Learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations
A ‘checklist’, intended for Christian church leaders in West Africa, with relevant bible passages and advice regarding church practices and the education and support of communities.
Analysis with WorldView-3 Data Acquired 07 March 2015
This map illustrates the IDP camp at the UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) area adjacent to the UNMISS base in Bentiu, Rubkona County, Unity State, South Sudan. Using high-resolution optical satellite imagery collected by the WorldView-3 sat
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ellite on 07 March 2015, UNOSAT identified a total of 9,713 structures. Approximately 9,515 of these were classified as tent shelters and 198 as administrative buildings. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR / UNOSAT.
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The Minimum Standards for Protection Mainstreaming are a set of international standards designed to provide practical assistance to humanitarian actors to mainstream protection in the assessment, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian programmes, projects and activities.
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All humanitarian actors are expected to mainstream protection in their humanitarian assistance activities as a component of a broader commitment to quality and accountability in humanitarian response.
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Message: The islands of The Bahamas and Haiti suffered severe impact from the passage of Hurricane Matthew, the 5th named Hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane season. As a result, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) through the Regional Response Mechanism (RRM) facilitated
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the coordination and deployment of regional specialized response teams to provide operational support and damage/needs assessments in the most affected areas in Haiti and The Bahamas. The Caribbean Community will also make targeted relief interventions in the affected Member States.
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Design and Illustration Ioanna Aravani
Design and Illustration Ioanna Aravani
Highlights
An estimated 25,000 people have been displaced from Kodok, Tonga and surrounding villages.
Displaced people are in urgent need of clean water and other life-saving assistance.
Protection of civilians is a paramount concern.
32 aid workers had to relocate from K
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odok and Aburoc due to insecurity
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