Empowering communities and strengthening resilience: Thailand
This report provides an overview of community resilience programs and projects carried out in Thailand by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) over the past two decades, including those implemented following the ‘Great Flood’ of 2011. Activities pioneered by ADPC in Thailand have covered a wide range of community issues including community preparedness for response, school safety, disaster ready health facilities and private sector engagement. This publication considers how the programs helped to empower community members to improve their resilience to disasters as well as examining the lessons learned to inform future efforts for strengthening community resilience in Thailand.
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