Building Disaster-Resilient Communities Across Himachal Pradesh’s Most Hazard-Prone Region
Risk Mitigation • Community Preparedness • Emergency Response • Recovery • Resilience Building
EDMRC Kangra is the district’s frontline institution for community-based disaster risk reduction, emergency response, and resilience building — integrating disaster management with community health, ecological restoration, and experiential education across Himachal Pradesh’s most hazard-prone terrain.
Emergency and Disaster Management Resource Centre
for
Safer Lives & Resilient Communities
an Initiative of EduCARE Dharamshala & EduCARE India (Est. 1994-95)
at
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India
30+
Years of Community Service
1000+
Communities Reached
15000+
Volunteers Trained
AapdaAPAR — Aapda Aware, Prepared, And Resilience
AAPDA VEER : Aapda Volunteers for Early Emergency Response
AAPDA ABHYAS : Aapda Aatmnirbhar Bachaav Hetu Yojit Abhyas aur Sajjata
Him NIRMANAC : Himalayan National Initiative for Resilient Mason And New Age Construction
AapdaALERT — Aapda Alert, Local Emergency Response Teams::
Trek PASS :
Trek Point Assistance for Safety & Support
RAIN SAFE Land: Resilience & Action Initiative for Natural drainage and Slope Adaptation for Flood Emergencies and Landslides
Fire WATCH :
Fire-station Workforce Augmentation Through Community Helpers
AapdaSETU — Strategic Engagement for Teamwork, Unified Outreach & Institutional Linkages
- AapdaDRISHTI — Disaster Research & Insights for Strategic Humanitarian Thought-leadership & Innovation
- AapdaSAMANVAY — Strategic Alliance for Multi-Agency Networking, Vision-sharing, Advocacy & Synergy
- AapdaSAMVAD — Strategic Awareness through Media, Voice, Advocacy & Discourse
The EduCARE Ecosystem
EDMRC’s programmes are powered by an integrated approach spanning Safety (EDMRC), Health (SEHAT SEVA), Environment (ECODEVA), and Empwerment (ViKAAS Centre) — the SHEE framework — supported by experiential education (CIEEL) and academic training (RISHEE Kangra). → Learn more about the ecosystem