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The work of the shelter and settlements programme supports strategic Aim 1 of Strategy 2020, to save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises.
In line...
Asia Pacific is the most disaster prone region of the world, suffering on average, 40% of global disasters each year. For decades, the IFRC has been working with Red Cross Red Crescent National...
This assessment report addresses the 2008 tropical storm and flood in Yemen. It covers the disaster in general including its toll and the response, the macroeconomic and poverty impact, immediate...
IFRC has had representation in Pakistan since the early 1970s, consistently providing technical support and guidance to PRCS and working through or in agreement with the National Society. In 2012...
The International Federation of the Red Cross's (IFRC) Transitional Shelter Programme (TSP) began in August 2005 in response to the need for temporary shelter among an estimated 67, 000...
The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. Sphere is based on two core beliefs: first, that all possible steps should be...
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...
This toolbox looks at different participatory investigative tools
that can be used by National Society staff and volunteers to
accomplish a successful VCA. As shown in the diagram...
In a disaster response operation, the provision of shelter assistance can be an extremely complex process to manage. It is the mandate of the Shelter Cluster to contribute to the effective and...
The shelter coordination team (SCT) has a number of key roles that are deployed each time a Shelter Cluster is activated in response to a disaster. There are a number of additional positions, such...