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Livelihoods and Food Security

Strengthening disaster laws to save more lives and restore livelihoods more quickly

Over the last ten years natural disasters have affected more than 2.4 billion people — the equivalent of one-third of the earth`s population — and they have cost over USD 910 billion in damages. Legislation is an important tool to address the threats posed by natural disasters. Laws can help ensure that the international response to […]

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Case Study: Mainstreaming put to the test – one official’s experience in Bhutan

Bhutan is known as the ‘Land of the Thunder Dragon ‘for the violent storms that blow in from the Himalayas. Here, climate change and weather hazards have always been point of vulnerability. Besides Himalayan storms, glacial melting can also cause flash floods. Frequent landslides during the rainy season and seismic activity further increase risks for farmers.   Asian Disaster

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The Sphere Project Handbook

The Sphere Handbook is designed for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation during humanitarian response. It is also an effective advocacy tool when nego­tiating for humanitarian space and for the provision of resources with authorities. Furthermore, it is useful for disaster preparedness activities and contingency planning, with donors increasingly including the standards in their reporting requirements.

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Nutrition Guidelines

The nutrition guidelines contain information and advice on globally accepted best practices to combat malnutrition and is intended to support “evidence-based programming” (i.e., interventions that are proven by careful research to be successful in achieving the intended objectives). The guidelines are to be used by National Societies for awareness-raising, capacity-building and integration into National Society

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Food security and nutrition policy

This policy establishes the basis of Red Cross and Red Crescent action in food security. It applies to all types of food security programming i.e. risk reduction, disaster preparedness, response or recovery at local, national, regional and international levels whether carried out by a single branch of a National Society, by an individual National Society

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HIV and livelihoods in Africa – What can National Societies do?

Many experts consider that AIDS is not only a health, political and/or security crisis; it is increasingly being recognized as a livelihood crisis. As a result, support is urgently needed for household and community-based livelihoods activities. By raising awareness about HIV and supporting livelihoods of vulnerable families, National Societies can help increase people’s capacity to

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HIV/AIDS, disaster and food security: the Baphalali Swaziland Red Cross Society pilot project

As a result of commitments made by African National Societies at the 2000 Pan African Conference, the Baphalali Swaziland Red Cross Society (BSRCS) decided to implement a food security pilot project. This project is implemented through a tripartite agreement between the Finnish Red Cross, the BSRCS and the International Federation of the Red Cross and

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Ethiopian droughts: reducing the risk to livelihoods through cash transfers

South Wollo, in northern Ethiopia, is one of the zones hit by food insecurity. The population depends on agriculture and livestock for its livelihood. But recurrent drought has forced them to sell many assets and plunged them into destitution. As mountainous soils erode, the increasing pressure on available land makes matters worse. This case study

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