Haiti Hurricane Matthew update
Integral Alliance launched a Disaster Response for Hurricane Matthew on 6th October 2016. Seventeen Integral Members have now opted into the response, with a further one considering how they can be involved … Updated 1st January 2019: Overall it is estimated that 1.4 million people have been affected by this Category 4 Hurricane which struck […]
Integral Launches a Joint Disaster Response for the Yemen Crisis
Integral Alliance has launched a Disaster Response for the growing crisis in Yemen. Four Integral Members either have work in the country or work through partners, with a further seven Members ready to support work already going in the sectors of health, food security and WASH … Integral has facilitated one teleconference to-date. This call […]
Integral Members Prepare for a Mass Displacement of People in Iraq
Integral Alliance has hosted a teleconference for its Members to coordinate their ongoing work in Iraq, and discuss how best to be prepared for a potentially massive population displacement … As the Iraqi Security Forces and their allies plan an offensive to take back control of the city of Mosul from ISIS, the worse-case scenario […]
Integral Members Working Together in Cambodia
Kathleen Lauder has worked as Country Consultant for World Renew (US) in Cambodia for the last 3 years. Here she gives us an insight into their innovative collaboration with fellow Integral Members Mission Alliance (Norway) and Tearfund (UK) … What is the situation in Cambodia?Three years of devastation under the Pol Pot regime in which […]
Integral Nepal Earthquake Evaluation
When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in April 2015 twenty Integral Members came together to respond, making it our largest Integral Disaster Response to date. A further two agencies opted in when they joined Integral, making a total of 22 Members combining their efforts for earthquake affected communities. As part of our one year […]
Working Together in Ecuador
Nine Integral Members have joined together to respond to the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador in April. The death toll was over 650 people, and with around 80,000 people currently displaced living in official camps and temporary shelters, the need for humanitarian assistance is still very high. The cost of reconstruction is estimated […]
Food for the Hungry and Transform Aid International Collaborate in Ethiopia
Extreme weather patterns, caused by a particularly strong El Niño, are causing floods and droughts in many regions of the world, with East Africa particularly affected. An Integral Response was launched on 30th September 2015 for this situation, with ten Members joining together to see how the most urgent needs in Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan […]
Commitment to Partnership in Disasters
When a disaster strikes, it is too late to stop and work out how to best co-ordinate in the heat of the response. Because of that, eight Integral Members who are ‘early responders’ met in Dublin to explore how they may better work together immediately following a disaster. Jan Eyre, Integral’s Disaster Management and Programme […]
Integral Responding to Cyclone Winston in Fiji
Integral Members have raised an alert for Cyclone Winston, a category 5 storm which cut a path of destruction across Fiji on 20-21 February 2016. Damage to agriculture is estimated to be US$61 million with 100 per cent of crops destroyed in the worst affected areas. With an estimated 50,000 people currently sheltering in nearly […]
Building Partnership in The Philippines
Debbie Toribio, Country Director of Food for the Hungry Philippines, shares about their partnership with Medair when another disaster struck the region … What was the situation you responded to?Typhoon Nona reached Catarman on 14 December 2015. The typhoon impacted about 90% of Northern Samar provinces leaving 65,000 families homeless. The National Government agencies, together […]
Integral Responding to the East Africa Food Crisis
In September 2015 an Alert was raised for an Integral Response for the increasing food insecurity in East Africa, with Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan especially affected. Here is an update of activity so far in this joint response … Ten Integral Members have opted in to this response for the East Africa Food Crisis. Integral has […]
Integral DR alert raised for East Africa Food Crisis
An Alert for an Integral Response was raised on 30th September 2015 for increasing food insecurity in East Africa, with Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan especially affected. Extreme weather patterns, caused by a particularly strong El Niño, are causing floods and droughts in many regions of the world. The implications of these weather extremes are life […]