Case studies: Americas

Browse case studies from the Americas region, including case studies on community feedback, CEA in extreme weather responses, and COVID-19.

17 August 2022

PASSA Case Study in Honduras – Safe Homes, Resilient Communities

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

This case study shares the experience of Honduras Red Cross in implementing the Participatory Approach to Safe Housing Awareness and Home Repair Program developed as part of the ETA&IOTA hurricane…

  • Extreme weather
  • Flooding
  • Hurricanes
  • PASSA

4 August 2021

Relationships the Key to Risk Communications (A Guyana Case Study)

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

Guyana Red Cross

During the COVID-19 outbreak in Guyana, the Guyana Red Cross saw the vulnerability of remote Indigenous and migrant communities in accessing information and the supplies that could protect people and…

  • Community feedback
  • CEA and Migration
  • Perceptions

29 July 2021

Garden to Kitchen: Listening to communities (A Trinidad and Tobago Case Study)

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society

This case study looks at the research process that the Trinidad &Tobago Red Cross undertook to understand and address communities’ assistance needs, priorities and preferences of arriving migrants. Through its…

  • Community feedback
  • Livelihoods
  • Migrants
  • CEA and Migration

12 April 2021

St. Vincent & the Grenadines Red Cross: Stopping the spread of dengue by covering barrels

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

St. Vincent & the Grenadines Red Cross

In order to help curb the worst dengue outbreak in recent history, the St. Vincent and the Grendines Red Cross launched a campaign to control mosquito populations including the covering…

  • Dengue
  • Disease
  • Spanish

26 November 2020

Community participatory appraisal with migrant population in Ecuador

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

A case study on community participatory appraisals with migrant populations in Ecuador implemented by the ERC with the aim to obtain a better knowledge and understanding of the main problems…

  • Americas
  • Appraisal
  • Case study
  • COVID-19

9 November 2020

Continuing disaster risk reduction during COVID-19, Suriname

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

Canadian Red Cross, IFRC, Suriname Red Cross

A case study on the Community Resilience Building (CRB) programme in Suriname. The programme is designed to empower communities to monitor risks and hazards and develop community resilience plans. The…

  • Americas
  • Arabic
  • Case study
  • Community work