03 May 2016
The villages in Northern Belize have a very narrow economic basis, mainly focused on the cane sugar industry and sometimes river or sea fishing. To ensure food and economic security, the Red Cross provides small grants and training to community me...
Tags: Other type of resource, Livelihoods and Food Security, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
09 Feb 2015
Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, remarks on the intersection between violence and disasters, and its implications for humanitarian response in urban settings. She cites the experiences and challenge...
Tags: Other type of resource, Infrastructure and Services
13 May 2015
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...
Tags: Other type of resource, Earthquake