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  1. Global Earthquake Model Foundation: Understanding earthquakes

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    From 1970 to 2012, the toll of earthquakes in South America was 77 000 lives, 15 million people affected and economic losses of ...

    Conference Location: Colombia

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  2. The American Red Cross (ARC): Recovering from Hurricane Sandy

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Hurricane Sandy hit the Caribbean, Jamaica and the East Coast of the United States in October 2012. The American Red Cross was ...

    Conference Location: Caribbean

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  3. Watershed Organisation Trust: Building resilience to climate change

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background In ecologically fragile and rain-fed regions of India, climate variability is adversely affecting agriculture, ...

    Conference Location: India

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  4. Vivamos Mejor Foundation: Risk management at high altitudes

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background The northwestern Atitlán highlands of southwestern Guatemala encompass five river catchment areas delineated by the ...

    Conference Location: Guatemala

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  5. The Swiss Red Cross: Life on the edge

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background Vietnam is one of Asia’s most-disaster prone countries. Its long coastline in particular makes it vulnerable to ...

    Conference Location: Vietnam

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  6. Stiftung for Studentenhäuser: New sleeping quarters at Witellika

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Swiss Re has a long tradition of engagement in the communities where it has offices. Universities and their students play a vital ...

    Conference Location: Switzerland

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  7. Save the Children: Keeping kids safe from disaster

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background In recent history more people have died from natural disasters in China than in any other country. Climate change ...

    Conference Location: China

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  8. SOS Children's Villages: Transition to adulthood

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Background In January 1999, the site for the fifth SOS Children's Village in Sri Lanka, situated in the town of Monaragala, was ...

    Conference Location: Sri Lanka

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  9. Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI): Engaging the community in Kenya

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    The Association “Kounkuey Design Initiative” (KDI) partnered with residents of impoverished areas to create low cost, high-impact ...

    Conference Location: Kenya

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  10. The Bergwaldprojekt: A natural shield against natural disaster

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    Published by: Swiss Re Foundation Content Type: Project 

    Each year volunteers from Swiss Re's Zurich offices return to the Tamina Valley in eastern Switzerland to help maintain its ...

    Conference Location: Switzerland

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