Case studies: Global

Browse case studies from across the globe and filter by themes.

Global Map of CEA Case Studies 

Explore our new map of CEA case studies from around the world. Click on locations to see how Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies are fostering community participation, open and honest communication, and responsive feedback mechanisms in their programmes.

If you’d like to add a case study to the map, please email lselby@redcross.org.uk

1 April 2020

Sharing midterm review findings with communities

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

This case study documents how the Zambia Red Cross Society adopted a Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) approach during their three-year Pneumonia Reduction Project.

  • Africa
  • Epidemics
  • Pneumonia

1 April 2020

CEA helps to tackle corruption in Malawi

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

This case study produced by IFRC and Malawian Red Cross details how Malawi Red Cross Society used community engagement to tackle corruption by community leaders as part of the Cyclone…

  • Accountability
  • Africa
  • Case study
  • Corruption

1 April 2020

Case study: Setting up community committee for feedback and complaints (BRC)

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

This case study produced by the IFRC and Burundi Red Cross details the setting up of a community committee for feedback and complaints in Muyinga, Burundi.

  • Africa
  • Committee
  • Community feedback
  • Complaints

30 March 2020

Building resilience through community participation

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Case Study

Organization:

Turkish Red Crescent

This case study explores how advisory committees at Turkish Red Crescent Society community centres are being used to ensure that services remain relevant to people’s needs and that communities can…

  • Advisory committees
  • Community
  • Feedback

30 March 2020

Ebola champion leads prevention efforts to protect her community

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC, Uganda Red Cross

A case study produced by the IFRC and the Ugandan Red Cross, on how one woman and her family are mobilising communities to prepare for and prevent outbreaks of the…

  • Ebola
  • Risk Communication

30 March 2020

Integrating CEA at the Ethiopian Red Cross Society

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

Canadian Red Cross, Ethiopian Red Cross

A Case Study produced by the Canadian Red Cross and the Ethiopian Red Cross, outlining the impact of integrating Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) into Ethiopian Red Cross Society activities.

  • Accountability

3 July 2019

Typhoon Bopha – communicating to save lives

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

An IFRC Case Study on Typhoon Bopha, which hit Mindanao Island in the Philippines in December 2012. It details the Red Cross response to the disaster, and the channels of…

  • Communication
  • Extreme weather
  • Response
  • Typhoon

3 July 2019

Community Engagement and Accountability Minimum Standards: formulation and integration into the work of the Myanmar Red Cross

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

Myanmar Red Cross

An IFRC case study on ‘Community Engagement and Accountability Minimum Standards: Formulation and Integration into the Work of the Myanmar Red Cross’. It details the standards and tools used to…

  • Accountability
  • Good practice

3 July 2019

Case study: the role of beneficiary communications in building resilience

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

Indonesian Red Cross

An IFRC case study on ‘The Role of Beneficiary Communication in Building Resilience’. It details the work of the Indonesian Red Cross in Sumatra and includes recommendations for programmatic and…

  • Community
  • Information
  • Resilience

3 July 2019

Case study: malaria prevention through social media

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

An IFRC case study about ‘Malaria Prevention Through Social Media’. It details the use of social media, mobile and web-based technologies to improve communication with affected communities in the Asia…

  • Africa
  • Communication
  • Disease
  • CEA and Health

3 July 2019

Our commitments to: accountability to beneficiaries and the communities where we work

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

An IFRC case study on, ‘Integrating Community Engagement and Accountability into Disaster Risk Reduction Activities if the Maternal, Newborn and Child Healthcare Programme in Rural Myanmar’.

  • Case study
  • Disaster reduction

3 July 2019

Communicating with beneficiaries: a two-way dialogue

Type:

Case Study

Organization:

IFRC

An IFRC case study on ‘Communicating with Beneficiaries: a Two-Way Dialogue’, a beneficiary communications programme in Pakistan which uses means such as radio, SMS and face-to-face contact to communicate with…

  • Communication
  • Information
  • Technology