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A4EP Statement on Cyclone IDAI

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HAI is one of the conveners of Alliance for Empowering Partnerships (A4EP) – a global network on humanitarian advocacy. A4EP has issued it statement on Cyclone Idai to remind the international actors about the localisation commitments they have made. The statement asks for the following:

  1. The international headquarters of the GB and C4C signatories should remind their
    national offices about the commitments they are expected to adhere
  2. Unless it could be justified, responses of national offices of international
    organisations should be through partnership with homegrown local and national
    actors. This should be an opportunity to reinforce, not replace
  3. It is of utmost importance not only to pass on 25% and 20% of humanitarian funding
    by the GB and C4C signatories respectively, but also try to exceed it whenever and
    wherever possible
  4. C4C signatories should constantly highlight the role of their local partners in all
    media communications
  5. Better partnership modalities with local and national actors must be explored by the
    donors and intermediary agencies, instead of merely transferring implementation
    related risks to them through sub-contracting
  6. In order to seek durable solutions, the recognition of the impacts of climate change
    is crucial. Not only is climate resilience important for planning for disasters but it is
    also important because we now know more of these extreme climate events will
    come. The response and recovery needs to plan to ensure that risk management or
    risk mitigation is factored into disaster recovery. it is important to work through
    humanitarian-development nexus by ensuring multi-year financing, beyond short
    term humanitarian funding.

Please click here to read the full statement.

 

Kunwar Ram

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Kunwar Ram is an eight-year-old boy from Tando Allayhar in Pakistan who was born completely blind.
Kunwar was born to Hindu parents, Raja Ram and Radhe, who were forced to flee Pakistan in 2014 due to
religious persecution. After arriving in India, Kunwar was taken to Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital where
he was diagnosed with anophthalmia, a birth defect where a baby is born without both eyes and ocular
structures.

Kunwar is part of a family of six; his mother is currently expecting her sixth child. His parents had earlier
given up one of his sisters, Rajnandani, to their relatives for adoption. There is only one earning member in
the family, his father Raja, who works as a mobile cover vendor earning an average monthly income of Rs.
4,000 while his mother is a homemaker. The family’s expenses average Rs. 7,000 to Rs. 8,000 per month.
All of Kunwar’s siblings are enrolled in the local government school.
Unlike his siblings, Kunwar received neither formal education nor special education at any point in his life
but can communicate verbally in Hindi. In 2016, an organization approached his family to have him enrolled
in a boarding school for children with special needs. Since Kunwar would have to live away from his family
at such a young age, his parents refused citing concerns for his safety and well-being.
His parents also tried enrolling him in a local government school. The school required his mother to attend
classes with him and explain to him all that was being taught. As this was neither a feasible option for
Kunwar who requires special education nor his mother who has other young children to look after, he could
not be enrolled.

Although Kunwar has been completely blind since birth, he uses his remaining senses to their utmost ability
and is particularly fond of singing. He generally lives in isolation from people outside his family and is
dependent on his parents for all of his needs. His parents are hopeful for Kunwar’s future and have requested
assistance to enrol him in special education classes for the blind. Click here to read more about him.

Agenda for Humanity self-report – 2018

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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