LibGuides: Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR): HA/DR Case Studies

Operation Unified Response (2010) & Haiti

APAN: Humanitarian Assistance for Haiti Case Study
SOUTHCOM supported disaster response efforts after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. SOUTHCOM used APAN to coordinate efforts with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), foreign governments, and private individuals.
CFE-DM: Case Study - A Review of Operation Unified Response, the U.S. Military’s Effort in Support of Haiti Following the January 2010 Earthquake
The Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) led the response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, marshalling the collective resources of the entire U.S. interagency community, including over 22,000 members of the U.S. armed services.
CFE-DM: Civil-Military Information Sharing Lessons Learned From Major Disaster Responses, 2010-2015 - Haiti 2010 Section, Laison Journal, Volume X Winter 2018, p 11 - 26
This article seeks to highlight some real-world examples of civil-military Information Sharing and its effect on disaster relief operations using several case studies of major disasters including the Haiti 2010 earthquake.
CFE-DM: Comfort Makes Better Doctors - Lessons Learned During the Haiti Medical Response that can Enable Other Organizations, Liaison Journal, Volume VI Winter 2013 - 2014, p 7 - 12
This article seeks to highlight five medical lessons learned during my response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake that may apply to all types of disasters, and the steps we need to take now in order to improve our global disaster response.
CFE-DM: Haiti’s 2010 Earthquake & the U.S. Response: Lessons for Asia-Pacific Disasters, Liaison Journal Volume VIII, Spring 2016, p 49 - 52
As one of the largest seismic disasters in modern history, the Haiti earthquake of 2010 imparts significant lessons for the Asia-Pacific region, not only for risk-prone nations but also for their neighbors, allies, and partners.
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal: Analysis of the International and US Response to the Haiti Earthquake - Recommendations for Change
Among the most important lessons learned during the 2010 Haiti earthquake response was the military needs to increase integration with the humanitarian community and improve its own humanitarian response expertise.
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative: From Rapid Response to Sustainable Solutions - Disaster Response and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Haiti
This report chronicles Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's disaster response efforts in Haiti in 2010, including the establishment of the Disaster Recovery Center, the transition from disaster response to recovery phase operations, and the impact of HHI's medical and public health programming.
Humanitarian Practice Network: The United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) Response to the Haiti Earthquake
Humanitarian actors have an opportunity to utilize military capacities in the immediate aftermath of a disaster like in Haiti 2010. At the same time, the presence of substantial military forces in the midst of a massive humanitarian response means that all parties need to coordinate their efforts to ensure that resources are put to best effect.
RAND: The U.S. Military Response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake
This report assesses the effectiveness of JTF-Haiti, with the goal of informing the U.S. Army on how to best prepare for and support future humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations.
Relief Web: Haiti Country Information
The UNOCHA run Relief Web provides key resources on past and current humanitarian operations by civilian actors in Haiti.
RUSI: Haitian Earthquake - Civil-Military Cooperation Two Years On
As the transition continues from Humanitarian Relief to Development, is Haiti an example of successful Civil-Military cooperation for the United Nations Stabilisation Mission (MINUSTAH) there?
Small Wars Journal: Haiti - A Case Study of the International Response and the Efficacy of Nongovernmental Organizations in the Crisis
This article focuses on the methods of interorganization coordination during the delivery of
humanitarian aid. It closely examines with particular attention given to the interaction among NGOs and the United States military.
UNOCHA Haiti
UNOCHA's country website for Haiti provides an overview of the UN's mission in Haiti and links to other resources related to past and current humanitarian responses in the country.
UNOCHA: Evaluation of OCHA Response to the Haiti Earthquake
This report examines OCHA’s response policies, structures and processes and their overall effectiveness to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
UNOCHA: Humanitarian Data Exchange Haiti Country Information
Various data sets from UNOCHA's Humanitarian Data Exchange website about past and current humanitarian responses to Haiti.
UNOCHA: Humanitarian Response Portal Haiti Country Information
Various resources on past and current humanitarian responses to Haiti from the UNOCHA run Humanitarian Response portal.
Uppsala University: What is Civil-Military Coordination? Insights from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
This article reflects on civil-military coordination in United Nations peacekeeping operations, based on the authors’ experience working with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti during the 2010 earthquake response.
USAID: Haiti Country Information
Explore USAID's resources about its works to build a stable and economically viable Haiti through long-term development, promoting economic growth, job creation and agricultural development, providing basic health care and education services, and improving the effectiveness of government.
US Army | Stability Operations in Haiti 2010: A Case Study
This article from the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) explores how over a dozen U.S. Government departments and agencies worked together effectively in an unprecedented large-scale foreign humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (FHA/DR) effort.
US Army Press | The Pitfalls of Well-Meaning Compassion Joint Task Force-Haiti’s Infowar of 2010
This article provides a detailed account of Joint Task Force Haiti's response to the 2010 earthquake and some the successes and challenges with this.
US Marine Corps University | Operation Unified Response: A Case Study of the Military's Role in Foreign Disaster Relief Operations
There are important lessons about the military's role in disaster relief efforts to be learned from Operation Unified Response, in particular where the DoD can best support the USAID in a whole of government response to a disaster.

Operation United Assistance (2014) & West Africa

Brown University | Community Perceptions of Military Involvement in Epidemic Response in the Northeast Region of Nigeria. Implications for Civilian-Military Relations
This research aims to assess civilian perception and interaction with Nigerian military’s involvement in epidemic response, using insights from both the military and civilian populations.
Center for Army Lessons Learned | Operation United Assistance
This Center for Army Lessons Learned bulletin aims to serve as a quick and easy-to-read guide about the DOD's response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa.
CFE - DM | A review of Operation United Assistance: The U.S. Military’s Response to the 2014 Ebola Outbreak in Liberia
This case study seeks to present an overview of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. military’s response to the Ebola crisis in Liberia.
CFE - DM | Disease outbreak response links: Lessons Learned and Best Practices from the Ebola response
This page provides various public links about Operation United Assistance, in response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa.
Joint and Coalition Operational Analysis | Operation United Assistance Study
This brief provides key details about the DoD's response to the Ebola Crisis in West Africa in 2014 - 2015.
Joint and Coalition Operational Analysis | Operation United Assistance: The DOD Response to Ebola in West Africa
This study analyzes Operation United Assistance, the Department of Defense support to the United States Government’s response to the Ebola crisis in Liberia in 2014‐2015.
Relief Web | Ebola Resources
This UNOCHA run website provides key resources about past and current interventions against Ebola from humanitarian actors.
WHO | Ebola Response Roadmap
This updated and more comprehensive roadmap builds on current, country-specific realities to guide response efforts and align implementation activities across different sectors of government and international partners to the Ebola Crisis in West Africa.
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | Operation United Assistance Initial Impressions Report
This brief outlines best practices and lessons learned from Operation United Assistance to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Operation Sahayogi Haat (2015) & Nepal

CARE International: Opportunity Knocks - Realising the Potential of Partnerships in the Nepal Earthquake Response
This study aims to explore key lessons learned from the experiences of civil society groups, NGOs, UN agencies and government staff to inform and strengthen future disaster preparedness and response in Nepal.
CFE-DM: Case Study - A brief review of military response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake: A Nepalese Army and U.S. Pacific Command perspective
This brief study looks at the response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake from the perspective of the Nepalese Army and the US Pacific Command to identify key lessons learned from this experience.
CFE-DM: Changi RHCC - Insights from the Nepal Earthquake & HADR Exercise Coordinated Response, Liaison Journal, Volume IX Fall 2017, p 13 - 18
This article explores the lessons learned from the 2015 Nepal Earthquake for the Changi Regional HADR Coordination Centre (RHCC) of the Singaporian Navy's for their inaugural multinational HADR table-top exercise in 2017.
CFE-DM: Civil-Military Information Sharing Lessons Learned From Major Disaster Responses, 2010-2015 - Nepal Earthquake Section, Laison Journal, Volume X Winter 2018, p 11 - 26
This article seeks to highlight some real-world examples of civil-military Information Sharing and its effect on disaster relief operations using several case studies of major disasters including the Nepal 2015 earthquake.
CFE-DM: CFE-DM Disaster Information Reports (CDIR) Nepal Earthquake (2015)
CFE-DM provides 28 disaster information reports that outline daily developments in the civilian and military response to the Nepal 2015 earthquake.
CFE-DM: Lessons from Nepal and Other Recent Disasters, Liaison Journal, Volume VII Spring 2016, p 7 - 47
This volume of the Liaison Journal is dedicated to various perspectives on the international response to the Nepal earthquake of 2015.
CFE-DM: Nepal’s Approach to Risk Resilient Development, Liaison Journal, Volume VI, Winter 2013 - 2014, p 55 - 62
This article aims to highlight the key principles and approaches for disaster and climate risk management inclusive development from Nepal. It also covers the framework and interventions taken and draws out practical lessons, which can be replicated.
CFE-DM: Nepal - Disaster Management Reference Handbook
This Nepal Disaster Management Reference Handbook sheds light on the Government of Nepal’s Health Sector Emergency Response Plan as well as the Humanitarian Country Team’s Preparedness and Response Plan for responding to various types of disaster.
CFE-DM: Nepal Earthquake: Anatomy of a Nongovernmental Response, Liaison Journal, Volume XI Spring 2019, p 58 - 64
This article highlights key lessons learned from the response to the Nepal earthquake from the humanitarian community, especially from The Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP).
CFE-DM: The Use and Coordination of Civil-Military and Defense Assets in Nepal, Liaison Journal Volume VII, Fall 2015, p 15 - 18
This article aims to better understand why the Nepalese government and the international humanitarian community did not request greater support through USAID and why role the U.S. military was so limited.
Harvard School of Public Health: Nepal Earthquake Response Offers Lessons for Future Disasters
This article explores how the influx of responders to the Nepal 2015 earthquake actually complicated relief efforts in the country that were discussed during a symposium at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2016.
Humanitarian Practice Network: Integrating Aftershock Forecasting into Humanitarian Decision-Making: Lessons from the April 2015 Nepal Earthquake
This paper reports on a collaboration between scientists from the University of Edinburgh and Concern Worldwide to integrate scientific approaches in forecasting an earthquake's impact into humanitarian planning, preparedness and response decision-making processes.
Regional Consultative Group: Humanitarian Civil-Miltiary Coordination in Emergencies - Towards a Predictable Model - Nepal Case Study
This publication focuses on five countries in Asia, including Nepal, that are prone to large-scale natural disasters and how operational response planning between civilian and military actors can be enhanced.
Relief Web: Nepal Country Information
The UNOCHA run Relief Web provides key resources on past and current humanitarian operations by civilian actors in Nepal.
UNOCHA: Humanitarian Data Exchange Nepal Country Information
Various data sets from UNOCHA's Humanitarian Data Exchange website about past and current humanitarian responses to Nepal
UNOCHA Nepal
UNOCHA's country website for Nepal provides an overview of the UN's mission in Nepal and links to other resources related to past and current humanitarian responses in the country.
UNOCHA: UNCMCoord News Letter May 2015: Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination in the Nepal Earthquake Response
This short newsletter from UNOCHA focuses on the civil-military coordination structure that was activated as part of the response to the Nepal earthquake.
USAID: 2015 Nepal Earthquake Information
Explore USAID's resources about its works to build a stable and economically viable Nepal through long-term development, promoting economic growth, job creation and agricultural development, providing basic health care and education services, and improving the effectiveness of government.

Operation Tomadachi (2011) & Japan

CFE-DM: Civil Military Lessons Learned in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Liaison Journal Volume V 2012
This volume of the Liaison Journal is dedicated to various perspectives on the international response to the Japan earthquake of 2011.
CFE-DM: USINDOPACOM Foreign Disaster Response in the Indo-Asia-Pacific June 1991 – June 2019 - Japan Chapters
This report explores the U.S. military foreign disaster response to the Japan earthquake of 2011, providing a brief summary of the event and the accompanying response from U.S. forces.
Japan Times | The U.S. role in Japan's domestic disaster relief
From a security treaty to cooperation in times of natural calamities, the evolution of an alliance
Relief Web Japan Country Information
The UNOCHA run Relief Web provides key resources on past and current humanitarian operations by civilian actors in Japan.
Stimson Center: Operation Tomodachi: Views from Bilateral Coordination Action Team (BCAT) Sendai
Operation Tomodachi depended on close coordination between Japan and the United States in the field. Watch this discussion on how the Bilateral Coordination Action Team enabled ground forces to quickly respond to the disaster from MG Craig Q. “Lake” Timberlake (ret., USMC) and MG Jiro Hiroe (JGSDF).
Stimson Center: Operation Tomodachi: Views from the Ground
A webinar on Operation Tomodachi, ten years after the March 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, watch the discussion from MG Kazuo Tokito (ret., JASDF) and CAPT Geoffrey Moore (USN).
Stimson Center: Operation Tomodachi: Women on the Frontline
A webinar on the lessons learned from Operation Tomodachi, in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011,watch the discussion on the challenges of cooperation during an evolving, large-scale disaster from key women who were involved in the operation.
Stimson Center: Remembering Operation Tomodachi: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward
A webinar on the lessons learned from Operation Tomodachi in response to the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake in March 2011 from VADM Scott Van Buskirk (ret., USN), and VADM Hiromi Takashima (ret., JMSDF),
The Heritage Foundation: The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake: Assessing Disaster Response and Lessons for the U.S.
This report provides an initial assessment of the Japanese response and suggests important lessons for the United States to learn as it evaluates its own capacity to deal with catastrophes.
UNOCHA: Japan: Post-earthquake coordination saves lives
This article outlines the coordinated response to the Great East Japan Earthquake has lessons for the future and the region.

Operation Damayan (2013) & The Philippines

APAN: Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Response Case Study
PACOM supported disaster response efforts after the 2013 earthquake in the Phillipines. PACOM used APAN to coordinate efforts with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), foreign governments, and private individuals.
Asian Development Bank Institute: Working Paper - Natural Disasters, Public Spending, and Creative Destruction: A Case Study of the Philippines
This paper takes the case of the Philippines—among the prone countries in the world to natural disasters, especially typhoons, and explores how typhoon affected households are more likely to fall into lower income levels and what can be done to address this.
CSIS: Typhoon Haiyan - Lessons Learned in Effective Coordination of International Disaster Relief
This panel discussion from CSIS explores lessons learned in effective coordination of international disaster relief in Typhoon Haiyan.
CFE-DM: Advances in Civil-Military Coordination in Catastrophes: How the Philippines Turned Lessons Learned from Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Into Best Practices for Disaster Preparedness and Response
This study explores the response to the 2013 and 2014 super typhoon disasters in the Philippines to look at ways to improve a nation’s ability to manage crises beyond traditional solutions.
CFE-DM: An Inside Look into USPACOM Response to Super Typhoon Haiyan
This publication aims to provide lessons learned about the humanitarian response to Typhoon Haiyan as well as key takeaways about civil-military coordination for Geographic Combatant Commands (GCCs), and how USAID and USPACOM coordinate during a disaster response.
CFE-DM: Beyond Build Back Better Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Recovery in the Philippines, Liaison Journal, Volume XI Spring 2019, p 46 - 51.
The Philippines government, along with development partners, undertook a massive response and relief exercise and long-term recovery and reconstruction is currently underway in response to Typhoon Haiyan, which offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore how lessons learned are being incorporated into current practices.
CFE-DM: Civil-Military Coordination in Disaster Management: Philippine Perspective, Liaison Journal, Volume III, Isssue 6 2006, p 87 - 90
This article explores the foundations of the Philippines Disaster response, much of was seen in the response to Typhoon Haiyan.
CFE-DM: Civil-Military Information Sharing Lessons Learned From Major Disaster Responses, 2010-2015 - Typhoon Haiyan Section, Laison Journal, Volume X Winter 2018, p 11 - 26
This article seeks to highlight some real-world examples of civil-military Information Sharing and its effect on disaster relief operations using several case studies of major disasters including Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013.
CFE-DM: Flying High: The Use of Expendable Civil Drones after Typhoon Haiyan, Liaison Journal, Volume VI Winter 2013 - 2014, p 49 - 54
This article explores the use of expendable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - drones - during the response after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
CFE-DM: Institutionalizing Interagency Coordination for Disaster Relief - Lessons From the JSDF’s Civil-Military Cooperation in the Philippines, Liaison Journal, Volume VII Spring 2015, p 33 - 37
This article explores the joint US-Japanese experience in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 including Japan’s current approach to civil-military cooperation in disaster relief and the challenges and successes of this.
CFE-DM: Philippines Disaster Management Reference Handbook
This Disaster Management Reference Handbook offers an operational understanding of both the Philippines' disaster management capability and information on demographics, hazards, infrastructure, laws and guidelines, as well as risks and vulnerabilities.
CFE-DM: Seamless Civilian & Military Partnerships: The Philippine Experience, Liaison Journal Volume X, Spring 2018, p 19 - 22
This article explores civil military coordination in disasters in the Philippines.
CFE-DM: The HuMOCC: Typhoon Haiyan, Cyclone Pam and Nepal Earthquake, Liaison Journal Volume VII, Fall 2015, p 7 - 14
Observations and Lessons Identified in Humanitarian Military-Police Coordination and the Use of Foreign Military Assets in three disasters.
CFE-DM: USINDOPACOM Foreign Disaster Response in the Indo-Asia-Pacific June 1991 – June 2019
This report explores the U.S. military foreign disaster response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, providing a brief summary of the event and the accompanying response from U.S. forces.
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal: Civil-Military Engagement: An Empirical Account of Humanitarian Perceptions of Civil-Military Coordination During the Response to Typhoon Haiyan
This study sought to identify how humanitarian actors in natural disasters coordinate (or communicate) with the military to identify the needs of disaster-affected populations as well as the implications of this on civil-military engagement.
Humanitarian Practice Network: Typhoon Haiyan - Lessons from the Response and how to Prepare for the Future
This article reflects on what the World Health Organisation (WHO), the co-lead for the health cluster alongside the Philippines Department of Health (DoH), has learnt from the Typhoon Haiyan response, how these lessons have influenced the response over time and what this means for responses to health emergencies in the future.
Joint Forces Quarterly | The U.S. Pacific Command Response to Super Typhoon Haiyan
This article explores how the lessons learned from the international response to Typhoon Haiyan have been put into action in the more recent response to typhoons in the Philippines.
Naval Post Graduate School: Death, Taxes, and Disasters: Air Force Special Operations Forces (AFSOFs) Utility in Disaster Response
The United States has participated in overseas humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR)
efforts since its inception, including to Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. In these responses USAID works closely with the DoD to provide much needed support. However, the Air Force SOF are often overlooked as a rapid responder in HADR operations.
RAND: Lessons from Department of Defense Disaster Relief Efforts in the Asia-Pacific Region
This report highlights key lessons for DoD involvement in HA/ DR with regard to communication with the affected country, coordination with other state and non-state actors, regional best practices with regard to HA/DR coordination, and prospects for security cooperation and building partner capacity (BPC) programs for disaster response capacity.
Regional Consultative Group: Humanitarian Civil-Miltiary Coordination in Emergencies - Towards a Predictable Model - Philippines Case Study
This publication focuses on five countries in Asia, including the Philippines, that are prone to large-scale natural disasters and how operational response planning between civilian and military actors can be enhanced.
Relief Web: Philippines Country Information
The UNOCHA run Relief Web provides key resources on past and current humanitarian operations by civilian actors in the Philippines.
UNOCHA: Humanitarian Data Exchange Philippines Country Information
Various data sets from UNOCHA's Humanitarian Data Exchange website about past and current humanitarian responses to the Philippines.
UNOCHA: Humanitarian Response Portal Philippines Country Information
Various resources on past and current humanitarian responses to the Philippines from the UNOCHA run Humanitarian Response portal.
UNOCHA Philippines
UNOCHA's country website for the Philippines provides an overview of the UN's mission in the Philippines and links to other resources related to past and current humanitarian responses in the country.
USAID: Typhoon Haiyan Response Page
This USAID page contains various information about the US Government's response to Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) & Mozambique (2019)

CDC | Preparedness Pays off in Mozambique’s Cyclone Responses
In early 2019, Mozambique’s coastline was hit by not one, but two, tropical cyclones. This was the first time in recorded history that two strong tropical cyclones hit the country in the same season. The extent of the destruction and impact took days and even months to fully understand. Strong public health institutions and longstanding partnerships helped to reduce the negative health impacts across the affected areas
Chemonics | Coordinated Response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique Provides Model for Supply Chain Emergency Response
This document gives a detailed look at how the emergency plan of action was implemented during Cyclone Idai, lessons learned for future emergency responses, and steps that can be take in advance to prepare for a natural disaster or other emergency.
CJTF-HOA | CJTF-HOA completes support of USAID-led Cyclone Idai relief efforts in Mozambique
Joint personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa redeployed to Djibouti, April 12 after several weeks of providing airlift and logistics support in Mozambique in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development-led humanitarian response to Cyclone Idai
CJTF-HOA | CJTF-HOA delivers humanitarian aid to cyclone-ravaged Mozambique
Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is airlifting U.S. Government-provided supplies to Beira and other affected areas in Mozambique in support of the ongoing Cyclone Idai humanitarian relief effort there.
Congressional Research Service | Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Southeastern Africa: Humanitarian and Recovery Response in Brief
This reports provides information about the humanitarian response to Cyclone Idai and Cyclone Kenneth in Mozambique in 2019.
DSCA | CJTF-HOA delivers humanitarian aid to cyclone-ravaged Mozambique
COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE-HORN OF AFRICA, Djibouti, Apr. 2, 2019 – Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is airlifting U.S. Government-provided supplies to Beira and other affected areas in Mozambique in support of the ongoing Cyclone Idai humanitarian relief effort there.
Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation | Evaluation of the Response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique
This Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation (IAHE) provides an independent assessment of the collective humanitarian response to communities impacted by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique in 2019.
ICRC | Cyclone Idai: Our response in Mozambique
In early March, heavy rains inundated Mozambique and Malawi, causing deadly floods. The storm soon developed into tropical Cyclone Idai, which has affected an estimated 1.8 million people in Mozambique alone, according to the United Nations. Hundreds of thousands more have been impacted in neighbouring Zimbabwe and Malawi
Relief Web | Tropical Cyclone Idai - Mar 2019
Resources from the UNOCHA run Relief Web about the civilian humanitarian community's response to Cyclone Idai.
Relief Web | Tropical Cyclone Kenneth - Apr 2019
Resources from the UNOCHA run Relief Web about the civilian humanitarian community's response to Cyclone Kenneth.
UN Environmemt Program | Lessons in the aftermath of cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique
A short article about key lessons learned and best practices from the perspective of the UN Environment Program about the response to Cyclone Idai.
USAID | Mozambique - Tropical Cyclone Idai - Fact Sheet
An overview of the US Government's response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
US Army | Rewarding and Challenging: USACAPOC(A) Soldiers aid in Mozambique cyclone relief
Deployed Soldiers with The United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) helped with cyclone relief in Mozambique

Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HA/DR): HA/DR Case Studies

Overview

Operation Unified Response (2010) & Haiti

Operation United Assistance (2014) & West Africa

Operation Sahayogi Haat (2015) & Nepal

Operation Tomadachi (2011) & Japan

Operation Damayan (2013) & The Philippines

Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) & Mozambique (2019)

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