In the Media
The Economist: Ross Mountain on the systematic international failure to anticipate and respond to the crisis in the Horn of Africa
Source: The Economist We received this interesting insight on the famine in the Horn of Africa from the head of DARA, an organisation that evaluates humanitarian aid operations: SIR – Your article on the situation in the Horn of Africa is sadly correct: [...] Read more...
Cinco Dias: DARA advises companies on how to maximize humanitarian aid (Spanish)
Source: Cinco Dias J. C. - Madrid - 25/07/2011 Falta de conocimiento sobre las necesidades y prioridades de la gente afectada, la situación en el terreno y las características de la cultura de la población; ignorancia sobre cómo funciona el sistema [...] 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...
The Guardian: The Republic of South Sudan turns a new page (Op-ed)
Read an Op-ed by Ross Mountain in The Guardian. "This is not the time to give up on vulnerable populations in Darfur and South Kordofan" Read more...
Eroski Consumer: Ranking of the best and worst countries to be born in (Spanish)
Source: Eroski Consumer Ranking de los mejores y peores países para nacer Suecia destaca como la región donde muere un menor número de niños cada año, mientras que Somalia ostenta el récord contrario Por AZUCENA GARCÍA 29 de junio de 2011 [...] Read more...
The Guardian: Disaster preparation will be core part of UK aid
Source: The Guardian Liz Ford Preparing a country for disaster will become a core part of the UK government's development programmes around the world to ensure a faster and more efficient response to major disasters. In its official response to Lord [...] Read more...
IRIN News: Aid Policy- Good leaders battle risk-averse humanitarian culture
Source: IRIN News DAKAR, 9 June 2011 (IRIN) - Understanding the bigger picture; taking decisions and risks on the basis of incomplete or contradictory information; possessing self-awareness, humility and enthusiasm - these are just some of the qualities humanitarian [...] Read more...
ReliefWeb: Aid Policy- Good leaders battle risk-averse humanitarian culture
Source: ReliefWeb DAKAR, 9 June 2011 (IRIN) - Understanding the bigger picture; taking decisions and risks on the basis of incomplete or contradictory information; possessing self-awareness, humility and enthusiasm - these are just some of the qualities humanitarian [...] Read more...
Compromiso Empresarial: The business revolution in humanitarian emergencies (Spanish)
Source: Compromiso Empresarial Han sido muchas las catástrofes naturales que han sacudido la tierra estos últimos años y no menos los conflictos armados que han desequilibrado la vida de millones de personas en todo el mundo. Ante todas estas emergencias [...] Read more...