Countries
Zimbabwe HRI
The crisis and the response From August 2008 to July 2009, over 4,200 Zimbabweans died in one of the worst recorded cholera outbreaks in Africa. The high death toll – far beyond the worst case UN scenario – was the result of collapsed water and sanitation [...] Read more...
Australia HRI
Australia ranks 13th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index (HRI). Based on the patterns of its scores it is classified as Group 2 donor. This classification allows Australia to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co- [...] Read more...
Finland HRI
Finland ranks 11th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as Group 1 donor. This classification allows Finland to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development/ Development [...] Read more...
Colombia HRI
The crisis and the response Colombia has the world’s second highest number of IDPs: around five million have been displaced by conflict. Denying the existence of an armed conflict, the Colombian government discourages international attention and rejects [...] Read more...
Philippines HRI
The crisis and the response In 2009, typhoons in Luzon affected 8.2 million people. The impact of unresolved conflict in Mindanao left hundreds of thousands displaced. The Luzon response was rapid: resources arrived within days as the US Army helped [...] Read more...
Switzerland HRI
Switzerland ranks 7th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as Group 1 donor. This classification allows Switzerland to compare its performance, not only to all other Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development [...] Read more...
The Central African Republic HRI
Still off the humanitarian radar This year, DARA selected the Central African Republic (CAR) as a pilot mission. During the field mission (19-26 November 2009), a new survey and other research tools were tested. Below is a summary of the main findings of our [...] Read more...
European Commission HRI
The European Commission (EC) ranks 6th in this year’s Humanitarian Response Index. Based on its scores it is classified as a Group 2 donor. This classification allows the EC to compare its performance, not only to all Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development [...] Read more...
Indonesia HRI
The crisis and the response Indonesia suffered two devastating earthquakes (in West Java and West Sumatra) in September 2009, triggering drastically different responses. As the government did not welcome assistance for West Java, feeling that it could [...] Read more...
Democratic Republic of the Congo HRI
The crisis and the response Limited progress in finding durable solutions for 1.8 million IDPs and 440,000 refugees displaced by protracted conflict. Humanitarian crisis continues due to slow progress on security reform, restoration of state authority [...] Read more...