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Food Aid
Management (FAM)
http://www.foodaid.org/
Food Aid
Management (FAM) was created in 1989 by five U.S. private voluntary
organizations to "promote the efficient and effective use of food aid
resources to help alleviate hunger and contribute to food security".
The FAM membership has grown to 17 U.S. PVOs and FAM enjoys observer status
with the World Food Programme and EuronAid.
Website
includes information about association, member organizations, information
and reports on workshops, calendar of upcoming trainings with locations,
and access to USAID documents.
 http://www.foodaid.org/food3.htm
Food Security Resource Center provides information for the food aid community
through an extensive library of books, journals, training materials, policy
and concept papers, and other food aid and food security documents
http://www.foodaid.org/foodforum.htm
Food Forum is a quarterly newsletter providing a forum for the exchange
of technical information, field experience, and recent happenings.
Available free in electronic (e-mail) or hard copy subscription.
http://www.foodaid.org/commoditymgmt.htm
Commodity Management provides access to documents and links pertaining to
food management including logistics, storage, and distribution.
Global Internally Displaced Persons
Project
http://www.idpproject.org/
The
Global IDP Project brings facts, figures and analysis on IDPs worldwide
into one integrated information system.
Website
provides access to Global IDP Database, which can be searched by
country or keyword. Wide range of information including:
population profiles, causes and protection concerns, humanitarian access,
subsistence concerns (health, nutrition, water, sanitation, and shelter),
and access to education. Downloadable Training modules that are based on the UN OCHA
document: Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and include
themes such as protection, ethics, coordination, and community services. Publications,
weekly news, and a IDP links
page are also on the site.
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
http://www.gtz.de/home/english/
(English version, German available)
GTZ is a
service enterprise for development cooperation with worldwide operations.
Owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, the organization operates as a
private-sector enterprise with a development-policy mandate: to make
sustainable improvements to the living conditions of people in partner
countries, and to conserve the natural resource base on which life depends.
Information
on the emergency action programs is found under Emergency and Refugee Aid. Information and
activities can be found by country or theme. Search Projects
to find information about different GTZ projects including water supply,
sanitation, infrastructure, and health. Under GTZ publications,
search by theme and language (English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian,
or Spanish texts available). Also find annual reports (in English, French, German, or Spanish)
and Akzente a
German language development magazine available with some English special
editions (not all on-line).
http://www.gtz.de/gate/index.afp
German Appropriate Technology Exchange (GATE) is a working unit
of the GTZ and and has the objectives to improve the technological
competence of NGOs and other groups involved in self-help-oriented poverty
alleviation and to develop information and knowledge management systems for
NGOs and self-help groups. Main website includes information about
programs, activities, and reports. GATE projects include:
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Information
Service on the Adaptation and Dissemination of Technologies Site
contains a Documents page that offers access (online or orderable)
to a series of documents related to appropriate technology in developing
countries and project management. Question and
answer service available for anyone to send a question over the
Internet.
Intermediate Technology Development Group
http://www.oneworld.org/itdg/publications/index.html
ITDG
specializes in helping people to use technology for practical answers to
poverty.
http://www.aries-bs.co.uk/cgi-win/ariesmultisite.exe/individual?itp
Search the Intermediate Technology bookshop (to order) for different
subjects including: water, health, education, development general, and disasters and emergencies.
http://www.alternative-finance.org.uk/search.html
Alternative Finance offers on-line access to articles on micro-credit and
other development financial activities. Search by title, country, keyword
or call up the full list of articles by title and browse for what you want.
International Committee of the Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org/(English,
French, Spanish)
The
mission of The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) directs and
coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement
in situations of conflict. It also endeavors to prevent suffering by
promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian
principles.
Website
contains information about the organization, activities (by subject or
country), issues and topics, news (press releases and weekly news
articles), documents relating to humanitarian law issues, and a well
developed links
page.
http://www.icrc.org/eng/publications
Publications from Home page. Information about and how to order ICRC
publications. Off Press, Coming soon display recent and coming publications
from ICRC. Other publications provide online access to Annual
Reports, online access to all articles of Red Cross Red Crescent
Magazine, and ordering information for publications: Forum and Panorama.
List of video resources and CD Rom "International Human Rights Law”
also orderable from this section.
Catalogue of ICRC publications (for purchase, some
available on web). Subject material includes: Protection and Assistance,
War and Health, International Humanitarian Law, Internal Conflicts,
Prisoners of War, Tracing and Family Ties, and others
http://www.icrc.org/eng/review International Review
of the Red Cross. Its aim is to promote reflection on humanitarian
policy and action and on international humanitarian law, while at the same
time strengthening the dialogue between the ICRC and other organizations
and individuals concerned with humanitarian issues. Information about
magazine, contents, some articles, and subscription information is
available on-line.
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