Established after the 1987-89 Gujarat droughts, AIDMI has evolved from a project in 1989 to an autonomous organisation in 1995. It has expanded work over the years to now cover 11 types of disasters in six areas of India and in seven countries in Asia.

AIDMI has been among the pioneers in the area of disaster risk mitigation. From the beginning, the organisation showed that disasters were not only about relief but about prevention on the one hand and development on the other. Disasters could be prevented or their effects mitigated by proper planning, knowledge, training and physical inputs.

More recently, AIDMI has wanted to go further than mitigating risks – it focuses on reducing risks. This can be achieved by risk sensitive relief programmes, long-term recovery linked to development of safety net and risk transfer systems as well as integrating social security strategies from the global level into community activities.

AIDMI adheres to and advocates the use of humanitarian standards for qualitative and accountable disaster response through global initiatives. These include the Sphere Project, which establishes standards for relief; the ProVention Consortium, a global coalition dedicated to reducing risk and social, economic and environmental impacts of natural hazards on vulnerable populations in developing countries; the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction's (UNISDR) Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), which sets priority areas to reduce disaster risk; National Support Initiatives of National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) as well as Delhi Declaration follow-up actions. AIDMI has been a founding member of National Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Disaster victims have rights to appropriate relief, rehabilitation and recovery support.

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Memberships of AIDMI

AIDMI Team

Focus and Objectives