International Recovery Platform

This issue of Humanitarian Exchange focuses on the emergency response to the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004.

This synthesis report is based primarily on 5 thematic evaluations undertaken by TEC member agencies during 2005/06. These focus on coordination of the international humanitarian response, the role of needs assessment in the tsunami response, the impact of the response on local and national capacities, links between relief, rehabilitation and development and the funding response to the tsunami.

Six months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, Mercy Corps is providing assistance for more than one million survivors of the disaster. This report outlines Mercy Corps' financial accountability, program strategy and country-by-country achievements after six