Welcome to Community Based Disaster Risk Management

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Is this course for me?

This self-paced e-Learning course is intended for staff working in the local, national, and international humanitarian and development space.

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How will I benefit from this course?
By completing this full self-paced course, you will be able to:

  • Assist communities to establish baseline priorities via Risk Analysis and Hazard Prioritization Process;
  • Utilize key tools and methodologies (e.g., seasonal calendar, HEA, scenario building) to assist communities in contingency planning;
  • Support communities to set up a Social Affairs Committee for sustainable community-led disaster resilience activities; and
  • Support communities to plan and carry out a CBDRM Awareness works.
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How long will it take?
 This course should take you around 4 hours to complete.

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How much does it cost?
 This course is free!

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Will I get a certificate at the end?
 Yes - you will be able to download a certificate and a badge after you complete the Learning Content including the course quiz and the Feedback Survey.

The word START and a question mark in a circleHow do I start?
 Scroll to the top of the page and click on the       Join course       button. This will take you through to the course content. You don't need to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.

Data protection and consent


This course was created and is administered by SomReP/World Vision. By joining this course you are consenting to SomReP/World Vision being given access to your Kaya profile information, including your name and email address, so that they can provide the course. This may require them to contact you. Your data will be anonymised before it is used for any analysis or reporting purposes. If you have any questions about this, please email somrep_learning@wvi.org .