Project Example

Preparemos el Plan de Emergencia Comunitario (Let’s Prepare our Community Emergency Plan)

This guide presents the steps necessary for making a community emergency plan as a part of the community mobilization participatory process. The purpose of the guide is to get the community organized and involved in the process of making their own decisions to resolve their health problems. The use of this guide will help ensure that the community is ready for any life-threatening emergency. In addition, the guide motivates families to develop their own family emergency plan.

The guide contains suggestions and ideas for making a community emergency guide, as well as exercises that community members fill out to make their own customized plans.

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, JHPIEGO

Date of Publication: February 20, 2020