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Action contre la Faim (ACF)
http://www.acf-fr.org/eng/homefm.htm
(English, French)
With
offices in Paris, Madrid, London and New York, Action Against Hunger works
in 36 countries around the world. It intervenes through emergency relief
operations in situations of war, crisis, and famine in four keys sectors:
nutrition, health, water and food security.
Areas of
activity
show programs, techniques, and training in the above sectors and disaster
preparedness. Missions gives overview of country programs, history,
and context. News
provides access journal, bibliography of documents, and ACF news.
 http://www.aah-usa.org/research.html
Research link from Action Against Hunger USA site. Contains information on
four projects: 1)Groundwater Development (PRM Method), 2)Surface Water
Treatment Units, 3) Shallow Wells Continuous Chlorination, and 4)
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th
ADPC is
a regional resource center working towards disaster reduction for safer
communities and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
Website provides
information about Center, training
opportunities, and regional
programs. Programs include Program for Enhancement of Emergency
Response (PEER) and Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (DANA) program.
ADPC: Information,
Research and Network Support. ADPC maintains a specialized library on
disaster management. Search the database for publications, reports, case
studies, and research
papers. Underneath
the search engine is a link
to the address where requests can be sent
http://www.adpc.ait.ac.th/duryog/duryog.html
Duryog Nivaran A South Asian network promoting alternative
perspectives on disaster and vulnerability in the region. Website
provides information on organization, activities, and lists of orderable publications
and reports (on going research). The material covered includes water
supply, food, sanitation, coordination and community and female
participation in relief efforts.
CARE International
http://www.care.org/
CARE
helps communities prepare for emergencies as well as provide food, water,
shelter and health care to survivors of natural disasters and armed
conflicts. CARE's rehabilitation programs include landmine removal and
awareness, refugee repatriation and conflict resolution.
The website
offers press releases, CARE reports, and access to various publications.
Potentially
useful tools and guidelines can be found at the following:
http://www.care.org/programs_backup/health/tools.html
Children’s Health, Reproductive Health, Water, Sanitation, and
Environmental Health
http://www.care.org/forms/search.html
Use the site search: to find information about specific projects (by
type, country), evaluations, etc.
EuronAid
http://www.euronaid.nl/
(Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish)
EuronAid
was created in 1980 as an association of NG0s, to be active in the field of
food security and food aid. A EuronAid goal is to enable NG0s to deliver
high quality food security and food aid programs for the people they seek
to assist.The EuronAid services comprise: Support in programming,
accounting and financial administration; Procurement of food and other
commodities; Logistics, including a door-to-door transport system, General
and specific information and training; Training on the application of
Project Cycle Management (PCM) for food-aid, food-security and
emergency-aid programmes.
Website includes information
about the agency, history, policies, and strategy. Use the Site Map to view a list
of the site's contents. Each section is available in English, French and
Spanish.
Under
Documents, EuronAid provides access to papers on strategy, code of conduct, policy and events achives.
EuronAid FTP provides access to documents, guidebooks, and forms for
working with EuronAid. Under FTP Help you can
find basic descriptions of the other categories and downloading
instructions. The NGO Guidebook
consists of information on EuronAid policies, preparation of project
proposal and implementation of a program through EuronAid. Information on
emergency management, coordination, logistics, and procurement are
included. European
Commission provides evaluation of EC Food Aid Programs, and in the
future will provide information on Food Security Programs and technical
country documents. EA
Technical Forms provide various forms required when dealing with
EuronAid and Food Aid programs.
FEWS Project
http://www.fews.net/
The
objective of FEWS NET is to help establish more effective, sustainable, and
African-led food security and response planning networks that reduce the
vulnerability of at-risk groups.
Website includes reports and updates on food and weather
situations in Africa. Technical reports online include agronomic information,
commodity
prices, and food aid evaluations. FEWS uses the above to analyze
vulnerability in the region. Information on approach, guidelines,
and current assessments
of vulnerability analysis are available. A full list of FEWS publications
(English and French) including special reports and a bulletin are also
available. Links
offers list of websites that work with early warning, food security, and
humanitarian relief.
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