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The approach of the One Room Shelter Programme that IOM (the UN Migration Agency) Pakistan implemented to meet the recovery needs of affected populations in 2010 marked a move away from the usual...
Recommends legal and policy measures to minimize legal barriers and encourages effective national and international responses to disasters and communicable diseases in Cambodia.
This manual describes how to build disaster-resistant shelters. Catholic Relief Services used this guide to build flood-resistant shelters in West Bengal.
HFH/TCIS commissioned a study to understand how low-income households make decisions on housing design and construction, and what actors and social norms influence these decisions in three diverse...
With the increase in the magnitude and frequency of disasters, coupled with diminishing funding available for post disaster reconstruction, it is rare that all families affected by disasters will...
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...
On the night of December 17, 2011, Tropical Storm Washi (locally known as Sendong) made landfall on the southern Philippine islands, causing heavy rains in northern Mindanao and parts of the...