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The Canadian Red Cross's post-Mitch housing reconstruction project in Honduras and Nicaragua was part of its strategy to establish a presence in the region. The aim was to foster relations...
Hurricane Ivan struck Grenada on September 7, 2004. The international and local communities responded with a massive reconstruction and recovery effort. Although the job is far from finished, the...
The emergency responses to Mitch were strong in some areas, and weak in others. The British evaluation assessed that improvements were required in housing reconstruction, rehabilitation of the...
This poster, produced by the Development Workshop, displays 10 key points of cyclone resistant construction.
Between 22 October and 1 November 1998, Hurricane Mitch, a 180-mph Category 5 storm, theworst to hit the Gulf of Mexico in 200 years, swept through a number of Central Americancountriesdevastating...
A update on the ICRC's response to Hurricane Haiyan in the Philippines and the appilcations of lessons learned from previous responses.
This report will details recovery efforts that state government made in the 12-24 month period after Hurricane Katrina. A summary of the work of the federal government, local governments,...
As the Global Shelter Cluster (GSC) moves forward from emergency to recovery programming, this report attempts to highlight some concerns linked to the legal and regulatory framework in the...
The following cases study gives an overview of the Cordaid transitional shelter response in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. 151 transitional shelter units were established in the initial...