Integral Disaster Response Alert for the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
Integral’s Members have been responding
individually to Ebola both operationally and through partners since the beginning of the outbreak. However, following a joint conference call on 23rd October, the Ebola outbreak is now an official Integral Disaster Response, with 12 of Integral’s 20 Members opting in. The response includes all work in West Africa relating to Ebola, focusing mainly on Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone ...
In 2012, as part of their work together in disaster preparedness, Integral Members in Kenya came together to work on a peace campaign in the run up to national
elections. The Integral Programme Group developed a Shared Country Approach Strategy in late 2013 with plans to pilot this approach in 5 countries. As part of this strategy the Kenya group have adopted a broader remit looking for opportunities to collaborate at country level in both their relief and development work in 2014. Here we find out more from Mbaraka Fazal, Tearfund UK’s Disaster Management Adviser in Kenya and the group Chair, about their future plans to collaborate for greater
impact…
