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Humanitarian Assistance

Relief, rehabilitation and development

DanChurchAid pursues an integrated approach to relief and long-term development interventions, ensuring that emergency response operations provide a smooth transition to sustainable development activities and reinforce local capacities to prepare for and respond to disasters.

Truck loading wood from the mountain forest, Orissa, India, 2006
© Mikkel Østergaard

In focus

  • Provision of sustainable relief and rehabilitation with a special focus on food crisis response
  • Advocacy for increased humanitarian space and access to assistance/protection
  • Partner/ACT implemented assistance based on local community needs and capacities
  • Linking relief, rehabilitation and development, including disaster risk reduction
  • Gender issues addressed at all stages of DCA-supported emergency interventions
  • Conflict sensitivity is an integrated part DCA humanitarian assistance
  • A strong focus on accountability towards beneficiaries.

Code of Conduct

DanChurchAid ensures that the emergency relief and rehabilitation support is based on humanitarian principles and the Code of Conduct .

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Articles about humanitarian assistance


18/08/2008: Help for Georgian refugees
DanChurchAid prepares a Material Aid support of 750.000 DKK for foodstuffs, sanitary and household packages for the 30.000 refugees, that fled to Russian North Ossetia from Georgian South Ossetia in early august Read more...


14/07/2008: Disaster response to the cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh
Dushtha Shasthya Kendra and DanChurchAid's disaster response to the cyclone Sidr that hit Bangladesh in November 2007. Read more...


14/07/2008: DanChurchAid volunteers at Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival could not exist without the help of its many volunteers. Around 23.000 out of Roskildes maximum of 105.000 guests are volunteering as security, chefs, parking guards, sanitation workers and last but not least; refund collectors. While the volunteer refund collectors of DanChurchAid are an equal part of this essential festival element, the work they do and the information they share will travel far beyond the borders of Denmark – and Europe. Read more...


01/07/2008: Floods in Assam, West Bengal and Orissa states
Heavy and incessant rainfall since June 16, 2008 has flooded many areas in the eastern states of Assam, Orissa and West Bengal leaving some 93 people dead and close to 2.7 million people affected. Read more...


26/06/2008: Self help groups along Asia's forgotten Old Silk Road
If the main bridge across the Rhone River in central Geneva collapsed and was not repaired, or attended to within days, or even hours, residents of the Swiss city would be up in arms, lobbying and harassing local, regional or federal authorities to act. Action would likely soon be taken. Read more...