(Excerpted from article in InterAction Monthly Developments, Jan/Feb 2012, pp. 17-18.) When disasters or crises strike and homes are lost, people don’t always wait for governments and international humanitarian agencies to lend a hand, but instead often rely on those close to them: family and friends. Hosting by family and friends is socially defined, self-selected, [...]
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Hosting Support as Humanitarian Shelter Approach
Posted by Charles A. Setchell, Senior Shelter, Settlements, and Hazard Mitigation Advisor, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance on Wednesday, May 2nd 2012
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