Health and Mental Health

    The Centre for Humanitarian Psychology
        (http://www.humanitarian-psy.org/pages/default_en.asp)
    Disaster Psychiatry Outreach from Mt. Sinai Hospital physician.
        (http://www.disasterpsych.org/)
    International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
        (http://www.irct.org/)
    The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
        (http://www.istss.org/)
    The National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from the Veterans Affairs
        Department
        (http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp/)

International

    International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
        (http://www.ifrc.org/) 
    Oxfam (confederation of organizations)
        (http://www.oxfam.org) 

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United Nations

    Disaster Management Planning
        (http://www.hyogo.uncrd.or.jp/) 
    International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
        (http://www.unisdr.org/)
    ReliefWeb
        (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm)
    UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency
        (http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home)
    World Health Organization
        (http://www.who.int/en/)

United States and Regions

    Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT)
        (http://www.amurt.net/)
    Disaster Prepraredness and Prevention Initiative (DPPI) for Southeastern Europe
        (http://www.dppi.info/)
    DisasterInfo
        (http://www.disaster-info.net/socios_eng.htm)
    European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO)
        (http://ec.europa.eu/echo/ataglance_en.htm)
    Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
        (http://www.fema.gov) 
    The Regional Disaster Information Center (CRID)
        (http://www.crid.or.cr/crid/ing/index_ing.html)
    U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) 
        (http://www.usaid.gov)

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