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Shelter Centre is an NGO supporting communities impacted by conflicts and natural disasters by serving collaboration and consensus in humanitarian transitional settlement and reconstruction response.
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Expansion of the contents and usability of the field library Shelter Library, on-line and via CD-ROM. New search functions will be added to enable search within guidelines and other material, as well as off-line options for use in locations with poor bandwidth or connectivity. Shelter Library currently contains:
- key documents for the shelter sector, such as Handbook for Emergencies (UNHCR, 2007)
- key documents for cross-cutting issues, such as Water Storage Equipment for Emergencies(Oxfam, 2000)
- contributors including UNDP, UNHCR, UN/OCHA, MSF, Oxfam GB, NRC, and the Sphere Project
- keyword search through documents, powered by Google, enabling search through the text in documents for key words
- country profiles
- case studies
- free software
- conversion tools and other resources
Organisations wishing to contribute documents, software, or other resources to the library, should email info@sheltercentre.org.
Comments on the development of Shelter Library can be made at Shelter Blog.
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