EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the last two decades, India has developed two complementary lines of effort in disaster management (DM). The first one significantly reorganized and improved its domestic...
Executive Summary The impact of cyclone Phailin, that struck Odisha on 12 October 2013, was not limited to Gopalpur, in Ganjam district where it made landfall, but was felt across 17 districts of the...
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FMR 32 Roberta Cohen Climate change is expected to sharply increase the number and severity of natural disasters, displacing millions on all continents. The international community needs to recognise...
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Researched, written and published by the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI Paul Harvey Research Fellow, HPG Executive summary Researched, written and published by the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI...
National UN Volunteers in India are teaming up with UN Information Technology Services (UNITeS) to help one million villages prepare for earthquakes, cyclones and other calamities that claim lives...
By Kathryn Wolford, LWR president. [Wolford recently led a team that examined 'best practices' in LWR-supported programs in India.] Baltimore, November 21, 2002 -- Three years ago this month, a...
This Final Report is intended for reporting on emergency appeals The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest...
CARE International, one of the world's leading relief and development agencies, has been awarded one of the coveted UN Habitat Awards. The award recognises the strength of ASHRAYA, a community...
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Each year about 210 mill. people are affected by Nature's ruthless raging. Most of them are poor and live in developing countries. Millions of lives and money can be saved if the natural disasters...
Appeal Target: US$ 654,526 Geneva, 13 November 2001 Dear Colleagues, Following the Super cyclone in 1999, the severe drought in 2000 and the devastating flood and rains in the period June to...
CHF 9,385,698 Appeal coverage 100.79% Period covered: 1 January to 15 October 2001 The rehabilitation phase of the operation in response to the cyclone of October 1999 is almost finished. However,...
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Appeal Target CHF 2,414,190 Period covered: 1 January 2001 to 30 June 2001; "At a Glance" Appeal coverage: 75.2% Related Appeals: Annual Appeal 2001 - 01.34/01 Afghanistan; 01.35/01 Bangladesh...
Comunicado de Prensa 65/01 Departamento de Comunicación Madrid, 14 de agosto de 2001 Cruz Roja Española (CRE) contin=FAa su operación en India destinando 41 millones de pesetas (250,000 Euros) en...
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Baltimore, July 25, 2001- Approximately two million people are displaced and at least 100 dead in the eastern Indian state of Orissa as a result of severe flooding. More than 450 millimeters of rain...
THE CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM Church World Service is the Relief and Development Agency of the 36 member denominations of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the...
SITUATION: The state of Orissa, approximately 300 miles south of Calcutta in eastern India is suffering a crisis from severe flooding and mudslides after weeks of excessive monsoon rains. The death...
Period covered: 1 - 31 December 2000 The rehabilitation phase of the operation in response to the cyclone of October 1999 has been extended until 31 March 2001, given difficult weather conditions...
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IP/01/55 Brussels, 16 January 2001 - The European Commission has recently taken a number of decisions, totalling €10.15 million, to fund humanitarian aid in Ethiopia and Eritrea, North Korea, Sri...
More than a year has passed since two cyclones struck within days in Orissa, India. CARE staffer Basant Mohanty explains how a natural disaster became a catalyst to change things for the better. By...