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RReducing disaster riskseducing disaster risks pprotecting livesrotecting lives Over the past few decades, the Hong Kong Red Cross (HKRC) has launched a number of local and overseas disaster management programmes to put humanitarianism into practice. When a disaster happens, on top of emergency relief services, the HKRC assists in post- disaster recovery and reconstruction as well as disaster risk reduction projects to help the affected population to rebuild a new life. The cost-effectiveness of disaster risk reduction in reducing overall costs of disaster relief has been proved by many researches. According to the report of the United Nations Development Programme, every US$1 s spent on disaster risk reduction saves US$7 spent in disaster response. CBDP Programme in MyanmarCBDP P i MM School-based DP Programme in Myanmar CCommunity-based Disaster Preparedness Programmeommunity-based Disaster Preparedness Programme iin the Mainlandn the Mainland Since 2003, the HKRC has launched the “Community-based Disaster Preparedness” (CBDP) Programme