Agenda for Humanity, consisting five core commitments and 25 transformational changes, is one of the key outcomes of the World Humanitarian Summit held in May 2016 in Istanbul. HAI also submitted its voluntary commitments against the transformational changes, and keeps reporting on the progresses on the annual basis. The third annual report has now been published on the Agenda for Humanity website. The detailed report can be read here:
Equal partners not only passengers
Alliance for Empowering Partnership (A4EP) is a global network of CSOs to undertake humanitarian advocacy, particularly around the localisation process. HAI is one of the founding members of A4EP. The network is releasing its Position Paper on the Grand Bargain (GB) process. The achievements on the GB commitments have been sporadic and inadequate. This paper intends to challenge the stakeholders for improved delivery on the commitments. The paper can be read here.
The paper has also been published by Relief Web, which could be accessed here.
Communiqué – 3rd annual Charter for Change meeting
The 3rd Annual meet of Charter for Change was held in Oslo on 4-5 December 2018. 34 representatives from signatory organisations and 15 endorsers participated in the meeting. This year’s meeting was significant as it attracted substantial participation of endorsers, and also came up with a roadmap for further enhancing the engagement of the endorsers in the process, and for improved delivery on the commitments. Key outcomes and takeaways of the meeting are summarised in a communiqué which could be read here.
A detailed report of the meeting could be found here.
WASH report of the Pak-Hindu refugee camp, Delhi
HAI team has carried out a detailed assessment on water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) in the Pak-Hindu refugee camp, Majnu ka Tila, Delhi. The findings present the deplorable condition of the people they live-in. The situation warrants urgent attention and improvement in the living condition. The report could be read in detail here.
Share The Warmth
Winter is knocking at the door, but everyone is not fortunate enough to have a
roof over head to have protection from the harsh winter conditions. According to
the Open Government Data (OGD) Platform of Government of India, as many as
10,933 people died during 2001 to 2014 (an average of 781 per year) due to
exposure to the cold weather. Over, 1,600 died in 2016 due to the extreme
weather conditions. All these deaths were preventable.
HAI has launched a nationwide campaign to protect such unfortunate homeless
people. We will reach out to them with blankets or sleeping bags and sweaters.
Homeless rickshaw pullers will additionally be provided with a chain and lock,
so that they could lock their rickshaws and sleep comfortably.
What can you do?
You may make your financial contribution towards this campaign with a
minimum contribution of INR 1,100 or in its multiples.
You may also volunteer with us. As a volunteer, inform us whenever you spot a
homeless person without enough warm cloths. We will courier a packet
containing two blankets and two sweaters to you for further distribution to the
needy.
Let’s join hands to #ShareTheWarmth and help those who are less fortunate
than many of us. Please support us here to reach out to as many needy people as we can.
Vocational programme with Pak-Hindu refugees
HAI is running a small project with the Pak-Hindu refugee families camping in Majnu ka Tila, Delhi. Recently, HAI started diya (lamp) making training for the adolescent girls, so that they could make it an enterprise prior to the festival of Diwali. The activity has been appreciated widely and also helped in building esteem of the adolescent girls. HAI is not going to stop here. Now the girls will be organised into a group, so that more market oriented vocational training could be provided to them, which eventually helps them to become financially independent.
This activity has been covered by India Times. The published story could be read here.