European Humanitarian Intervention in the Ottoman Empire
Explore European powers' moral duty to intervene in Ottoman affairs during the 19th century, motivated by humanitarian and imperial interests. Discover the impact of the Concert of Europe and legal theories on humanitarian intervention.
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Mine Action in the Humanitarian Cluster System
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) plays a crucial role in coordinating humanitarian efforts, with a focus on mine action in the global protection cluster. This involves clear responsibilities, strategic planning, and advocacy to address humanitarian needs. The IASC Reference Module for Clus
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Comprehensive Guide to Assessing and Prioritizing Child and Adolescent Health in Humanitarian Settings
This module provides a detailed operational guide on assessing and prioritizing child and adolescent health in humanitarian settings. It covers obtaining data on child/adolescent health, coordinating responses, planning activities, and utilizing data systems for monitoring and evaluation. Key compon
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Urgent Support Needed: Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts
A devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, causing widespread damage and leaving 2.8 million people homeless. Families are desperate for shelter as monsoon rains approach. Habitat is mobilizing engineers to assess damage, provide emergency shelter kits, and support long-term rebuilding effort
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Humanitarian Action and Coordination: Essential Guidelines and Standards
This comprehensive guide provides insights on coordinating child and adolescent health in humanitarian settings, emphasizing the importance of understanding and implementing key actions. It covers the utilization of resources like the operational guide, self-assessment tracker, and core humanitarian
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Understanding Sphere: Humanitarian Standards and Practices
Learn about Sphere, a global movement focusing on humanitarian standards and quality assistance. Explore the Sphere Handbook, its philosophy, and the importance of humanitarian standards. Discover the key areas covered in the Handbook and why they are essential for effective crisis response. Join a
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Gender-Responsive Humanitarian Leadership and Transformation
Challenges in implementing gender-responsive humanitarian programmes require greater political will, leadership, resources, accountability, and capacity building. Feminist leadership aims to transform power dynamics, fight inequality, and create inclusive structures. It involves principles, values,
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Understanding Humanitarian Landscape and Coordination Challenges
The humanitarian landscape involves various organizations working together to provide assistance during crises. Coordination challenges, such as identifying needs, existing assistance, and government involvement, have been prevalent. The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) was established in 1991
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Insights from Evaluation of Previous Humanitarian Crises and Core Humanitarian Standards
Evaluation of past crises reveals the importance of core humanitarian standards in providing timely, coordinated, and effective assistance. Learning from experience, feedback mechanisms, and competent staff are key for addressing humanitarian crises. Data and systems play a crucial role in monitorin
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Inter-Cluster Coordination and Information Management in Humanitarian Emergencies
Inter-Cluster Coordination and Information Management play vital roles in humanitarian emergencies. The coordination mechanism involves regular meetings convened by the RC/HC and coordinated by OCHA, providing opportunities for clusters to collaborate on shared planning, needs assessments, and poole
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Evaluating Alternative Shelter Solutions in Puntland for Transitional Housing
Assessing the viability of alternatives to traditional tents as transitional shelter solutions in Puntland, Somalia. Phase 1 of the assessment focused on concerns such as fire, theft, leaks, privacy, ventilation, and heat. The assessment also included ranking different shelter types and analyzing ma
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Corporate Evaluation of UN Women's Contribution to Humanitarian Action
The Independent Evaluation and Audit Services conducted an evaluation of UN Women's work in humanitarian action from 2014-2018, assessing its relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability. The evaluation emphasized the need for stronger links between UN Women's global normative work and humanitarian
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Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2019 Key Findings
The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2019 explores key findings regarding international humanitarian assistance, multi-year funding growth, funding to UN agencies, cash and voucher programs, and direct funding to local and national actors. The report highlights the challenges and disparities in
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Innovative Approaches in Humanitarian Crises and Development Financing
This study explores the New Way of Working in humanitarian crises, focusing on reinforcing national systems, anticipating crises, and transcending humanitarian-development divides. Promising trends include rising government ownership and increased linkages between humanitarian activities and governm
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National Shelter and Non-Food Items Cluster for Iraq - Summary and Data Overview
The National Shelter and Non-Food Items Cluster meeting in Iraq on Wednesday, 24th September 2014 discussed various important agenda items including updates on the SRP process, strategic objectives, overview of cluster projects, types of assistance provided, and targeting vulnerable groups. A total
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Support for Earthquake-Affected Population in Rasuwa District, Aug 2015-Apr 2016
Support earthquake-affected population in Rasuwa District with shelter upgradation, material support, cash-for-work, livestock shed assistance, and earthquake-resistant techniques verification. Activities include distribution of shelter kits and tool kits, DRR training, mason training, construction
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Understanding Different Types of Housing and Shelter Options
Exploring the concept of shelter, this content delves into the various forms of housing available to meet human needs, considering factors like climate, design, and functionality. From traditional houses to modern complexes, it highlights the diversity of shelter options and their significance in pr
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Promoting Gender Equality in Humanitarian Action
Understand the importance of promoting gender equality in humanitarian action, including principles, challenges, and the need to transform attitudes and beliefs. Learn key global standards, gender analysis, and leadership in humanitarian settings. Explore the rights of women and girls, gender inequa
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Interactive Shelter Building Game for Disaster Preparedness
This interactive game aims to support humanitarian shelter teams in educating volunteers and communities about safe construction practices. Through hands-on activities, participants learn about building hazard-resistant homes and improving structural stability. The game involves simulation of buildi
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Shelter Working Group Meeting - Providing Relief and Recovery Solutions for Flood-Affected Communities
The Shelter Working Group Meeting aims to discuss strategies to provide safe shelter to flood-affected individuals through emergency provisions, household support, relocation assistance, and technical guidance. Objectives include delivering shelter kits, household NFI kits, transitional shelters, an
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Humanitarian Shelter & WASH Group Meeting Updates
Updates from the recent Shelter & WASH Working Group Meeting on Thursday, including flood and landslide warnings, information management updates, Oxfam RTR, district updates, and more. NBRO and DMC warnings issued for heavy rainfall, wind damage reports, and rainfall forecast for various provinces.
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Dahuk Shelter & NFI Cluster Coordination Meeting Agenda
The agenda for the Dahuk Shelter & NFI Cluster Coordination Meeting includes introductions, updates on previous meeting action points, discussions on winter camps and out-of-camps issues, rehabilitation efforts, and responses in camps and out-of-camps settings. Additionally, there will be updates on
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Global Shelter Cluster 4W Questionnaire Training Overview
This training overview covers the Global Shelter Cluster's 4W Questionnaire, detailing its purpose, content, and technology components. Participants learn how to use mobile applications for data collection, reporting frequencies, and effective question answering. The questionnaire helps in identifyi
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Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action
This module focuses on integrating gender-based violence interventions into humanitarian mine action, providing guidelines, agenda, outcomes, and strategies for implementation. It emphasizes informing and supporting humanitarian actors to develop action plans and accountability measures to address g
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Emergency Items Management in Humanitarian Logistics
Explore the challenges and specifics of managing emergency items like shelter, WASH, food, and health products in warehouses during humanitarian crises. The exercise involves classifying items, determining constraints, and discussing solutions.
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Red Cross Shelter Partnership Initiative in Missouri
The Red Cross supports a Faith-Based Organization (FBO) Initiative in Missouri, inviting organizations to assist primarily in sheltering efforts for disaster response in the community. The National Shelter System shows numerous Red Cross shelters in Missouri, with advantages to partnering with the R
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Unconditional Right to Shelter in Poland: A Look at Shelter Services and Structures
In Poland, the right to shelter was addressed through an amendment in 2015, focusing on various types of shelter services like warming-up stations, overnight shelters, and hostels. The introduction of an open-door policy for basic services marked a significant change. Different shelter typologies we
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Shelter Cluster Meeting Updates and Strategies for Operational Coordination in Cameroon
Action points from the recent NWSW Shelter Cluster meeting on April 6, 2022 were discussed, including updates on partner collaboration, performance monitoring, and tool enhancements. The meeting also highlighted the importance of feedback regarding access issues and GBV mainstreaming in shelter inte
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Feedback on Shelter Kit Composition and Distribution
Feedback on the composition and distribution of shelter kits reveals that the main items, such as tarpaulins, hoes, spades, and pickaxes, are being utilized effectively for shelter and livelihood activities. Rejected items due to security concerns include plastic rope and nails. There is a suggestio
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Renegotiation of Donor Conditions for Humanitarian Financing
This interim presentation outlines the objective of renegotiating donor requirements to reduce burden in humanitarian financing. Findings focus on the severity of conditions, methodology used, respondents involved, general findings, and top conditions affecting humanitarian principles. The document
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Shelter Sector Technical Working Group Meeting - Focus on Environmental Considerations
The Shelter Sector Technical Working Group meeting discussed environmental considerations in program design, fire protection, waste management, energy needs, and supplies. Recommendations included reducing waste, managing packaging, considering energy sources, and planning for flood-related resource
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Humanitarian Efforts in Addressing Shelter, Energy, and NFI Needs in Venezuela
Humanitarian organizations in Venezuela are working to address the critical needs for shelter, energy, and non-food items in the country. Initiatives such as alternative energy sources for cooking have been implemented to improve access to electricity and essential supplies. Challenges including lim
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SMAC Tool: Simplifying Carbon Assessment for Shelter Solutions
SMAC, developed by BRE Trust, assists in comparing shelter solutions based on carbon emissions. It allows easy comparison of 4 shelter types on criteria like materials, packaging, transport, and end-of-life considerations. No expert knowledge is needed to use SMAC; simply input shelter components, m
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Shelter Working Group Meeting Agenda and Updates
The Shelter Working Group Meeting is scheduled for Monday, 12th June at 10AM at the Save the Children office. The agenda includes assessments, information management updates, beneficiary selection guidance, IEC materials and DRR discussion, and AOB. Updates as of 11th June are available, along with
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Morgan County Proposed Shelter Model and Displacement Analysis
The content discusses the proposed shelter model for Morgan County, focusing on building-level assessment records, population displacement, average household size, and building characteristics. It also explains the calculations for population displacement due to flooding, emphasizing short-term shel
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Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Nutrition Programs
This module focuses on integrating gender-based violence interventions in humanitarian nutrition guidelines. It covers key areas such as linking GBV and humanitarian programming, implementing guidance, assessment, resource mobilization, and developing action plans. The aim is to inform nutrition act
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Enhancing Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action
The guidelines focus on integrating gender-based violence interventions into humanitarian action, emphasizing key changes and additions such as structural modifications, contextual considerations, and enhanced accountability. Led by UNICEF and UNFPA, the revision process involved extensive consultat
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Somalia Shelter Cluster Cash Response Overview
Cash-based interventions have been successfully utilized by humanitarian organizations in Somalia since 2003, with Somalia Shelter Cluster leading the way in delivering shelter and NFI assistance through cash mechanisms. The rationale behind cash responses in Somalia includes addressing challenges l
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Enhancing Shelter and Settlements for Persons With Disabilities in Nigeria
The project by IOM Nigeria focuses on improving shelter and settlements for persons with disabilities through a qualitative assessment phase, inclusive of caregivers and households. Challenges include insecurity, limited resources, and adapting solutions to the local context while considering the wh
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Manila Shelter Cluster Meeting: Updates and Recommendations for Humanitarian Shelter Response
Updates on recent hub meetings in Tacloban, Cebu, and Roxas for strategic planning in the Philippines shelter cluster. Recommendations provided on key issues such as prioritizing activities, contributing to rebuilding efforts, and supporting local government actors. Survey results show contributions
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