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South Asia Earthquake: DRN Provides Emergency Medical Care, Logistical Support more...
DRN-India Offers Support to Hurricane Katrina Region: In a remarkable display of international support, the Disaster Resource Network - India has offered a team of engineers and other skilled professionals to assist in the recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. more...
DRN Joins Executive Leadership Group in Post-tsunami Site Visit: As members of the Tsunami Recovery Business Task Force, Robert Bellhouse and Bob Loeb of the Disaster Resource Network will travel to India, Sri Lanka and Thailand on August 29th for a week of intensive site visits and discussions about the role of business in post- tsunami recovery activities. more...
Contributors 2003-2007: The DRN thanks the following companies for their involvement and generosity. more...
Bob Bellhouse Speaks at Business-NGO Partnership Conference: Bob Bellhouse, Executive Director of the Disaster Resource Network speaks at 2006 US Business-NGO Partnerships Conference more...
DRN addresses body at the United Nations' CERF launch March 9, 2006: by Robert Bellhouse, Executive Director, Disaster Resource Network more...
Core Competencies Count Too: Excerpts from an article on advanced planning and the role business can play in disaster preparedness. more...
Professor Klaus Schwab Receives Honorary Knighthood: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw Presents Honorary Knighthood to Professor Klaus Schwab (excerpt of presentation speech, Davos 2006) more...
Pan American Convention of Engineers: DRN Panel Discussion on Disaster Response, September 21, 2006: Panelists offer perspectives on the role of engineering... more...
DRN Releases Report on Emergency Information-Communications Technology in International Disaster Response: Research conducted by the Disaster Resource Network. more...
DRN-Mexico's Volunteer Emergency Engineering-Construction Team Program: Volunteers from DRN-Mexico's Emergency Engineering-Construction Team Program Complete 2 Days of Training more...
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DRN and DRN-Mexico Respond To Tabasco and Chipas Floods: November 15th Situation Update: Tabasco and Chiapas Heavy rainfalls on October 28th, 2007 lasted for a week, leading to devastating floods in the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas. In Tabasco, some one million people (approximately half of the total population) remain affected. In the first days, 80% of Tabasco was submerged in flood waters. The capital city of Villahermosa, population of 600,000 was among the hardest hit. more...
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Cyclone Sidr, Bangladesh: Situation Update (November 20, 2007) more...
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Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar: more...