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This step-by-step guide explains how to manage the two main types of CRS post-disaster or post-conflict construction: owner-driven and contractor-built. The guide is for non-construction...
This handbook documents Catholic Relief Service’s experience in planning and implementing its urban transitional shelter response in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The publication highlights challenges,...
This manual describes how to help communities implement disaster risk reduction activities. It was written for development workers and community-based organizations in the Horn of Africa, but...
CRS first began emergency shelter programming in the Darfur region of Sudan soon after the outbreak of the conflict in 2005 and has continued providing uninterrupted support ever since, due to the...
In Gujarat, CRS’ resilient shelter project aimed to enhance local construction technology with the introduction of Compressed Stabilized Earth Block (CSEB) technology. This sustainable technology...
In early September 2012, Jacobabad district was flooded due to heavy monsoon rain. Many houses collapsed, and people were forced to live in tents, emergency shelters or under the open sky. Around...
Over the last decade, three large-scale conflicts with Israel have resulted in profound human loss as well as damage to infrastructure and tens of thousands of homes. In these emergencies and post...
This handout provides an overview of the Measuring Resilience in Malawi (MIRA) project, which has devised a data collection and analysis scheme to measure and predict resilience among households...
This project helped flood-affected communities increase their resilience and disaster preparedness by assisting them to develop their own plan of action: identifying the hazards they face,...
This project was implemented in a remote and underserved area that experiences frequent natural disasters, including ongoing river erosion. The goal was to support communities to build resilient...