International Recovery Platform

This guide was published as a collaborative effort of ProVention, the World Bank's Hazard Management Unit, and the UN Capital Development Fund. It provides practical guidance on how to reduce the vulnerability of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) to disaster impacts as well as to more effectively support the recovery of their clients in the aftermath of a natural disaster.

During any crisis, children are the most vulnerable, too often lost in the chaos and confusion following natural disasters. In 2005, Save the Children was on the ground to care for children from Indonesia to Louisiana, helping to meet their needs for food

This update marks six months since a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered the worst natural catastrophe in living memory. Within this relatively short period of time, a great deal has changed: the dead have been buried, the homeless have