While we can’t always know what’s around the corner, we can work alongside communities around the world helping them to be ready for the next potential disaster. That’s why QBE, Red Cross and Save the Children are working in partnership to help global communities prepare for disaster, respond when it hits, and to be there for people in their recovery. Together, we’re working to help save lives and support communities to build their resilience through disaster preparedness and climate resilience initiatives, as well as disaster relief – wherever and whenever they need us.
Our Community Ready partnership started in 2019. Since then, QBE, Red Cross and Save the Children have been working together to help communities around the world build their resilience by improving their capacity to prepare, respond and recover from disasters.
So far, our global partnership has been activated in 22 countries, responded to 19 major disasters, and been there to support 497,310 people and 44,335 families/households. We have delivered 29 preparedness programs, including supporting Save the Children’s Solomon Islands – Community Climate Resilience Initiative which secured USD $31.8M in funding from the Green Climate Fund.
Be prepared for disaster
Preparing for disaster
- Bushfire Safety Guide
- Get your family ready with Save the Children Disaster Preparedness Tips and Resources
- Make your disaster Preparedness Plan with Red Cross
- Prepare for a heatwave
- Prepare for flooding
- Earthquake Safety Tips to Keep Children Safe
- Help children in a hurricane, storm, cyclone or typhoon
Personal resilience
- Managing climate anxiety
- Psychosocial Support Community Toolkit
- What is trauma?
- Maintaining wellbeing in the face of long-term stress
- Helping children navigate their feelings about our changing climate
Supporting children
- Get ready Activity Pack
- Talking to children about disasters
- What is a disaster video for kids
- How to pack a to go bag check list
- Save the Children Five 30 min Emergency Preparedness Lessons
Understand the weather risks in your area of the world so you’re in the know
Stories of impact
QBE Foundation Supports American Red Cross RC View Resilience Technology
With disasters growing in intensity and frequency, American Red Cross employees and volunteers respond to more than 175 emergencies big and small across the country each day.
Supporting Solomon Islands Community Climate Resilience Initiative
With QBE’s support, Save the Children was able to undertake the required first phase design work that was critical in securing scaled investment of USD $31.8M from the Green Climate Fund to implement its proposed ‘Solomon Islands – Community Climate Resilience Initiative’.
Young Hearts Programme with Singapore Red Cross
QBE has supported Singapore Red Cross’ Young Hearts Programme for the past two years, consistently providing opportunities and ensuring equality for over 100 children and youth.
How QBE’s Community Ready partnership is helping build resilient communities across the world
Globally, around 850 million children live in areas highly exposed to at least four climate or environmental hazards, for example, heatwaves, cyclones, air pollution, flooding or water scarcity. And it’s estimated that by 2050, more than 200 million people could need humanitarian help as a result of climate change.
This is why responding to and preparing for disaster through humanitarian aid is crucial. QBE Foundation’s focus is to create strong, resilient and inclusive communities by channelling investment and efforts on the two key areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact – climate resilience and inclusion.
Much of our work in helping build resilient communities is undertaken through our long-standing global partnership with Red Cross and Save the Children – and, together, we're working to deliver programs through our newly named Community Ready partnership.
Learn more about our disaster relief and resilience partners
