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Disasters in Brazil

Tom Jennings
8 Posts
0 Votes 3 Replies 365 Views
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago, updated 1 year, 9 months ago
Friends, I received two emails from Margaretha Adiwardana ( meiske@terra.com.br ), our IDR partner in Brazil (please see excerpts below). Any help and support that anyone can provided will be much appreciated: We are really overloaded now with things to do, it is like two disasters at the same ...

Interesting article about experimental technology in Haiti relief

Karen B
31 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 373 Views
Posted 2 years ago
Just saw this article about research a team from Princeton University is doing in building rainwater harvesters and wind turbines for use in disaster / relief situations: http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S27/36/39A37/index.xml?section=topstories,featured Even before the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti ...

Haiti Relief Solutions Video Interview

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Matt Wallace
76 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 356 Views
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago, updated 2 years, 2 months ago
In HISG's interview with one of the key players in our Haiti Relief Effort, Junior Bataille, he describes a method of handling relief so that lasting change can be an option. Social networking, coordination, communications and vision are central to change.

Building Business for Haiti (Structural Insulated Panel plant)

Drew Harding
6 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 451 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago
SENAI has put together a business proposal for a SIP panel manufacturing plant in Haiti to help in the reconstruction but more importantly create enterprise, jobs, affordable housing, skilled training and a profitable local business. We are looking for investors and/or grants to get this project off

Resources for Response Teams

Debbie Rankin
26 Posts
1 Vote 1 Reply 356 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
I just wanted to pass along these two resources from the Pan American Health Organization. There is a Field Manual Response Team Evaluation Form & Response Team Field Manual. I hope these documents are helpful to you.

Haiti Business Opportunities

Randy Valentine
16 Posts
1 Vote 2 Replies 399 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 3 months ago
It's not too early to start thinking about long-term recovery and long-term reconstruction efforts in Haiti. Obviously the timeframe for this is YEARS, however we should all start thinking about getting this country back up on its feet from a sustainable business standpoint. These efforts are already underway to ...

Business vs. Charity

Kay Hiramine
96 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 282 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 4 months ago
Now that the Haiti government has declared that it is time for recovery and reconstruction, I want to encourage all NGOs and private sector business people to consider how the Private Sector can make a sustainable impact for Haiti! I say emphatically that it is not a business vs. charity ...

Great Need in El Salvador

Mike McCausland
54 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 398 Views
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago
A note from a key leader in Latin America: As a consequence of th effect of hurricane Ida, the Central zone of El Salvador that includes the provinces of Cabanas, San Vicente, La Paz, La Libertad and the greater San Salvador area with its 16 municipalities have suffered catastrophic damages.

International Disaster Response Network

Mike McCausland
54 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 387 Views
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago, updated 2 years, 6 months ago
The International Disaster Response Network is a disaster response arm of the Starfish Community. The network is made up of starfish community members from around the world that want to work together to prepare for and respond to disasters both at home and abroad. Documents explaining the IDRN