Emergency Programming Documents and Links

Emergency Documents Online
Africa Collection for Transition (ACT) from Relief to Development...A Complex Emergencies and Disasters Library
Enhancing the Nutritional Quality of Relief Diets Workshop Materials and Proceedings, April 1999 (Clicking on the link above takes you to a new page, where you may download individual workshop files in Adobe pdf.)
The Famine Food Field Guide by the United Nations Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (UN-EUE), 2001
Food and Nutrition Library 1.1 Humanity Libraries Global Help Project, U.N. University Press
Food Security and Crisis in Countries Subject to Complex Emergencies An information portal from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Food Security Assessments in Emergencies: A Livelihoods Approach by Helen Young, Susanne Jaspars, Rebecca Brown, Jackie Frize, and Hisham Khogali, 2001. Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) Paper #36. (Adobe pdf)
Livestock and Livelihoods in Emergencies: Lessons Learnt from the 1999-2001 Emergency Response in the Pastoral Sector in Kenya by Yacob Aklilu and Mike Wekesa, Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University, Working Paper #3, 2001 (Adobe pdf, 1.3 MB - caution, large file size!)
Mercy Corps and the Jakarta Flood A Case Study by the Mercy Corps Indonesia Civil Society Team, July 2002 (Adobe pdf, 463 KB)
Modern Information Technologies to Improve the Efficacy and Quality of Relief Foods and Services - Bibliography University of Lille, France
Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Emergency Situation Reports
PVO Guidelines for Title II Emergency Food Proposals and Reporting USAID/DCHA/FFP
ProVention Consortium - Risk Management Library A collection of varied topics, from health to natural disaster response, and much more...
Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) in Disaster Response A project of the Benfield Hazard Research Centre and CARE International, focusing on the integration of environmental assessment into emergencies.
The SPHERE Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response - Handbook
SPHERE In Practice: Lessons Learned Case studies of SPHERE in action - how agencies around the world have put the SPHERE guidance into practice.
SPHERE Training Modules Download course materials and a list of trained facilitators from this section of the SPHERE site.
Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions (SMART) Workshop, July 23-26, 2002 Download presentations, pilot study information, and other materials from the workshop.
UNHCR's Statistics Website Download current refugee statistics and view trends in a variety of formats.
The Virtual Disaster Library (VDL)