HFA Success Story – CBM: Disability-Inclusive DRR

Tropical typhoons, also known as cyclones or hurricanes, are a fierce combination of powerful rotational winds and torrential rainfall. These powerful storms often destroy or seriously weaken buildings and can cause huge waves that result in floods b...

In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper looks at lessons drawn from previous comparable disasters and seeks to provide invaluable information and assistance to the operational agencies responding to the crisis. Seventeen Le...

The Missing Maps project aims to literally and figuratively put more than 20 million vulnerable, at-risk people on the map using OpenStreetMap (OSM) as a platform. We need to fill in these “missing maps” before the next disaster strikes ensuring ...