BHA Basics
BHA's three part mandate
What is Save lives, alleviate suffering, and reduce social and economic impact of disasters
The president who signed the Foreign Assistance Act
What is President Kennedy
Operates the UN Humanitarian Air
What is WFP
The official request from DoS to SecDef for DoD support to USAID
What is the Executive Secretary Memo (Exec Sec Memo)
Why would a Humanitarian Notification System in the INDOPACM region be complex?
What is languages, area size, and complexity of the region
The VDAP- Volcano Disaster Assistance Program is an example of what stage of the disaster cycle?
What is Risk Reduction
The type of aid used primarily for emergency relief
What is Humanitarian Assistance
The official document that authorizes the provision of USG international disaster relief
What is a DoS Declaration of Humanitarian Need cable
Vets, validates, prioritizes and MITAMS request to DoD
What is the DART/CMAC
China’s official humanitarian aid organization
What is the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA)
“Notwithstanding” authority
What is USAID/BHA method for implementing programs without regard to certain legal restrictions and the regulations which implement those restrictions, to expedite emergency assistance
Four Criteria for Disaster Response
Evidence of significance unmet humanitarian need, will meet mandate, host country will accept and responds with USG interests and Humanitarian objectives
The difference between an IDP and a Refugee and what agencies are responsible
What is an internally displaced person- forced or obligated to leave one's home= BHA
What is someone who crossed a boarder due to credible fear, persecution, and unable or unwilling to receive protection from one's country= Population, Refugees and Migrations PRM
Determines the best assets to execute the MITAM?
What is DoD/JTF
The Commander of INDOPACOM and the USAID Administrator
What is Admiral Paparo and Sam Power
The difference between drought and famine, and the USAID sponsor site that monitors and forecasts acute food insecurity
What is lack of water and access to food, fews.net (famine early warning system)
Website detailing account of USG foreign Assistance for specific years
What is Foeriegnassistance.gov
BHA’s 3 Response Categories and Title II program
What is Funding, commodities, and personnel an services and eligible U.S. agricultural commodities
DoD’s Joint Publication for Humanitarian Assistance and Funding Mechanism for Humanitarian Assistance
What is JP- 3-29 and DoD's Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA)
How many nations cover the Asia-Pacific Region and what percent of the world’s populations lives there?
What is 38 nations and 60%
Who declares a Humanitarian Need?
What is the US Ambassador, COM, or Assistance Secretary of Stat for the Region in DC
“The disaster within the disaster” and recommended solution
What is In Kind Donations and Cash is Best
The Humanitarian Principles and which is based on need alone?
What is Neutrality, Impartiality, Humanity and Independence Based on need is Impartiality
The MITAM and three of the most requested unique capabilities
What is the Mission Tasking Matrix, lift- commodities and people, assessments, airfield management, imagery, HNS
Fukushima’s three major disasters and the types
What is Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear incident…rapid onset