Earthquake and Tsunami

Tsunami related documents for reference

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RAPID NEEDS ASSESMENT

for

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India

[Prepared in Collaboration with RedR India]

December 2004

1.     Introduction

2.     Disaster Needs Assessment & Emergency  Response

2.1.    Purpose of disaster needs assessments

2.2.    Emergency response priorities

2.3.    Emergency response based on emergency assessments

2.4.    Assessing the situation

2.5.    Choosing objectives and identifying alternatives

3.     Tools of Assessment

3.1.    Sources of information      

3.2.    Relying on secondary sources

3.3.    Field assessments

3.4.    Field assessment techniques         

3.5.    Remote / technical

3.6.    On-site visual assessment 

3.7.    Expert measurement and testing    

3.8.    Surveys   

3.9.    Interviews

3.10.PRA and RRA techniques   

3.11.Checklists

3.12.Minimizing assessment bias

3.13.Triangulation

3.14.Team and joint assessments

4.     Checklist for Rapid Assessments

4.1.    Water

4.2.    Sanitation

4.3.    Public Health Promotion

5.     Guidance Notes

5.1.    Water

5.2.    Sanitation

5.3.    Hygiene Promotion

6.     Format for Rapid Need Assessment Report

7.     Project Proposal Format