Evaluating the response to the 2012 food crisis, Oxfam says the aid community needs to fundamentally change the way it deals with food crises in the region and help communities to better prepare for recurring emergencies.

Executive Summary

DFID’s response to the Darfur conflict since 2003 was one of its largest ever humanitarian operations. In the absence of a clear political agreement, the humanitarian support has continued, even though many displaced people have now settled permanently in new locations.

This evaluation looks at the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) component of DFID’s response. It examines the relative effectiveness of three delivery channels and DFID’s ability to adjust from emergency to more sustainable support in a protracted conflict.

Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) has allocated US $ 76.81 million to 158 projects (170 allocations) across Sudan in 2012 as of 30 November 2012.

The CHF offers rapid and flexible funding to support immediate and high priority humanitarian action. In 2012 the fund continued to support both national and international non-governmental partners. This has ensured strengthened collaboration among partners, as well as supported local capacity building and empowered local response.

Editorial

Les précédents numéros de la Lettre de l’Observatoire étaient fortement orientés vers les camps de déplacés et les questions relatives à la reconstruction. Si ces problématiques demeurent toujours aussi aiguës, ce numéro décentre provisoirement son attention sur d’autres sujets qui nous semblent devoir également attirer l’attention. Les trois articles ne sont pas forcément liés, si ce n’est par le fait que chacun d’entre eux s’enracine dans les enseignements consécutifs à la catastrophe du 12 janvier 2010.

Report 14 – September 2012

UK Humanitarian Emergency Response in the Horn of Africa

The ICAI report found that the Department for International Development (DFID) played a leading role in the humanitarian response, supporting some of the most vulnerable people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. DFID applied pressure to governments and other donors to act and its programmes in the field demonstrated good impact and value for money.

Résumé exécutif

Le présent rapport publie les résultats du programme d’Evaluation de l’Assistance Humanitaire en Haïti suite au séisme du 12 janvier 2010, dirigé conjointement par la Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy de l’Université de Tulane et par l’Université d’Etat d’Haïti. Le projet a bénéficié du soutien financier de la Fondation Bill & Melinda Gates.

Lessons learned from national-level efforts in Haiti, Uganda and South Sudan

Summary

1. Executive Summary

1 . Executive Summary