Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance
General sites:
- All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), a community-based organization that focuses on disaster risk mitigation and reduction.
- Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), promotes research, training and publications concerning disasters.
- Conflict and natural disasters' resources provided by Oxfam.
- Emergency Management Office, Government of Nova Scotia.
- Gender and Disaster Network is an educational project for women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts.
- Humanitarian Policy Group is dedicated to improving humanitarian policy and practice. Resources and publications are available.
- The Long Last Mile, a short video documenting the actions following the 2004 tsunami of civil society groups, telecom operators and researchers in Sri Lanka as they discover how technologies, training and community organisations can carry official warnings.
- Natural Disasters, publications and resources from Overseas Development Institute's (ODI).
- The Sphere Project is comprised of three things: a handbook, a process of collaboration and an expression of committment to quality and accountability. The Sphere Handbook may be downloaded in several languages.
Suggested resources:
- Haver, K. (2008). Out of site: Building better responses to displacement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by helping host families. Oxfam International Research Report.
- International Save the Children Alliance. (2008). Four years later: Rebuilding lives after the tsunami: the children's road to recovery. (882K pdf)
- Mailer, M. (2008). From emergency to recovery: Rescuing northern Uganda's transition. Oxfam Briefing Paper 118. (204K pdf)
- Oxfam. (2008). For a safer tomorrow: Protecting civilians in a multipolar world. Executive summary and full report outline an agenda to protect civilians through combining local, national, and regional action with international support.
- Roberts, D. L. (2005). Staying alive: Safety and security guidelines for humanitarian volunteers in conflict areas. (1.06 Mb pdf)
- Shrestha, A.B., Shah, S.H., & Karim, R. (2008). Resource manual on flash flood risk management: Module 1: community-based management. Published by ICIMOD, this manual contains resource materials to help those who are working to reduce flash flood risks.