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Community Resilience
└ Emergency preparedness skills
└ Emergency preparedness skills
This project created workshops to train older adults to prepare for emergencies. It also supplied participants with appropriate materials.
Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.
Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.
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