Sphere in Community Campaign

Sphere In India
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute's association with Sphere can be traced back to its initial alliance as a pilot agency for the project in India. The Sphere in India Campaign was launched by DMI in 1998, inspired by the discussion on the need for "downward accountability", at Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance (ALNAP) annual meeting in London, U.K. It is also an outcome of DMI's ongoing performance rating of relief efforts in India since 1997. Further, DMI complemented its efforts to promote and critically appreciate the Sphere handbook through its national courses, local capacity building cycles, in-house publications and material for training as well as local meetings to deliberate on the use of the charter and the standards in India and South-Asia.

Sphere in Community
In the review of Sphere in India, it was realised that the campaign led by DMI should focus on vulnerable communities, in both informing them, feeding their learnings to the Sphere Project and other humanitarian stakeholders. Thus the Sphere in Community Campaign that has guided recent activities and will continue to set the future direction of Sphere activities of DMI both within and outside the specific framework of Sphere Standards.

DMI Sphere in Community Campaign Team Members

Mihir R. Bhatt

Deepesh Sinha
National Course Series

Pushkar Gupte
Information, Communication Technology

Krupali Panchal
Community Communications