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Regional Child Rights Governance (CRG) Strategic Workshop East and Central Africa- 6 – 8 December 2010, Nairobi
This workshop was held for three main purposes: to engage the different Save the Children (SC) members in their understanding of Child Rights Governance (CRG) and integration of CRG in the other sectors (health, education, hunger reduction, humanitarian r
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Serving Haiti's children now, rebuilding for their future. Six months after the massive quake
In January 2010, the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti was rocked by the worst earthquake to hit the region in 200 years. One of the most devastating natural disasters in living memory, in which more than 200,000 people were killed, while hundreds of
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Haiti's children- Policy Brief
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving 2 million in need of assistance. When the rainy season starts in mid-March, conditions are likely to deteriorate even further. The international communi
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Preventing corruption in humanitarian operations
This handbook offers a menu of best practice tools for preventing and detecting corruption in humanitarian operations that includes ways to track resources, confront extortion and detect aid diversion. The handbook, part of Transparency International’s br
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Mobility- A Pastoral Livelihood Strategy: Rapid Assessment of Social Service Provision for Mobile Kraals in Karamoja
This joint EU-Save the Children Uganda report presents findings of a rapid assessment of social service provision for mobile cattle camps in Karamoja, Uganda (widely called 'manyattas' and 'kraals'), and is an attempt to measure available social services
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Pakistan Floods 2010. Six months on
Pakistan was hit by the worst floods in the country’s history in July 2010. The unusually heavy monsoon rains that triggered the massive flooding soon caused the deluge to spread. Within a matter of days, nearly one-fifth of Pakistan had been submerged. A
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Response to the Horn of Africa Emergency: A continuing crisis threatens hard-won gains. Regional six-month Progress Report April 2012
This report highlights UNICEF’s response to the Horn of Africa crisis for the period July-December 2011. Following one of the worst droughts in recent memory, the Horn of Africa ended 2011 with marked improvements in a number of conditions underpinning th
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Tapping the Potential of Displaced Youth: Guidance for Nonformal Education and Livelihoods Development Policy and Practice
Displaced youth have historically fallen through the cracks of humanitarian services and programming. Little guidance has existed to date on their needs to build skills for developing safe and dignified livelihoods, and to contribute to the recovery, peac
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Sex and Age Matters: Improving Humanitarian Response in Emergencies
This report shows that proper collection, analysis and use of sex and age disaggregated data, or SADD, allows operational agencies to deliver assistance more effectively and efficiently in a crisis. The net result is more lives saved, more livelihoods pre
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Humanitarian action for children: Building resilience
UNICEF's 2011 Humanitarian Action for Children provides an overview of projected humanitarian needs for 2011 in 32 countries and territories, and 6 regions. This latest edition also examines how UNICEF, through its humanitarian action, aims to foster resi
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Inter-Agency Guide to the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programmes in Humanitarian Crises
UNICEF, together with partners, has developed this Inter-Agency Guide to the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programming in Humanitarian Crises to assist organizations working in the field of psychosocial support to think through key issues in planning and imp
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The Gaza Strip. A Humanitarian Implosion
An inter-agency report on the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Gaza has suffered from a long-term pattern of economic stagnation and plummeting development indicators. The severity of the situation has increased exponentially since Israel imposed ex