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Susan Johnson, Director of the National Society and Field Support Division of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), welcomed participants to the Shelter...
The speaker described the role of the Movement in the provision of shelter after natural disasters. Operational differences were highlighted between NGOs and National Societies, which are linked...
The speaker described the work of the IFRC in supporting cash-based approaches to transitional shelter in Yogyakarta. After a careful recovery needs assessment, the IFRC provided small scale cash...
The speaker spoke about the IFRC's experience to date as Emergency Shelter Cluster Convenor. He discussed the responsibilities of the cluster as a whole in coordinating response, assessing local...
The speaker requested feedback regarding both the coordination toolkit under development and data collection and tracking regarding NFI distributions.
Feeding back to the plenary, Malcolm...
The speaker outlined the Movements shelter response to the August 2007 earthquake in Peru, which included the building of 5,000 transitional shelters for disaster-affected families.
The speaker, Graham Saunders, announced his recent new position as
IFRC Shelter Co-ordinator, which is sharing the role of convener/leader
with UNHCR of the IASC Emergency Shelter...
Graham Saunders of the IFRC presented a case study on how climate change would affect the region and how they have been adapting to climate change and improving their disaster preparedness.
The speaker discussed the responsibilities of the Emergency Shelter Cluster with regard to standards and policies, building response capacity and operational support. ...
Graham Saunders from IFRC outlined the challenge facing the humanitarian shelter sector with regard to the increase of disasters due to climate change. Eight main challenges facing the sector...