ISET-International is relieved to report that our colleagues at ISET-Nepal and their families are safe. We nonetheless recognize that there remains much risk in the next few weeks from health-related issues due to the lack of services. We also recognize that, though all whom we know are well, there has been a deep wound in the soul of Nepal and that our friends are living this wound every day. Our hearts and minds are with them in these tough weeks, even months to come. For the short term, we hope the aftershocks will soon come to a rest. It will be important for all of those affected to feel safe again in their homes. When the immediate crisis subsides, we hope to work with our friends and
Puedes leer este blog en español al final de la página ISET-International staff conducted a training workshop in Tabasco, Mexico from 19-21 November 2014 for the Mexican Red Cross. The goal of the workshop was to help Red Cross staff and attendees better understand and integrate a participatory cost-benefit analysis (PCBA) in their evaluation of flood resilience projects. PCBA is a policy tool that enables policy-makers to identify more feasible resilience projects to implement when communities have several competing options in mind. It considers the financial, social, and environmental costs and benefits of the projects to be evaluated, and through participatory deliberation it provides a s
