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How to find your way in the humanitarian shelter sector?

How to find your way in the humanitarian shelter sector?

You are definitely not the first to ask this question. Colleagues, students and recently graduated often contact me because they would like to work for "some NGO" or do "something with shelter". Many organizations are often enthusiast to help you further if you are really interested. However, I often see

Explore the beautiful valley of Khijiphalate

Explore the beautiful valley of Khijiphalate

During our field research, we have traveled to some of the most beautiful places where you will not find any tourists. This year a new airport will open in Khijiphalate, and what better than to recommend you a nice hiking trail so that you can be one of the first

Essentials to bring to remote areas in Nepal

Essentials to bring to remote areas in Nepal

What should you bring? Having travelled for research to about 23 remote VDC’s in Nepal, in Gorkha and Okhaldhunga, mainly with local transport and by foot, we have been able to find out what is the bare minimum you should take to the field. When you hike for 5

Safer self-recovery in Nepal

Safer self-recovery in Nepal

From february 2018 untill june Eefje Hendriks, Laura Howlett, Benjamin Schep, Ranon Caris, Sandra van Ekeren, Gijs van Duren and Jim de Kort will travel to Nepal for their field research. We will work in collaboration with CRS to investigate how we can contribute with technical knowledge to the recovery

Self-recovery in the Philippines

Self-recovery in the Philippines

Understanding self-recovery In 2017, Eefje Hendriks did field research in the Philippines in collaboration with Cordaid. This research was to get a deeper understanding about the self-recovery processes and the role of construction knowledge after the typhoon Haiyan in the area of Coron. This research is part of a doctoral