This is a report about the affected communities hit by Cyclone Thane on 29th and 30th of December 2011. The Women’s Federations and Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) went to Tamil Nadu coast to see the impact of the cyclone, discuss with affected communities and identify priorities for immediate action.
This report illustrates the specific constraints and challenges humanitarian actors, and more specifically donor countries, face in providing effective relief, as well as shared features, which help to identify where improvements are needed in the global
This knowledge note gathers experiences and lessons learned collected in so called good practice and advisory notes and offered to governments requesting assistance from the World Bank. Based on the proven usefulness of good practice notes in formulating
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
Community adaptation and risk reduction governance series, issue 2, December 2011:
This edition considers gender issues after disaster in Nias Island, North Sumatra, Indonesia, such as the Indian Ocean tsunami on 24 December 2004 and the 28 March 2005
This document states that UNICEF is requesting over US$ 24 million in its 2012 Consolidated Appeal to address immediate humanitarian needs associated with prolonged displacement, the cholera outbreak, and preparedness for the next hurricane season and the
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
This volume draws on original research and firsthand narratives from women in diverse economic, political, ethnic, and geographic contexts to portray pre-Katrina vulnerabilities, gender concerns in post-disaster housing and assistance, and women's
This guidance note presents a series of steps to initiate and sustain Pre Disaster Recovery Planning (PDRP) in order to ensure that communities "build back better" following a natural disaster.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)International Recovery Platform
This presentation from CERA outlines the recovery strategy for the recovery and rebuilding of Greater Christchurch after the Canterbury earthquakes, focusing on sustainable, resilient, and inclusive efforts across multiple sectors.
This position paper explains the need for drylands recovery and development in the Horn of Africa through community control and empowerment, education and pro-poor infrastructure. It asserts that if focus could be shifted to long term resiliency measures
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - HeadquartersUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsRegional Learning and Advocacy Programme
Este documento afirma que el desastre después del terremoto en la Región Ica, ha planteado dilemas operativos sobre el manejo, respuesta y reconstrucción de ciudades después de un impacto de gran proporción y abierto interrogantes sobre la seguridad de
Centro de Capacitación y Prevención para el Manejo de Emergencias y Medio Ambiente: S.O.S Vidas Perú