Disaster Recovery and the Road Ahead - IGNOU

Department for International Development (DFID)
It aims at funding and providing support to disaster relief programmes.
World Bank
The Disaster Management Facility of the World Bank was established to streamline disaster prevention
and mitigation initiatives connected with all the activities pertaining to disaster management. It has
been doing a lot of work in the area of disaster mitigation.
United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP)
Even though the UNDP does not directly participate in relief or rehabilitation operations unless
specially requested, it does receive all information on the nature and extent of disaster damage and
loss of life. Its broad aim is to design responsive structures, as well as implement prevention and
mitigation strategies.
United States Aid Programme (USAID)/Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance
(OFDA)
USAID doesn’t directly involve itself in disaster relief and rehabilitation. It is more concerned with
monitoring and reporting on disaster preparedness and response activities. There may, however, be
a provision through partner NGOs for short-term food aid to disaster victims. OFDA is the office
within USAID responsible for providing non-food humanitarian assistance in response to international
crises and disasters.
United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF)
It contributes by donating funds to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. It regularly meets with the
government of the affected country in order to facilitate a more coordinated disaster response
mechanism which can facilitate rehabilitation.
United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
This United Nations Office is mandated by the UN General Assembly to coordinate humanitarian
assistance of the UN family, as well as that of international humanitarian actions. A Regional Office
of the UNOCHA for Asia and the Pacific operates from Bangkok, Thailand.
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations constitutes one of six principal
organs of the United Nations responsible for the coordination of economic, social, and related work
of 14 UN specialized agencies, its functional commissions and 5
regional commissions. The ECOSOC serves as the central forum
for discussing international economic and social issues, and for
formulating policy recommendations addressed to Member States
and the United Nations System.
World Food Programme (WFP)
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the food aid branch of the
United Nations, and the world’s largest humanitarian organization
addressing hunger worldwide. WFP works to help people who Source: Micro-finance/Agakhan
are unable to produce or obtain enough food for themselves and
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their families. According to its mission statement, its aim is to provide food aid to:
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