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Overall the drought response partially met seven of the 12 standards. The report describes how all projects struggled to articulate Oxfam’s internal […] View resource Evaluation report Effectiveness Review: Somalia Drought Response 2011/12 08/10/2012 3 documents 39 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Drought Humanitarian practice M&E Monitoring and evaluation Overview This report presents the findings of an effectiveness review carried out on Oxfam’s response to the 2010/11 drought-related food crisis in Somalia, undertaken through the application of Oxfam’s Humanitarian Indicator Tool. For a slow onset crisis, where there was an established early-warning system, Oxfam was slow to react. Having scaled-up its internal capacity, the programme […] View resource Issue briefing Extreme Weather, Extreme Prices: The costs of feeding a warming world 05/09/2012 3 documents 14 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Drought Extreme weather events Floods Food prices Food security Overview Climate change is making extreme weather much more likely. As the 2012 drought in the USA shows, extreme weather means extreme food prices. Our failure to slash greenhouse gas emissions presents a future of greater food price volatility, with severe consequences for the precarious lives and livelihoods of people living in poverty. This briefing draws […] View resource Issue briefing You Have Been Warned: One year on from UN declaration of famine, Somalia faces worsening food crisis 17/07/2012 1 documents 6 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Civil society Conflict Disaster risk reduction Disasters Drought DRR Food security Pastoralism Refugees and IDPs Overview In 2011 the world waited for the UN to declare famine before providing assistance on the level needed to save lives in Somalia – this delayed response wasted lives and money. We are now seeing warnings of Somalia slipping back into crisis and cannot afford to make the same mistake again – governments and agencies […] View resource Evaluation report Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa: Progress Report, July 2011 – July 2012 05/07/2012 3 documents 32 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Aid effectiveness Cash transfers Disasters Drought Food prices Food production Food reserves Food security Refugees and IDPs Overview The 2011 drought across the Horn of Africa was, in some places, the worst to hit the region for 60 years. Three countries were hit by the drought: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Early in July 2011, Oxfam launched a massive public appeal for funds – the largest in its history – across several countries. Oxfam […] View resource Journal article Looking beyond gender in humanitarian interventions: a study of a drought-stricken region of Kenya 25/06/2012 13 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Drought Food security GaD Gender and Development Journal Overview Slow-onset disasters such as droughts usually occur with such frequency that people have no time to recover before the onset of the next drought. All members of the community suffer as a result of recurrent droughts, but the effects are often more severe on vulnerable groups such as children, elderly people, and some women. This […] View resource Journal article Introduction: post-disaster humanitarian work 25/06/2012 12 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disaster risk reduction Disasters Drought DRR Floods GaD Gender and Development Journal Gender mainstreaming Gender-based violence Housing Humanitarian practice M&E Monitoring and evaluation Protection Reconstruction Research methods Water and sanitation Overview This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website. View resource Briefing note Sahel Markets Under Pressure 31/05/2012 2 documents 12 pages long Languages: English, French Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Drought Food reserves Food security Pastoralism Overview The people of Africa’s Sahel region are facing an increasing risk of widespread food crisis, following a series of crises over recent years which has slashed incomes, undermined livelihoods and reduced their borrowing capacity. Low rainfall, abnormally high grain prices and increased insecurity in part of the region have contributed to their vulnerability. It is […] View resource Technical briefing Pipeline Extension from Wellhead to Hand Pumps in Villages 22/05/2012 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Drought Humanitarian practice WASH Water and sanitation Overview This technical briefing note looks at the criteria for selecting ‘Pipeline Extension from Wellhead to Hand Pumps in Villages’ in all settings (e.g. early recovery, recovery, rehabilitation, development) except first phase response, including its construction, operation and maintenance. View resource Issue briefing Food Crisis in the Sahel: Five steps to break the hunger cycle in 2012 09/04/2012 2 documents 10 pages long Languages: English, French Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Drought Food security Overview The first warnings of drought and poor harvests in Africa’s Sahel region emerged in late 2011, and vulnerable communities in many areas have been threatened by a looming food crisis. That crisis is now a reality, with 18.4 million people in nine countries vulnerable to its impact. Food stocks have already run out for some […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know