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Myton's assessment reflects a 620-page operating manual that guides relief teams through the particulars of delivering the basics to those most in need. CARE's new manual, called the Emergency Toolkit, covers everything from preparedness planning and standard procedures to protocols for disaster response and the components of...
At CARE, team-building is a core requirement, not just an HR target. Teams come in two flavors: longer-lasting country teams that run ongoing programs in nearly 70 nations, and 20 emergency-response teams that can rapidly deploy to a crisis for six to eight weeks. Disaster teams are...
The idea is to limit surprises in the very situations where they are most likely to arise. "From a tactical perspective, we generally have operations that have been on the ground," says Rigoberto Giron, director of CARE's emergency and humanitarian-assistance unit. "Those workers know all the local contacts...
Like any corporation, CARE compares the expected result with the outcome. With a response strategy due a week after an emergency hits and situation reports filed daily, CARE can constantly adapt, Giron says. Soon after an operation ends, it reviews how well its team was structured and whether there were...
T wo weeks ago in Oxnard, Calif., Lawrence King—an eighth-grader who had recently come out as gay and had begun wearing makeup and dressing like a woman—was shot in the head by a 14-year-old classmate. While crimes motivated by homophobia are...