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Support Home of God (SuhoG) Project
SuhoG Project works with street girls in urban slums, the elderly , orphans and the poor in the very rural communities of Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Siera Leone. SuhoG is also a Scottish registered charity working with the ethnic minority women, single/lone parents, women in alcohol/domestic...
Huruma Rehabilitation Programme
The Huruma Rehabilitation Programme is an organisation based in Shinyanga, Tanzania. It was founded in 1994 to help marginalised women within the community. The mission of the organisation is to improve women's standard of living and their goal is to see that women in the project are treated with...
Minimum Standard Rates of Assistance to Victims of Disasters, Distressed and Displaced Individuals and Families in Crises Situation
Minimum Standard Rates of Assistance to Victims of Disasters, Distressed and Displaced Individuals and Families in Crises Situation, published on the website of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (Philippines), gives recommendations on food, water and shelter provision for those...
Poised for a Breakthrough? A Review of Significant Findings and Trends in Humanitarian Action
Poised for a Breakthrough? A Review of Significant Findings and Trends in Humanitarian Action, a report, analyses recent trends in humanitarian response. It discusses how humanitarian organisations implement crisis and disaster management and assesses the link between humanitarian principles and...
ECHO Manual for the Evaluation of Humanitarian Aid
ECHO Manual for the Evaluation of Humanitarian Aid provides the evaluation practice, methods, and theory utilised by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) to assess humanitarian aid operations.
Guiding Principles for Philanthropic Private Sector Engagement in Humanitarian Action
The Guiding Principles for Philanthropic Private Sector Engagement in Humanitarian Action, a crosscutting set of guiding principles, is aimed at fostering commitment from the private sector for preparedness and relief activities. The document lists ten principles for the private sector to follow.
Key issues in emergency needs assessment
Over 50 representatives from governments, multilateral agencies, NGOs, regional bodies, research institutes and consultancy firms gathered at WFP's Rome headquarters in October 2003 for the third technical consultation on strengthening emergency needs assessments. A series of technical workshops...
Responding to urban disasters: Learning from previous relief and recovery operations
This paper draws on experience from the responses to a number of urban disasters. It highlights key lessons to guide local authorities, national governments, international agencies, the private sector, learning centres and community organisations in approaching the specific challenges of addressing...
Fact Sheet on Strategic Partnerships
Fact Sheet on Strategic Partnerships, a short publication produced by the International Labour Office (ILO), gives an overview of the current strategic partnerships with NGOs and the private sector, specifically those involving the ILO InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction...
Coordination of International Humanitarian Assistance in Tsunami-Affected Countries
Coordination of International Humanitarian Assistance in Tsunami-Affected Countries is an evaluation of the international humanitarian assistance following the tsunami. This evaluation covers three countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, with some additional observations from Thailand....