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R.E.A.C.T. Tajikistan

Abnormally cold weather conditions in Tajikistan, causing heavy snowfall and frozen rivers, have damaged water and electrical supply systems and isolated mountain villages. Snowfall in December 2007 was 245% above the historical average for the month. Temperatures of between -8°C and -25°C since...

A Fresh Start: Asian villages carve out a new life

In 2004, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which credits itself with having saved the American bison a century ago, set up the Tmatboey Ibis Ecotourism Project to lure bird-watchers. During the most recent peak season, November 2008 to May 2009, services provided to bird-watching visitors brought...

Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organisations,

Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organisations is a website that serves as a portal to websites of the United Nations and its funds, programmes, and specialised agencies. The site also includes the latest news from the UN News Service, links to the UN Information Centres...

From Awareness to Action: WBCSD

From Awareness to Action is the catalogue of publications by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

Rwanda Development Gateway Non-Governmental Organisation Database

Rwanda Development Gateway Non-Governmental Organisation Database, a project of the Government of Rwanda operated by the National University of Rwanda, provides access to information related to non-governmental organizations in Rwanda.

Food Aid Logistics Operational Handbook

Food Aid Logistics Operational Handbook, produced by the Commodity Management Enhancement Project, is designed to provide logistics managers and NGO program staff with basic information and guidance in planning and establishing a supply chain to deliver food aid. The focus of this handbook is...

Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response 2018 edition

Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, a 2018 revised handbook of The Sphere Project, sets out minimum standards for four sectors: water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion; food security and nutrition; shelter, settlement and non-food items; and health action.

ReliefWeb - Togo

A UN project serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief world. Includes a country-by-country guide, with an entry for Togo. It provides the latest updates about the country and its humanitarian situation.

Formula for Corporate Funding

A Grants and Foundations Review article from the Charity Channel on how to find funding from corporate partners for events or special projects.

Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies: The Good Enough Guide

Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies: The Good Enough Guide offers a set of guidelines on how to be accountable to local people and measure programme impact in emergency situations. The ‘good enough’ approach emphasises simple and practical solutions and encourages the user to...

Mongolia Actions: Links Related to Mongolian Development

The mission of Mongolia Actions is the conception, realisation and promotion of developmental projects in Mongolia, notably those which are humanitarian, cultural, social, economic and educational in nature. The "our links" page of its website is a database of institutions, NGOs, associations and...

Internet Directory of NGOs in the Lao PDR

Internet Directory of NGOs in the Lao PDR displays information about current projects, upcoming events, directory news and announcements, and training courses and workshops within the Lao PDR.

Quality and Accountability Initiatives: Questions and Answers

Quality and Accountability Initiatives: Questions and Answers, a web resource page, speaks to four of the most widely known inter-agency initiatives to improve accountability, quality and performance in humanitarian action: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian...

Cash and vouchers in emergencies

This paper is the final product of a three-year research project looking into when the option of giving people money instead of, or as well as, in-kind assistance is feasible and appropriate. A strong body of evidence is starting to emerge to indicate that providing people with cash or vouchers...

Taking IT Global - Malaysia

Taking IT Global is a web-based platform for ideas and expression and a resource that provides opportunities for young people to network and develop projects with others. There are 170,000 members globally, with 904 in Malaysia. The site provides country-based information, and is available in many...

ReliefWeb - Niger

A UN project serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief world. Includes a country-by-country guide, with an entry for Niger. It provides the latest updates and information for the country and its humanitarian situation.

Private sector participation for sustainable water service management

Following the findings of the Rüschlikon-Conference a process was initiated to find ways in which the private sector participation (PSP) projects could be evaluated in order to develop further and to improve the rules of the game for PSP. Based on field experience it should be possible to elaborate...

Business Contributions to UN Emergency Relief Efforts: An Orientation Guide

Business Contributions to UN Emergency Relief Efforts: An Orientation Guide describes the role of various UN agencies during an emergency, and identifies ways in which companies can support relief efforts in a timely and appropriate manner, through cash contributions, in-kind donations, or...

World Directory of Development Organisations and Programs

World Directory of Development Organisations and Programs, created within the Project "Cooperating for Vooperation", promotes mutual cooperation, dissemination of data and exchange of experiences among organisations, associations and informal groups whose activity is development related. The...

Partnering for Development - Making it Happen

Partnering for Development - Making it Happen, a booklet, builds on the report from the Commission on the Private Sector and Development and looks at three areas of engagement: the development of commercially sustainable business models that can be expanded and replicated; the reform of laws,...