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Ending the everyday emergency: resilience and children in the Sahel
This report demonstrates that shortage of food is only part of the severe and life-threatening crisis facing children in the Sahel region of west Africa in 2012. It focuses in particular on the experience of children, and makes detailed recommendations around disaster risk reduction, nutrition, and social protection to build resilience. The report also addresses the urgent need for political ambition to change the international system and end the everyday emergencies.
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Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/27663_endingtheeverydayemergencyfullrepor.pdf
Peter Gubbels ; Groundswell International ; Sahel Working Group ; Save the Children International ; World Vision International
Published by: WVI ; 2012This report demonstrates that shortage of food is only part of the severe and life-threatening crisis facing children in the Sahel region of west Africa in 2012. It focuses in particular on the experience of children, and makes detailed recommendations around disaster risk reduction, nutrition, and social protection to build resilience. The report also addresses the urgent need for political ambition to change the international system and end the everyday emergencies.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Natural hazards ; Food Safety ; Vulnerability ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Social protection and welfare ; Region I - Africa ; Burkina Faso ; Mali ; Niger ; Sahel
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