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Can they be prevented? What can be done to help? This cross-curricular resource for 11-14 year olds features detailed background information, case study material, and lesson plans to help you tackle these questions in your classroom. Activities cover floods, earthquakes, hurricanes and famine. There is also some useful case study material […] View resource Briefing note East Africa Food Crisis: Poor rains, poor response 20/07/2011 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Drought Food security Natural resources Pastoralism Water and sanitation Overview East Africa is facing the worst food crisis of the 21st Century. Across Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, 12 million people are in dire need of food, clean water, and basic sanitation. Loss of life on a massive scale is a very real risk, and the crisis is set to worsen over the coming months, particularly […] View resource Evaluation report Evaluation of Water and Sanitation Response for Vulnerable Populations in Lower Juba, Southern Somalia 01/08/2008 2 documents 33 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Humanitarian practice Livelihoods M&E Monitoring and evaluation WASH Water and sanitation Overview The Water and Sanitation Response for Vulnerable Populations in Lower Juba, Southern Somalia’ targeted displaced people and those affected by drought, between 1st November 2007 and 31st July 2008. The project targeted 1,100 households in Afmadow District. It sought to meet humanitarian needs and strengthen livelihoods of ought stricken pastoralists and agro-pastoralists, and also to […] View resource Case study Local Resources for Development, the experience of Somaliland’s General Assistance and Volunteer Organization (GAVO) 14/06/2008 1 documents 3 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Civil society FP2P From Poverty to Power Overview With minimal assistance at a key point in its development, GAVO evolved from a local charitable and service organisation grounded in and supported by the local community into a strong public outreach and advocacy organisation advising Oxfam on government/civil society relations throughout the region. View resource Briefing note Ammunition: The Fuel of Conflict 15/06/2006 4 documents 21 pages long Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Arms trade Conflict Disasters Overview Hundreds of thousands of people are killed each year through the misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in violation of international humanitarian law and human rights law. Small arms ammunition is the fuel that keeps many of the world’s conflicts raging. While small arms do not themselves cause conflict, they make it much […] View resource Journal article Islam and development: opportunities and constraints for Somali women 01/03/1999 4 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords GaD Gender and Development Journal Overview Economic and social crisis can force communities to seek refuge in religious faith; in such situations, communities become more susceptible to the influence of groups which use religious beliefs as a means to gain power. Sadia Ahmed describes the effects on women’s lives of the rise of Islamic extremism in Somalia since the early 1990s. […] View resource Journal article Circumcision’, culture, and health-care provision in Tower Hamlets, London 01/11/1998 7 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords GaD Gender and Development Journal Gender-based violence Overview Tower Hamlets has a sizeable Somali community, who maintain close links to their culture and country of origin. About 80 per cent of Somali women are estimated to have undergone ‘female circumcision’. The authors carried out research to assess whether British health services meet Somali women’s health-care needs. Interestingly, they found that reasons given to […] View resource Book The Somali Conflict: Prospects for peace 01/01/1994 6 documents 156 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Protection Overview This paper was commissioned from Mark Bradbury by Oxfam (UK and Ireland), with the main aim of identifying practical ways in which the international group of Oxfam’s might contribute to the peace-making process in Somalia and Somaliland. When the paper was subsequently edited for publication, the recommendations which were originally specific to Oxfam, were generalised […] View resource Discussion paper Trees of Somalia: A field guide for development workers 01/01/1994 1 documents 203 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Training Overview The most comprehensive reference work to date on the useful tree species of Somalia, this extensively illustrated manual provides detailed information about the 44 most useful woody tree varieties common to Somalia. Designed as a basic reference tool for use by forestry extension workers, it include botanical data, local names information about uses, and notes […] View resource Book Pastoral Development Planning 01/01/1994 1 documents 161 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Conflict Disasters Pastoralism Overview Despite all the efforts of development agencies, pastoral communities in Africa are no less vulnerable to drought, famine and environmental degradation than they were during the 1950s. Agencies working with pastoralists have concentrated on technical programmes to combat the threats but Julian Prior argues that their initiatives would be more sustainable if they were supported […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know