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In 2013, the humanitarian community‘s strategic objectives will continue to address the immediate life-saving needs of refugees, IDPs, returnees, expelled migrants, host communities, and people...
Shelter Module is one of ten products and services for sector support being developed by Shelter Centre and collaborating organisations between 2006 and 2009. The Shelter Module is a new emergency...
Cost-effectiveness analysis is not the same as cost-benefit analysis. It does not entail valuation of human life or quantification of human suffering, and is of use in those situations where...
This version includes a number of important revisions based on valuable inputs from the non-governmental organisations and other partners who are an integral part of our standby capacity. Updates...
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...
Shelter is a basic human right for people of all ages, but for older people, the sense of security and comfort that a home provides is particularly important. Losing their home in a disaster or...
Many different people and organizations want information about settlements but collecting such information is never a neutral exercise, particularly in poorer areas. People in such settlements...
Named Santo by its new residents, Habitat for Humanity International’s permanent development located in Léogâne, Haiti, is a symbol...
The enormous scale of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake in Haiti remains difficult to comprehend, even for those living in the country. Equally overwhelming are the effects it left behind,...
Supported by a $30. 5 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan to the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), the DPUCSP aims at reducing poverty, providing housing, and improving the income...