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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)
AlertNet
http://www.alertnet.org/
AlertNet provides global news,
communications and logistics services to the international disaster relief
community and the public.
Home page presents
daily updated news from member organizations and Reuters News
Service. The site also includes an international register of aid suppliers; an
information exchange for members (to apply to be a member visit members application);
databases of training,
events (diary),
and contacts in the relief community (AlertNet Members) and
background information relevant to disaster relief. Relief Resources
provide access to documents, articles, and links to sites on topics such as
satellite images, children and war, working in relief, refugees, and
technology. For specific inquiries use the search engine.
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.
European
Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/echo/ (English, French)
The mission serves to provide assistance
and emergency aid to victims of natural catastrophes and conflicts.
English website is temporarily under construction.
French website offers access to information about ECHO mission and
activities, as well as lists of orderable ECHO publications and NOHA
(Network on Humanitarian Assistance – an advanced degree program) manuals.
Several Journals are potentially available – Ethics and Humanitarian
Affairs, Humanitarian Action: Perception and Security, and Humanitarian
Affairs Review.
http://www.cred.be/centre/publi/120qe/begin.htm
Workshop on Efficiency, Effectiveness and International Collaboration in
Emergency Relief: Final Report
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