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The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. Sphere is based on two core beliefs: first, that all possible steps should be...
On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9. 0 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of massive tsunamis that devastated communities in 10 countries surrounding the Indian...
The December 2004 tsunami took a devastating toll on the Indonesian province of Aceh, killing more than 130, 000 people and leaving mere than half a million homeless.
A staggering 116, 000...
Shelter in an urban setting. What are the implications in terms of shelter when the response has to be carried out in an urban environment? This short video is meant to present some of the...
This is a video of the Emergency Shelter Response in Peru after the earthquake that took place in 15th of August 2007. It shows the response of the Peruvian Red Cross supported by the...
Sri Lanka - J. C. Nimmi's story: from transitional shelter to her new home
As the tsunamis swept across vast tracts of land around the Bay of Bengal, they took with them virtually...
With the help of the ICRC, four children in the Lukolé refugee camps prepare to leave Tanzania to return to their families in Burundi. The organization has been active in this camp since 1994 and...
The number of displaced people around the world has increased consistently over the past 10 years. The total number doubles every seven or eight years and this upward trend shows no sign of...
A Red Cross film that uses documentary and participatory video to look at Community-Based Adaptation to climate change in Jakarta. The film whos how poor people are already adaptating and calls...