Disaster law in West Africa

In Pakistan many people are tenants which makes them very vulnerable. After the floods in 2010 thousands of people were homeless and without any land to grow their crops. The Pakistan Red Crescent Society is helping in facilitating access to property...

Nepal farmer Les Bahadur Raut built his two-storey stone house in Dolakha district himself in the 1970s. It was damaged in the 25 April 2015 earthquake and collapsed in the 12 May earthquake, killing his elderly mother. He has signed up for training ...

This case study was undertaken by the ProVention Consortium in support of the process to mainstream disaster risk reduction into development, examining experience to date and challenges ahead in mainstreaming at a country level. The paper focuses on ...