Our Mission
The Center for Refugee and Disaster Response is a leader in building capacity to meet the physical and mental health needs of refugees and disaster victims worldwide.

• We train the leaders who will help prepare for and respond to humanitarian crises.
• We conduct research that provides the evidence needed to evaluate and enhance disaster preparedness and response.
  
• We partner with governments and international relief organizations, developing skills and systems to protect the health and lives of disaster victims around the world.  

Our Response Locations:

Click on Map for interactive features and information about our responses around the world.

Grassroots Organizations Partner with CRDR

Small, often fragile, sometimes imperiled, these nonprofits are determined to improve the lives of those they serve.

Go to the Partnerships page at CRDR’s website and you will note the influential organizations that collaborate with CRDR. Among the well-known names, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mercy Corps and UNICEF, are the lower-profile, but vitally important, grassroots organizations that partner with CRDR.

Typically, these small organizations serve a local population. They may be staffed largely or entirely by volunteers and their budgets are limited. They look to their CRDR partner to help them enlarge their capacity to deliver services. CRDR assistance might include training staff, doing the research that leads to more effective services, as well as program monitoring and evaluation.

Partnership Stories:
Center's partnership with Maiti Nepal click here.
Center's partnership with Labor Rights Promotion Network (LPN) click here.