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School safety and education are both key to reducing the impact of disasters. The role of education in reducing disaster risks is enshrined in all global commitments and frameworks. Foremost among...
The Disaster Relief Shelter, known as DRS, is designed to serve as a responsive but also a
transitional shelter for victims of natural disasters in Indonesia.
This independent review into how the UK responds to humanitarian emergencies was commissioned by the Secretary of State for International Development and led by Lord Paddy Ashdown. It was asked to...
This document by USAID is a two page article about the role of hosting support related to humanitarian shelter needs. Humanitarian community actors have increasingly recognized in recent years the...
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of humanitarian responses where cash has been used to help facilitate shelter & housing reconstruction. To encourage a broader...
School safety and education are both key to reducing the impact of disasters. The role of education in reducing disaster risks is enshrined in all global commitments and frameworks. Foremost among...
Shelter Projects 2010 is the third annual compilation of shelter programmes. This book contains summaries of shelter projects that have been implemented in response to conflicts, complex...
4 general statements about natural disasters and human rights, brief overview comparing the response to the two disasters, ethical issues raised by the comparison between these two responses.
Eleven case studies are included in the TLS 2013 that have been implemented in response to flooding, earthquake and conflict. This year’s case studies illustrate different types of child-friendly...