Top Stories Search by Theme: Aid Policy

Results 6 - 8 of 8

Results

  • Humanitarians launch updated disaster relief standards
    14 April 2011 - 2:56pm
    The Sphere Project, a leading initiative promoting quality and accountability in humanitarian work, released the revised English version of its handbook Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response today. The launch is taking place in a dozen countries around the world. According...
    Read more
  • Launch of OCHA study 'To Stay and Deliver'
    12 April 2011 - 5:13pm
    OCHA today launched the report entitled 'To Stay and Deliver'. The study, undertaken by OCHA, captures the best practices that have enabled aid organisations to work in high-risk areas, maintain operations, and provide protection and life-saving assistance to people in need.  Over the past...
    Read more
  • PAKISTAN: 6 MONTHS ON
    1 February 2011
    Six months after floods damaged and washed away homes and livelihoods in north-western Pakistan, the emergency is far from over. Millions of people are still in urgent need of humanitarian aid and funding for early recovery projects to help rebuild their lives. The floods were the worst in history,...
    Read more