BHA Basics
BHA's three part mandate
What is Save lives, alleviate suffering, and reduce the physical, social and economic impact of disasters?
The president who signed the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
What is President John F. Kennedy?
This UN organization is mandated to lead and co‐ordinate international action to protect refugees and seek permanent solution for refugee problems worldwide.
What is UNHCR?
If required the State Department or USAID can request DoD assistance through these two request methods.
What is a formal Executive Secretariat Memo (ExecSec) from DoS to DoD, and a letter of request from the USAID/BHA Director to DoD?
They have not crossed an internationally recognized border and are not eligible for refugee protections.
Who are internally displaced persons (IDPs)?
The VDAP- Volcano Disaster Assistance Program is an example of what stage of the disaster cycle?
What is Risk Reduction?
This type of foreign assistance helps get countries back on track towards development, following a disaster includes USAID, USDoS, and DoD.
What is Humanitarian Assistance or USG Emergency Relief?
The official document that authorizes the provision of USG international disaster relief aid.
What is a DoS Declaration of Humanitarian Need cable?
These are three of the typical DoD Missions requested by USAID/BHA
What are airfield and port assessment, large capacity airlifts, and off-loading and trans-loading? (other possible answers include: moving supplies and people, helicopter and air support, aerial recon; imagery etc.)
What Legislation or Act created USAID?
What is the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961?
Our funding through Congress is through the International Disaster Assistance (IDA) account and these three other mechanisms.
What are Title II of the Food for Peace Act, the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust, and Development Assistance.
Four Criteria for Disaster Response
What is evidence of significance unmet humanitarian need, will meet mandate, host country request or will accept USG assistance, and response aligns with USG interests and humanitarian objectives?
This organization established in 1951 is the leading intergovernmental body in the field of migration.
What is IOM?
Determines the best assets to execute the MITAM?
What is DoD/JTF?
Congress authorized this Bureau of USAID as the coordinator for International Disaster Assistance in 1964
What is USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance?
These are two examples of a Slow Onset disaster.
What are drought and refugee influx? (other examples locus infestation, oil spill, disease outbreak, etc.)
Website detailing account of USG foreign Assistance for specific years
What is Foreignassistance.gov?
This intergovernmental organization is the second largest after the UN and has an MOU with USAID/BHA?
What is the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)?
DoD’s legal authorities to perform disaster relief and humanitarian assistance come from
What is Title 10, Section 404 - DoD's Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA)?
USAID/BHA LAC regional office is located in this city and country.
What is San Jose, Costa Rica?
This person declares a Humanitarian Need
What is the the Ambassador (COM), or Assistance Secretary of State for the Region in Washington, DC?
“The disaster within the disaster” and recommended solution
What is "In Kind Donations", and solution - "Cash is Best"?
The Humanitarian actors are bound by these four Humanitarian Principles.
What is Neutrality, Impartiality, Humanity and Independence?
BHA's Civ-Mil Affairs Coordinator (CMAC) is in constant communication with the DART leader and gets guidance, if required, on prioritization and validation issues in this process.
What is the Mission Tasking Matrix (MITAM) process?
The number of DHNs for Hurricane Idai
What is two?