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Social participation is deemed to have strong bearing on the health and life quality of older people. The objective of the present study was to identify major factors associated with social...
This doucment is a summary covering duidance on including older people in emergency shelter programmes.Shelter is a basic human right for people of all ages, but for older people, the sense of...
In Madagascar, extreme poverty, recurrent natural disasters and a political crisis have created a potent recipe for crisis. The suspension of most external assistance to the country has resulted...
Niger has been struck by a series of food crises in recent years (in 2004/05, 2008/10 and 2011/12). The 2011/12 food crisis, like the previous ones, not only led to a dramatic slump in...
Past and current seismic design provisions for steel structures in Japan are presented and compared with Canadian requirements. The performance of steel framed structures during the 17 January...
Upon an application being lodged with the appropriate authority, by or on behalf of the person concerned, in the manner prescribed by the national law, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of...
Complex Emergency in KP-FATA:
Education Cluster approved 28 projects of $ 4 million to meet the gap of education needs in and off camps under HOP 2012.
8,884 children ( 3,757 girls...
The structure of the Pakistani Government is a federal democracy, comprised of four major provinces namely Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province...
Youth empowerment and volunteering is emerging as an important focus in VSO programmes across the region in its efforts to promote local and national volunteering for development. Asia hosts a...
Humanitarian crises are increasing in number and frequency worldwide, affecting more people and challenging the ways humanitarian actors coordinate responses (OCHA, 2012). According to the 2014...