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In order to make of disaster preparedness and DRR a mainstream topic, a 3 acre park in the historic town of Kot Diji, Upper Sindh, is being transformed into DRR Training Park, where demonstration...
The Disaster Management Reference Handbook Series is intended to provide decision makers, planners, responders and disaster management practitioners with an overview of the disaster management...
Humanitarian and disaster risk management practitioners are becoming increasingly interested in the potential for Forecast-based early action’ (FbA) to reduce the impact of shocks on vulnerable...
History of Cyclones in Bay of Bengal: Deadliest among Them Killed 3,00,000
Shongjog (meaning ‘linkages’ in Bangla) is a platform of more than 30 disaster response stakeholders in Bangladesh chaired by the national government that advocates for and coordinates activities...
To assess the quality and accountability of CARE Bangladesh's response to the cyclone, using relevant OECD-DAC evaluation criteria, CARE/B's Emergency Strategies and CARE/B's draft Humanitarian...
The Odisha government is preparing for Cyclone Phailin — which is expected to hit the east coast on Saturday evening (October 12, 2013) — on a war footing, Mihir Bhatt from the All India Disaster...
The aim of this report is to assist agencies working in the response to Cyclone Nargis by highlighting key lessons that have been learned from other natural disasters, specifically floods,...
The serious humanitarian crisis that Cyclone Sidr left in its wake in November 2007 prompted an immediate national and international reaction. The Government of Bangladesh7, Bangladesh Armed...
Disasters offer unique, if transient, opportunities for change. Relief efforts in a disaster scenario can serve not only to reverse losses but to spearhead long-term sustainable recovery. As the...