For the past 30 years, the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) has deployed and coordinated search-and-rescue teams to save lives when an earthquake hits a country and causes...
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For the past 30 years, the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) has deployed and coordinated search-and-rescue teams to save lives when an earthquake hits a country and causes...
“Regional Level Desk and Field Exercise” was held on the occasion of anniversary of earthquake that took place in Van on October, 2011. According to the scenario of the exercise held on the occasion...
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Introduction The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA) supports disaster response and preparedness...
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Description: The number and scale of crises are forcing record numbers of people to flee their homes seeking relative safety within or across international borders. However, the growing complexity...
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VAN, Turkey, Nov 21 (KUNA) -- International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) Chairman and Amiri Diwan's Advisor Abdullah Al-Maatouq on Friday opened the Kuwaiti-funded "Humanitarian Leader"...
Period covered by this Final Report: 26 October 2011 to 14 November 2012 Appeal target: CHF 9,402,445 Appeal coverage: Up to 31st January 2013 the level of the appeal coverage has reached 84 per cent...
New York—Innovative mobile technology can help save lives when conflicts and disasters strike in emerging countries, according to experts at a high-level event held in New York today by the United...
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The TRCS which has been delivering relief to the people in needs regardless of race, religion, language, gender and nation for 145 years, has responded to the hundreds disasters, relieved hundreds...
Period covered by this Preliminary Final Report: 26 October 2011 to 14 November 2012 Appeal target: CHF 9,402,445 Appeal coverage: Up to 31st January 2013 the level of the appeal coverage has reached...
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Turkish Red Crescent responses to countrywide disasters with the coordination of National Directorate General for Disaster Management, through 9 District and 24 Local Disaster Management & Operation...
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This year ShelterBox conducted monitoring and evaluation programmes, which involved returning to countries where ShelterBox had deployed aid in response to major disasters. Each programme collated...
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Officials are moving quickly to rebuild the cities and towns destroyed in last year's earthquake in eastern Turkey, but they can't restore the Kurds' fractured family and community ties. Read the...
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A summary of news and reports from the field staff and interns of GHNI, Geneva Switzerland. AFGHANISTAN: HELPING FARMERS TOWARDS SELF SUSTAINABILITY GHNI’s Project Manager reports: “Oribigud Village...
Period covered by this Ops Up date: May-June 2012 GENERAL SITUATION The Turkish Red Crescent, immediately after having been informed of the disaster, alarmed all its units over the country and...
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New study shows how active disaster risk management reduces losses and protects communities LOS CABOS, MEXICO, June 16, 2012 - The leaders of the world’s largest economies, meeting at the G20 Summit...
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Our Strategic Commitments • Impartiality – We maintain impartiality in the selection of our staff. The selection of our beneficiaries will be purely on a needs basis and not based on race, religion...
Period covered by this Operations Update: 26 October 2011 to 26 April 2012. This update represents a six-month summary of the operation (cumulative narrative and financial). Appeal target (current):...
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OVERVIEW: EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS Earthquakes, as well as the tsunamis, fires, and landslides that can occur in their wake, can devastate communities in a matter of seconds—destroying homes and...
1. GENERAL SITUATION The Turkish Red Crescent, immediately after having been informed of the disaster, alarmed all its units over the country and established its Crisis Management Desks in the...