Save the Children’s Food Security and Livelihoods programming across the nexus: Portfolio Mapping
Save the Children is a leading humanitarian and development child rights organization that strove to ensure all children are protected, educated, and healthy. Save the Children implements child-sensitive food security and livelihoods (FSL) programs to support these goals through discrete projects in many of the most food insecure places in the world. In pursuit of […]
Baseline for GNDR’s project on climate resilience via local humanitarian action in fragile settings
In 2007, the Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) was born with a mission to support CSOs around the world make the world a safer place in the face of disasters. Today, GNDR comprises 1,734 organizations from 130 countries. GNDR was granted USAID BHA funding for the project “Locally-led humanitarian solutions: […]
Health Resilience Mapping Studies – Mali and Niger
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience (MIHR), funded by USAID, works in fragile settings on voluntary family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) and maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH). A critical aspect of MIHR’s work is focused on strengthening health resilience. Though the concept that has gained increased attention in the recent years, there is still a […]
Training on Health Resilience for GOAL
Funded by USAID, Momentum Integrated Health Resilience (MIHR) is engaged in strengthening Health Resilience in fragile settings to support “people, households, communities, systems, and countries to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses, in a manner that reduces acute and chronic vulnerabilities, and facilitates equitable health outcomes” (USAID). As the lead technical specialist […]
‘Operationalizing’ Fragility Concepts
During 2022, Momentum Integrated Health Resilience (MIHR) commissioned IRMA consultants to provide support in Understanding Health and Fragility from a Systems Perspective. Building on this work, in 2023 MIHR further engaged IRMA in a series of projects including: Mapping MIHR assessment tools in relation to how they support programming in relation to fragility, risk and […]
Institutional Capacity Assessment of The Bahamas to implement the the New Disaster Risk Management Act
To bolster Disaster Risk Management (DRM) efforts, the Government of The Bahamas enacted the Disaster Risk Management Act in 2022 (DRM Act). This legislative move signifies a significant shift towards focusing on disaster risk over post-event responses. The objective is to streamline functions and eliminate redundancy among key entities—the Disaster Management Unit under the Office […]
Looking ahead in the midst of a crisis: The role of Anticipatory Action in a protracted drought
Anticipatory action (AA) is a set of normally pre-financed tools designed to act on early warning and mitigate crises before they escalate, protecting lives and livelihoods. While highly effective for rapid-onset disasters like floods and hurricanes, AA has struggled to demonstrate value for prolonged emergencies, such as drought. With climate-related events becoming more frequent, aid […]
Review of Sida´s Humanitarian Financing Prioritization for Severe Needs
The heart of humanitarian action is to relieve suffering by providing aid when and where it is needed. The concept of Principled Humanitarian Aid (PHA) was created to ensure that aid is provided through unbiased means and with dignity, upholding four key principles that guide humanitarian action: Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, and Independence. In Sweden, these […]
Climate related disaster risk analysis for two territories in South Kivu, DRC
In March 2021, UNDP launched the project “Supporting rapid recovery from floods and intercommunal conflict through building resilience and stability in crisis-affected communities” to support disaster response and recovery efforts of crisis-affected communities following massive flooding in South Kivu province. The project undertakes activities such as the development of an early warning system, public awareness, […]
Technical Assistance to Sint Maarten for Disaster Response and Preparedness
The EU-funded project ‘Technical Assistance to Sint Maarten for Disaster Response and Preparedness’ was implemented by a multi-disciplinary team from SOFRECO and led by IRMA Partner Marilise Turnbull. Through effective collaboration with the government of Sint Maarten and thanks to the strong volunteering spirit of the people of Sint Maarten, the project achieved its objectives […]
