. To test the efficiency and effectiveness of the anticipatory actions outlined in the country's new national-level framework for cyclones, partners …

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News March 07, 2025

Scaling up, Trigger Development

Sri Lanka’s government convenes the first meeting of the National Anticipatory Action Working Group

Anticipatory action initiatives are growing rapidly in Sri Lanka. The National Anticipatory Action Working Group, which was set up to ensure these initiatives are well coordinated and receive the …

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News February 26, 2025

Early Action, WASH

The Mozambique Red Cross Society activates its Early Action Protocol for Floods

The Mozambique Red Cross Society activated its EAP for Floods on 21 February 2025. With just three days before the expected peak of the flood, it acted swiftly to protect 10,000 people in the most …

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News February 25, 2025

Compound risk, Conflict, Scaling up

Exploring conflict dynamics and anticipatory action in Somalia

In Somalia, the interplay between conflict and climatic shocks has exacerbated people’s vulnerabilities in many regions. In response to these challenges, the Somali Red Crescent Society held a …

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News February 21, 2025

Early Action

The Somali Red Crescent Society activates its Early Action Protocol for Drought to support the most vulnerable people

The Somali Red Crescent Society has just activated its Early Action Protocol (EAP) for Drought. It will now implement a series of anticipatory actions to support those identified as most at risk …

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