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Hosting Support as Humanitarian Shelter Approach
(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, […]
Responding to the Crisis in the Sahel
Hopes and Challenges for the World’s Newest Country
Juba, Sudan: She sat in the shade of a transit tent at this port city on the White Nile, surrounded by her worldly possessions and eight children. A symbol of the hope and the challenges facing south Sudan as it moves towards independence on July 9, the woman arrived a week earlier by barge from […]
USAID Assistance in Pakistan
The USAID handshake is an enduring symbol of America’s support for Pakistan. Read more >>
