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Levi Strauss works with NGOs to get involved in disaster response

The Levi Strauss Foundation provides relief grants, organizes employee volunteerism, and matches donations made by Levi Strauss & Co. employees to support communities that have fallen victim to natural disasters.

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Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response 2011 edition

Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, a 2011 revised handbook of The Sphere Project, sets out minimum standards for four sectors: water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion; food security and nutrition; shelter, settlement and non-food items; and health action.

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Humanitarian Assistance in Disaster Situations - A Quick Guide for Effective Donations

Humanitarian Assistance in Disaster Situations - A Quick Guide for Effective Donations, a guidebook, is designed to assist donors and recipients to make decisions that will have the greatest long-term benefit to countries affected by natural or complex disasters.

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Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI)

Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI), operated under a grant from USAID and IBM, is a resource for the public, as well as US government agencies, foreign embassies and international corporations. The website provides guidelines for giving effective material donations to relief...

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Disaster Database Project

The Disaster Database Project is a collection of data on man-made and natural disasters around the world. Its focus is to capture critical data on events and to facilitate further exploration of incidents. As a living database, entries change as additional material on an event becomes available. It...

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Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief

Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief seeks to maintain high standards of behaviour and improve efficiency of relief organisations, while maintaining independence. It is a voluntary code that may be adopted by any organisation, and it...

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Partnership for disaster response

Partnership for Disaster Response aims to bring together the many resources and capabilities of the private sector to enhance and accelerate on-the-ground relief and recovery following major natural disasters in the United States and abroad.

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Aid Agency To Work With Corporate Donors On Disaster Relief

International aid agency Oxfam launched a new, unique alliance for corporate donors, Aviva and Vodafone, to fund its initial response operations which will enable it to deal immediately with disasters whenever and wherever they occur.

Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)

Asian Disaster Reduction Centre (ADRC) facilitates exchange amongst disaster reduction experts, governments and other bodies and accumulates and provides disaster reduction information.

Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief - New Zealand

Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief (RedR) delivers training to relief organisations and their staff, enabling them to respond to the needs of disaster hit communities, efficiently and safely. RedR- New Zealand matches people's professional skills such as engineering, health, child...

Regional Disaster Information Centerfor Latin America and the Caribbean (CRID)

The Regional Disaster Information Center for Latin America and the Caribbean(CRID) is an initiative promoting the development of a prevention culture in the Latin American and Caribbean countries through the compilation and dissemination of disaster-related information, and the promotion of...

Center of Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance

The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance is a US Department of Defense organization dedicated to international disaster preparedness and management capacity building for the purpose of decreasing the impact of human suffering. Its mission is to educate, train,...

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

ISDR's goal is to enable all societies to become resilient to the effects of natural and technological disasters, in order to reduce human, economic and social damage.

Disaster Response Initiative, European Foundation Centre

Disaster Response Initiative, a joint project of the US Council on Foundations and the European Foundation Centre, addresses independent funders' need for increased understanding of disaster grantmaking. It also provides a set of principles and practical guidelines to assist them in responding to...

Disaster Mental Health Institute-In progress

The mission of the Disaster Mental Health Institute is the promotion, development, and application of both practice and research in disaster mental health. Its' purpose is to research issues relating to disaster mental health and provide education for the benefit of those dealing with victims of...

Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) is an umbrella organisation which launches and co-ordinates the UK’s National Appeal in response to major disasters overseas. Site includes links to all 14 member humanitarian agencies, which include World Vision, Oxfam and the British Red Cross.

Disaster Action

Disaster Action is a British charity organisation established in 1991 by the survivors and bereaved of disasters. Focusing on the human aspects of disaster response, it acts as an adviser to government, police, voluntary organisations and in the development of major emergency policy. Using the...

Disaster News Network (DNN)

A news service produced by the Village Life Company, a US-based NGO, the Disaster News Network (DNN) provides information on disaster response, and suggests appropriate ways in which the public can aid those afflicted. Related issues including preparedness and mitigation, public violence,...

North Carolina Interfaith Disaster Response (NCIDR)

North Carolina Interfaith Disaster Response (NCIDR) is an association of faith-based communities in North Carolina involved in disaster response. The NCIDR website provides information and support for communities involved in disaster response, acting as a liaison between state agencies and...

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Private Sector Activities in Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practices and Lessons Learned

This publication highlights the link between disaster risk reduction and public-private partnerships. As the flagship UN document for disaster reduction, the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005) in its priority action 4 “Reduce the underlying risk factors” is requesting the promotion and establishment...