Fritz report

The San Francisco-based Fritz Institute has conducted a study on disaster response, and analysed the challenges that come up in the delivery of humanitarian assistance to affected areas. The main problem was the unpreparedness, lack of coordination, and poor supply chain management by NGOs, governments and the private sector. The report says that improvements can be made by training the local people in advance for efforts of rescue, identification/burial of the dead, debris clearning, medical services, and relocation. A pool of skilled logisticians should also be maintained globally, so that these trained people can help organize the relief workers.

The report also said that most people reported a nearly 50% drop in earnings, even one year after the disaster. This was completely due to aid being provided in an unplanned and short-term manner, as what I have previously written as well.