The CBHA is a consortium of humanitarian agencies, which has been successfully working together since the beginning of 2010. The vision of the consortium is to strengthen the third pillar for humanitarian aid. A successful pilot programme was completed this year and we are now defining our future ambition.
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CBHA Updates
- 31 Oct 2012
- HLWG Donor Discussion on a New Global Humanitarian Pooled Fund in Geneva on the 1st of November 2012
- 31 Oct 2012
- Global Humanitarian Assistance article on CBHA Emergency Response Fund by Lydia Poole
- 30 Oct 2012
- Blog piece by Randolph Kent from the Humanitarian Future’s Programme at King’s College
“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