Disasters

According to the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, a disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society causing widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Resources available in this sub-theme include guidance on strengthening institutional arrangements, examples of public awareness programs, and others that support disaster risk mitigation and response.

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Disasters Resources

Final Report: Water Yards for Potable Water and Livestock in Central Region, Somalia

Published: 
March 1, 1994
U.S. Agency for International Development
Presents final report by Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) on a project (4/93-12/93) to rehabilitate water sources in nine villages in Adale District in Somalia's Central Region. Because of civil strife, wells and water yards in the district had deteriorated, water-borne diseases...Read more
Regional focus: 
SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa

AID Amendment No. 1 of Grant No. 612-0231-G-00-2012-00 to Save The Children Fund (Uk) for Follow Up Drought Mitigation Work

Published: 
August 1, 1993
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided to Save The Children Fund (UK) under a child survival project in Malawi to implement the second phase of an ongoing USAID-funded drought relief project. The grantee will: (1) drill 50 boreholes and rehabilitate 75; (2) implement community-based management programs for these water...Read more
Regional focus: 
MalawiSub-Saharan Africa

Assessment of Problems and Needs for Water Supplies At Ethiopian Drought - Victim Camps

Published: 
December 1, 1984
U.S. Agency for International Development
In November 1984, A.I.D. sent two consultants from the Water and Sanitation for Health project to Ethiopia to develop recommendations for emergency water-supply relief at camps for drought victims. The consultants found that the areas around camps in Wello and Tigray clearly qualify for emergency...Read more
Regional focus: 
EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa

Seasonal Prediction of Hydro-Climatic Extremes in the Greater Horn of Africa under Evolving Climate Conditions to Support Adaptation Strategies

Published: 
January 1, 2014
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
DWFI faculty fellow Tsegaye Tadesse is the lead PI on this multidisciplinary, multi-institution, 3-year, $1.4 million grantRead more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

African Drought Monitor

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The African Drought Monitor has been installed in Niamey, Niger (Feb 1 2012.) at AGRHYMET. NASA plans on adding weather and seasonal hydrological forecasting over the next 6 months and SMOS-based soil moisture through collaboration with CESBIO and crop water requirements and actual ET over the next...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

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