DRR & CCA

Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is one of Save the Children´s main areas of operation. It aims to increase the resilience of the most vulnerable children, including those with disabilities, towards disasters.

On October 13, 2014 the “Disaster Risk Reduction in Armenia” project was launched in Yerevan, funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO under the DIPECHO programme and implemented by the Armenian Red Cross Society, OXFAM Armenia and Save the Children. The project closely collaborates with the Republic of Armenia Ministries of Emergency Situations, Education and Science, Labor and Social Affairs, Territorial Administration, and the Disaster Risk Reduction National Platform.

The “Disaster Risk Reduction (DDR) in Armenia” project, the second phase of DIPECHO programme, officially ended on 30 October