Sphere India marked its 10th anniversary on 21st February, 2013. The Sphere India Day was attended by Sphere India member agencies, representatives from academia, human rights organization, organizations working on Q&A, consultants, inter-agency groups etc. The 10 years journy of this unique process of collaboration have been supported by number of stakeholders which gives it a value of the most accepted multi-stakeholder coordination process in India to promote promote quality and accountability in the humanitarian sector. |
|
The group discussued on the Joint Standards Initiative and provided inputs on the process. The group also discussed and opined on the draft Sphere India strategy document (2013-16).
Practical Action Consulting Asia, in collaboration with Christian Aid and Sphere India, is organizing a Training on Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA) at New Delhi, India during 11-15 March, 2013. The training is a five day orientation in use of the EMMA toolkit which will equip participants to understand, analyze and make better use of market system in emergency situations. We invite applicants to join this training to enhance their skills of Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis.
Sphere India, in collaboration with DanChurchAid and PHD Rural Development Foundation, organized a Regional Consultation on Joint Standards Initiative at New Delhi, India on 26th December, 2012. The event was attended by various stakeholders including Sphere India members, Corporate, academia, NDMA, humanitarian professionals and country network representatives from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka etc. |
|
Sphere India and Welthungerhilfe (WHH), alongwith local partner agency PRAVAH, are jointly organizing a consultation on the status of malnutrition in Jharkhand and to identify collaborative strategies and action points to address the issue. It may be noted that as per the India State Hunger Index (ISHI), 2008 report, Jharkhand stands the 16th rank in the state hunger index ranking (second last in the studied 17 states). The proportion of underweight among children <5 years in Jharkhand is 57.1% which is alarmingly high. In many districts of the state, the level of acute malnutrition exceeds globally accepted WHO emergency threshold of 15%.
READ MORE... Download Background Note...Download Program schedule...
Sphere India and Welthungerhilfe (WHH), alongwith local partner agency DRCSC, jointly organized a consultation on the status of malnutrition in West Bengal and to identify collaborative strategies and action points to address the issue. According to NFHS-III, malnutrition in West Bengal is widespread and 43.5% children (0-3 years) are undernourished. The India State Hunger Index (ISHI) report ranks West Bengal at 8th in comparison to other states with MP, worst at 17th rank. The severity of hunger index for the state is 22.2 which comes under alarming category.
Download Background Note... Download briefing notes of base line surveys in West Bengal...
Sphere India and Welthungerhilfe (WHH), alongwith local partner agency JAN Sahas, jointly organized a consultation on the status of malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh and to identify collaborative strategies and action points to address the issue. It may be noted that Madhya Pradesh ranks first in India in the prevalence of malnutrition (55%) and many districts of the state exceed the globally accepted WHO emergency threshold of 15% for the level of acute malnutrition including Barwani, Jhabua, Umaria, Guna, Shivpuri etc. According to India State Hunger Index, 2008, MP is the worst state with the severity of hunger 30.87.
Download Background Note... Download briefing notes of base line surveys in Madhya Pradesh ...
