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On the 8th of November 2013 super typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Yolanda, made landfall in the Philippines. It proceeded as a category 5 typhoon across the central Philippines,...
A presentation about the self-recovery of individual households and local communities recovering from disasters. The presentation focuses on two case studies where self-recovery has taken place...
The speaker thanked CARE as co-host of Shelter Meeting 06b, and Shelter Centre as organisers of the Shelter Meetings, which he noted was an excellent opportunity for the community to share...
This was a round table discussion on reconstruction, introducing a series of thematic presentations by different participants. The subjects raised included problems caused by the use of vague...
Lizzie Babister of CARE International outlined the review that is taking place on how donors fund shelter related activities. For example, one aspect under review is terminology in order that...
An update was given on the 3rd draft of the timber guidelines, which give guidance on the use, logistics and procurement of timber. A history of the project was outlined and previous peer reviews...
Lizzie Babister of CARE led this session. The group considered which items should be combined to form a base kit for warm, humid climates. Among the proposed NFIs were plastic sheeting, rope and...
David Sanderson delivered a short presentation on a propsed shelter learning and advisory service.
This presentation is a global overview of the projects implemented by CARE from 2005, which involved 48 countries all over the globe. The post-disaster situation due...
Elisabeth Babister from CARE International presented "Managing Risk in Shelter Programming" at Shelter Meeting 12a.
The...