The constantly high number of natural disasters and conflicts has pushed Alliance2015 to further improve its capacity to respond quickly, effectively and creatively to people unable to meet their basic needs. All six Alliance organizations have developed expertise in emergency aid, together covering sectors like nutrition, water and sanitation, education and social needs in emergencies, shelter, non food items, food security and health.
Alliance members can now act as a strong network, sharing information and contextual analysis during new emergency situations, considering joint assessments and programming where possible, or supporting the work of another Alliance member with financial means and/or specialised staff.
There are –unfortunately– plenty of examples for Alliance work in the emergency sector. Tsunami cooperation continues in Indonesia where the rehabilitation and post emergency phase is ongoing. Concern has recently exited the country, and is leaving various rehabilitation projects to be completed by Welthungerhilfe and Hivos. Cooperation after the Pakistan (Oct. 2005) and Java (May 2006) earthquakes again helped to avoid duplication and saw the Alliance profit from its large joint infrastructure: very often at least one Alliance member is already present in any given disaster-affected region. The more recent flooding in southern Asia and North Korea and the massive earthquake in Peru again has Alliance members working together on various levels: info and assessment sharing in North Korea, fundraising via the members' websites for Welthungerhilfe in Peru, or coordinating the work in India (mostly Bihar) to avoid duplication when distributing aid.
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