2-way communication

Using trusted, accurate ways of communicating with the local community allows them to receive and share messages. These resources and tools will help you to develop, plan and deliver messages to communities in the most appropriate ways.

31 March 2021

A guide to community muralisation

Type:

Guide

Organization:

IFRC

Community murals could help CEA practitioners to promote coexistence in public spaces; involving communities, it can be a vehicle for social cohesion and inclusion. This guide presents the steps to…

  • Mural
  • Public space
  • Spanish

2 April 2020

COVID-19: Myth busters

Type:

Infographic

Organization:

WHO

A series of myth busting graphics produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the Novel Coronavirus. Graphics include myths surrounding the use of hand dryers, ultraviolet disinfection lamps, and…

  • Community feedback
  • COVID-19
  • Disease
  • Emergencies

2 April 2020

Pocket guide to communication needs assessments

Type:

Guide

Organization:

CDAC Network

A pocket guide produced by CDAC Network providing guidance on steps humanitarian responders can take to assess and determine how to enhance communication with and among communities at different stages…

  • Assessments
  • Communication
  • Media landscape
  • Radio

30 March 2020

SMS checklist for a pre-planned campaign

Type:

Tool

Organization:

IFRC

An SMS checklist to aid in the pre-planning of an SMS campaign. This document was produced for the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) and can be adapted for your…

  • Communication
  • Feedback
  • Information as aid
  • Participation

3 July 2019

Protecting communities: prevention of mosquito-borne diseases

Type:

Publication

Organization:

IFRC

An English-language comic book on ‘Protecting Communities: The Prevention of Mosquito-Borne Diseases’. It is a child-friendly tool which can be used to raise awareness and prevent the spread of mosquito-borne…

  • Disease
  • Epidemics
  • Film
  • CEA and Health

3 July 2019

Zika operation: impact in the Americas

Type:

Video

Organization:

IFRC

An educational video which provides an overview of the IFRC’s zika Operation in the Americas. The IFRC has worked with 12 National Societies to control and prevent zika in the…