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This briefing paper provides a synthesis of key lessons learned from relief responses to past earthquakes. The main intended audiences are operational decision-makers and relief programme managers working in the South Asia earthquake relief operation.

Two years have passed since the devastating South Asia tsunami of December 2004. While the world’s focus has largely moved on, the children and families living in the wake of the disaster-many of them in precarious situations before the waves hit-still

The tsunami of 2004, one of the worst natural disasters in recent times, hit six countries of the WHO South-East Asia Region. This publication narrates the story of how WHO responded, the tremendous challenges faced, and how they were overcome. Dramatic, poignant photographs, as well as boxes and anecdotes of individuals involved, highlight the very human face of the health sector response to the tragedy.

The Reconstruction and Development Agency (RADA) was established in November 2005. RADA is the result of His Excellency President Rajapakse’s vision to create a single government agency to focus on reconstruction and development issues across all sectors

This report highlights the value of involving communities in their own recovery, the benefits of long-term over an exclusively short-term focus, and the need to establish community independence over dependence, rather than continuing to foster a cycle of

In the early stages of the tsunami disaster, regional coordination of logistics, procurement humanitarian coordination, information systems, resources allocation, and management were essential to respond to the vast needs throughout the tsunami affected

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

The report provides country-by-country breakdowns that include expenditure, plans and challenges, while highlighting children’s stories and key partners in relief and recovery. A unique international relief effort prevented any major outbreaks of disease