Haiti
Evaluation of UNICEF´s Response to Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
DARA is conducting an evaluation of UNICEF´s response to hurricane Matthew in Haiti. The main purpose of the evaluation is to assess UNICEF’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti as a consequence of hurricane Mathew with the objective of drawing [...] Read more...
The Listen and Learn Project: Improving Aid Accountability in Haiti
The Listen and Learn project, a joint DARA/Keystone initiative funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, aimed to improve the accountability of aid efforts in Haiti and provide a model for greater beneficiary accountability in relief and recovery programming [...] Read more...
Beneficiary Accountability in Haiti research case study
DARA Inc., our office in the US, has secured its first grant with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for an action research case study of good and poor donor practices in Haiti. The project aims to improve the quality, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of aid for disaster affected populations in Haiti and elsewhere. Read more...
Phase I Study Research to Assess How Gender Equality Programming influences Humanitarian Outcomes EVAL
The scope of the research is to assess the influence of GEP across the framework of humanitarian action (preparedness, response and early recovery), in key humanitarian sectors (i.e., shelter, health, water and sanitation, food distribution, protection, education [...] Read more...
Focus on Haiti: Building back better?
Building back better? Two years after the earthquake that caused massive destruction to the country and two subsequent cholera epidemics, long-term recovery efforts are still inadequate. Hundreds of Haitians still live in temporary shelters, and the country [...] Read more...
Tico Times: Figueres – Foreign investment key for Haiti
José María Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica and DARA Board Member, was interviewed by Tico Times about the needs of Haiti, and mentions DARA: “For many years, I have been involved with a Spanish international organization called DARA, which specializes in measuring the impact of humanitarian policies, programs and projects, with the belief that if we don’t measure what we do, we can’t achieve progress.” Read more...
AlertNet Op-ed: Haiti- Now is the time to work on gender issues
We all know that women and girls living in areas of armed conflict and disaster suffer the worst consequences of crises due to their heightened vulnerability. Why then does our field research in crises such as Haiti offer such a bleak perspective on gender as a priority for all humanitarian actors? Read Ross Mountain's Op-ed at AlertNet. Read more...
Haiti HRI
Building back better? Two years after the earthquake that caused massive destruction to the country and two subsequent cholera epidemics, long-term recovery efforts are still inadequate. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians still live in temporary shelters, and [...] Read more...
Technical Assistance to the AECID’s Humanitarian Office in the context of Haiti’s crisis and the Spanish EU Presidency EVAL
Haiti’s earthquake hit the country on the 12th of January. The following day, the Head of the Spanish Cooperation’s (AECID) Humanitarian Office contacted DARA to receive its support for the international emergency response. Spain in the context of the EU Presidency [...] Read more...