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Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsThis recovery status report focuses on the intensive recovery interventions of the international humanitarian community and the Government of Myanmar following the unprecedented damages and losses caused by Nargis. It addresses the need to give priority to long-term recovery activities such as livelihood strengthening, community infrastructure and disas…
This issue includes:
Editorial -
Voices & Ideas:
- Chosica: Prevention Bears Fruit
- Crisis or Mitigation?: The role of relationships between institutions and communities in disaster recovery assistance
- Contingency plans for coping with disasters: A need that cannot be postponed
- Agents of Change: The Role of Children and Youth in Disaster
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This publication draws from documented experiences of past and present recovery efforts, collected through a desk review and consultations with relevant experts. These experiences and lessons learned are classified into four major issues: (i) who may need psychosocial programming; (i) assessment; (iii) symptoms; (iv) psychosocial programming; (v) key ps…
The Asia-Pacific disaster report, 2010:
This report addresses the exponential increase of disaster risks in Asia-Pacific, as a result of the compounding effects of inequitable economic growth patterns, population pressures and extreme climatic events. It is centred on the thinking that good efforts made by Asia-Pacific countries in reducing vulnerabil…
This guidance note shares 'live lessons' learned - told through first-person stories - that contribute to disaster preparedness, mitigation, and a recovery that builds back better. It asserts that telling live lessons have great value as a way to create monuments and memorials, and can be transformative and therapeutic activities for individuals and who…