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Disasters in Brazil
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Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago, updated 7 hours, 17 minutes 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
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Posted 2 months, 2 weeks 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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Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago, updated 4 months, 2 weeks 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)
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Posted 5 months, 3 weeks 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
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Posted 6 months, 1 week ago, updated 6 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
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Posted 6 months, 1 week ago, updated 6 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
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Posted 6 months, 1 week ago, updated 6 months, 1 week 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
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Posted 8 months, 3 weeks 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
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Posted 9 months, 1 week ago, updated 9 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
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