Examples of Alliance2015 Emergency–Cooperation

2012

Cooperation in Pakistan continued on a large scale with ECHO as the main donor for joint projects usually comprising all five Alliance2015 members present in the country. Members also cooperated in Libya (ACTED and Cesvi), Somalia (Concern & Welthungerhilfe), Haiti (Cesvi & ACTED) and completed their work for flood-affected people in Cambodia. At the end of the year, cooperation was also planned for a joint project in South Sudan (Cesvi & Welthungerhilfe).

2011

Horn of Africa Drought - Alliance2015 members worked together to provide a quick and effective response.  Cesvi and Welthungerhilfe became operational very quickly and distributed water in Dadaab camps.

ACTED, Welthungerhilfe, Concern and Cesvi also carried out a joint multiple sector assessment in drought-affected regions of northern Kenya.

Welthungerhilfe provided financial support to Concern and Cesvi  in Mogadishu in Somalia. 
In Ethiopia, People in Need implemented projects with funding from both Welthungerhilfe and Concern, mostly in the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) sector.

 

Cambodia - Floods in early October: PIN and Cesvi collaborated on a first response in their programming area with emergency funds provided by PIN. Concern had an existing partnership with Action Aid and Danish Church Aid (DCA) and prepared a joint funding proposal. They were joined by PIN and Cesvi who took responsibility for the health and sanitation component of the DCA led response.  

 

Liberia - supporting Ivory Coast Refugees in early 2011.
When post-election violence in Ivory Coast brought an influx of refugees into the Grand Gedeh region of Liberia, Concern and Welthungerhilfe cooperated with UNHCR to build and manage a refugee camp in Ziah Town for about 5,000 people. While Welthungerhilfe built shelters and repaired road and bridges, Concern took care of the water supply and sanitation, distribution of Non Food Items and the management and running of the camp until the end of December 2011.

 

2010

Pakistan - massive flooding & extensive Alliance2015 response with most complex emergency cooperation among Alliance2015 members to date including several ECHO consortia programmes. This work continued in 2011. Please see our separate flyer on Pakistan for more info.

 

Kyrgyzstan - violent ethnic clashes killed roughly 2,000 people. Ca. 100,000 people fled to neighbouring Uzbekistan, and ca. 300,000 were internally displaced. Both ACTED and Welthungerhilfe distributed urgently needed basic food items to 10,400 people (ACTED) and 15,000 people (Welthungerhilfe). People in Need was in contact with ACTED, sending their medical team to Osh.

 

Haiti - major earthquake in Port au Prince region: Welthungerhilfe cooperating with Cesvi, and Concern with People in Need. IBIS (the latter on education only) funding Concern. All membes share info and logistics, PIN and IBIS have passed on funds raised in Europe to ACTED and Concern. A large-scale joint livelihoods project involving all members is planned. 

2009

Indonesia - Padang earthquake: ACTED leading a project with funding from People in Need and Concern. Welthungerhilfe contributes in kind

Myanmar - Continuation of cooperation after Cyclone Nargis with now five of the seven Alliance members involved in various rehabilitation projects:
ACTED, Cesvi, Welthungerhilfe, People in Need and Concern

2008

Myanmar - Cyclone Nargis: Concern and People in Need funding a Cesvi-implemented emergency programme
ACTED, Cesvi and Welthungerhilfe cooperating on a rehablitiation programme
ACTED, Cesvi, Welthungerhilfe and GRET (not an Alliance member) started a third intervention in November 2008

 

India, Bihar State - floods in August: Welthungerhilfe, Cesvi and Hivos fund a Concern-implemented emergency response

 

Alliance2015 Emergency Aid

Emergency and disaster relief has become a major strength of Alliance2015 with members responding quickly, effectively and creatively to address the basic needs of affected populations. Collectively, the members offer expertise in nutrition, water and sanitation, education and social needs, shelter, non food items, food security and health.

The organisations involved share information and contextual analysis, consider joint assessments and programming where possible, or support the work of one another with financial means and/or specialised staff. 

Alliance2015 members learn from each others best practices and have developed common tools for assessments. 
 

Welthungerhilfe and Cesvi distribute hygiene articles in Nowshera in Pakistan after the Floods in August 2010 © Jens Grossmann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

There are many examples for Alliance2015 work in the emergency sector. Very often at least one member is already present in any given disaster-affected region. In the left-hand column of this page, please find examples of past and current Alliance2015 cooperations in emergencies.

Apart from the practical work in the field, Alliance2015 also follows the reform process of the humanitarian system at UN and EU level. Producing effective emergency responses is one matter, but the role of military actors and the increasing political use of humanitarian aid needs to be monitored as well. NGOs can play a strong role to ensure adherence to humanitarian principles in theory and in practise.