Haiti
Comparative Analysis of Humanitarian Intervention Models of the Spanish Cooperation. Case Studies: OPT, Haiti/Panama and Mozambique EVAL
The humanitarian reform process of the Spanish Cooperation initiated in the previous government includes a controversial element: the new role of the Spanish Cooperation as a direct implementing partner of humanitarian aid. Some independent studies have raised [...] Read more...
Haiti one year on
A word from Ross Mountain As we look back a year later on the tragic events in Haiti, what have we learned? Typically after a major disaster like this, there are a plethora of evaluations. DARA itself visited Haiti in 2010 and will do so again in 2011. The challenge [...] Read more...
DARA collaborates in recent Intermon Oxfam Haiti report
Intermón Oxfam recently published the article “Haití en su Laberinto”, which analyses the initial months of the humanitarian response to the earthquake, as well as the subsequent reconstruction plan. DARA visited Haiti in August 2010 and contributed to the [...] Read more...
January 2011: Haiti one year on
Haiti one year on By Ross Mountain As we look back a year later on the tragic events in Haiti, what have we learned? Typically after a major disaster like this, there are a plethora of evaluations. DARA itself visited Haiti in 2010 and will do so again in [...] Read more...
Haiti HRI
The crisis and the response The US military’s post-earthquake management of entry to Haiti prioritised US flights and expensive search and rescue missions and delayed the response of experienced actors. l An influx of small, often in-experienced, INGOs [...] Read more...
Allan Lavell: “The cause of the disaster in Haiti is social”
Allan Lavell is one of the world's top experts on urban and regional planning, and specializes in risk reduction and disaster prevention. He heads the development of DARA's Risk Reduction Index (RRI), a key project in the Disaster Risk Reduction Initiative (DRRI [...] Read more...
Haiti HRI
Skimpy Living Swept Away by Storms Between 26 August and 8 September 2008, hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hannah and Ike smashed the Artibonite, south and south-east regions of Haiti, killing nearly 800 people and affecting more than 800,000. The disasters hit during [...] Read more...
Stronger international coordination and leadership will provide better humanitarian aid to men, women and children in Haiti
After the International Donors' Conference in New York, DARA welcomes the outpouring of support but urges donors to address persistent and urgent humanitarian needs. On January 12th, an earthquake ripped through Haiti and in just 35 seconds killed an estimated [...] Read more...
Ross Mountain: “We need to go back to basics”
Following the tragedy that struck Haiti on the 12th January of 2010, the evaluation and humanitarian community has held a series of meetings to analyze and improve collaboration in evaluating the international response. In May, during the ALNAP and European Policy [...] Read more...
May 2010: Haiti- A shelter emergency
Haiti: a shelter emergency Op-ed published in El País, 31 March 2010, co-signed by Ross Mountain, Director General of DARA; Fernando Perpiñá, Secretary General of Club de Madrid; Emilio Casinello, Director General of Centro Internacional de Toledo para la [...] Read more...