The CBHA has successfully completed its 2 year pilot programme and the 2nd year report is now available. The pilot achieved all objectives agreed with DFID and delivered results on time and within budget, in many cases surpassing targets.
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The Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies is a ground breaking initiative, for strengthening the coordination and capacity of the NGO sector to deliver appropriate, high quality, quicker humanitarian assistance to populations affected by disaster.
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“We are caught in a race between the growing size of the humanitarian challenge, and our ability to cope; between humanity and catastrophe. And, at present, this is not a race we are winning."”
“… being good is not going to be good enough given the challenges ahead. The scale, frequency and severity of rapid onset humanitarian disasters will continue to grow in the coming years, and at an accelerating pace. Experts predict that climate related disasters could affect 375 million people every year by 2015, up from 263 million in 2010.”
Lord Ashdown, Humanitarian Emergency Response Review, 2011