The majority of disaster affected communities self-recover.. Families and communities rebuild using their own resources with little or no support from outside agencies. Research shows that the number of shelters constructed by aid agencies within the first year after a
It’s a pleasure to present the Self-recovery from disasters: an interdisciplinary perspective working paper. This paper is published by ODI (in collaboration with CARE UK, BGS and UCL) and presents the findings from the Promoting Safer Building pilot research project in
8th i-Rec conference A snapshot of the Promoting Safer Building project as it was presented at the i-Rec Conference in Canada earlier this month. The main goal of i-Rec conferences is to contribute to disaster reconstruction and recovery knowledge and
Last week our team presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) conference in Cancun, Mexico. IGNITE Our IGNITE presentation was given by Santosh Sharma from CARE Nepal on the subject of Promoting safer self-recovery after a disaster Background:
From research to practice The project’s Philippines case study took place from the 4th until the 18th of March 2017 in several communities in the Philippines that were devastated by Typhoons Haiyan (2013) and Haima (2016). In order to reflect
Promoting Safer-Building and Supporting Self-Recovery #SaferSelfRecovery On the 27th of January representatives from across the humanitarian shelter sector and academic research community met at CARE International UK for the first Promoting Safer Building project workshop. Objectives Further define the questions