Together We Stand

African Risk Capacity (ARC) Al-Basar International Foundation All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) Alwaleed Philanthropies Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development – Legal Aid Asian Development Bank Association for Aid and Relief Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO) Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Cooperation Council of the Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) Department of Foreign Affairs, the Philippines Direct Aid EU-CORD Network German Federal Foreign Office German Red Cross International Islamic Relief Organization (IIROSA) Islamic Development Bank Islamic Relief Israel Global Initiative King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) King’s College, London Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Linklaters Mercy Corps MERCY Malaysia Mercy Relief Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey Ministry of International Cooperation and Development (MICAD), UAE National Disaster Management Agencies Malaysia Office of the National Coordination on Civil Protection in Mexico Pacific Disaster Center Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) Reach Out to Asia (ROTA) Tearfund The Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies Trócaire Turkish Red Crescent Society (TRC) West Asia-North Africa Institute (WANA) World Vision Acknowledgements Compiled by: Sean Nicklin, Ben Cornwell Edited by: Dr Jacqui Griffiths Designed by: Libby Sidebotham Project Manager: Stuart Fairbrother Cover photo: Women, children and donkeys on the arid plains at the feet of the Mogila mountains in Turkana, northern Kenya © Gwenn Dubourthoumieu/IRIN Printed in the UK by: Gomer Press Ltd. The support and advice of Breanna Ridsdel and Myriam Kusayanagi, World Humanitarian Summit secretariat, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has been crucial in the publication of this volume. With thanks to all the authors listed in the contents section for their support in making Together We Stand possible. [ 3 ]