This case study was written following an event held on 15 April 2014, #CDACLearn: Philippines – Information, Accountability and Media. It describes the role of a humanitarian radio station in getting communities' questions answered, providing psycho social support and building community resilience in the response to Typhoon Haiyan in Guiuan, the Philippines.

This learning review outlines what happened during the Typhoon Bopha response in the Philippines, documents enabling and impeding factors to communicating with communities (CwC) work in this context, and examples of good practice and lessons learned.

This checklist contains a list of questions to help you be better prepared both before and after an emergency breaks

Key learning from expert seminars on humanitarian broadcasting; humanitarian financing; social media in emergencies; using SMS in humanitarian response; and mobile and humanitarian response.

This checklist helps you to decide whether television is an appropriate channel of communication to use with crisis-affected populations.

This checklist helps you to decide whether radio is an appropriate channel of communication to use with crisis-affected populations.

In the aftermath of an emergency, a rapid information needs and access assessment can cross check the community profile and provide a more accurate picture of the emerging needs on the ground. The questions can be inserted into an inter-agency needs assessment or done as a separate exercise.

Community profiles give you a good understanding of the community you are working with. They illustrate the community's socioeconomic characteristics, lifestyle and media consumption habits and can help inform your communication strategy.

This guide provides comprehensive information on the media and telecommunications landscape in Colombia, as at December 2012.

This guide provides comprehensive information on the media and telecommunications landscape in Democratic Republic of Congo, as at December 2012.

In October 2012, over 40 agencies across the humanitarian and media development sectors gathered to take part in the first CDAC Network simulation. The two-day crisis simulation aimed to build the capacity of staff within CDAC Network Member agencies and partners, to be prepared for and plan a coordinated, collaborative, multi-agency response to an emergency.

This guide provides comprehensive information on the media and telecommunications landscape in Indonesia, as at November 2012.

This framework allows you to assess the impact of communications interventions. Indicators cover key components of a communication project including: information provision, dialogue, analysis and verification of feedback and response.

This guide provides comprehensive information on the media and telecommunications landscape in Haiti, as at October 2012.

This guide provides comprehensive information on the media and telecommunications landscape in Chad, as at September 2012.

This report presents findings from an infoasaid learning review of a six month pilot accountability/communication project implemented by infoasaid and World Vision Kenya in Taita Taveta County. The project, which was launched in February 2012, aimed to support the delivery of World Vision's 'Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation' through improved communication with drought-affected communities

This guide provides comprehensive information on the media and telecommunications landscape in the Philippines, as at August 2012.

This guide provides comprehensive information on the media and telecommunications landscape in Mozambique, as at July 2012.

This guide provides comprehensive information on the media and telecommunications landscape in Pakistan, as at June 2012.

Following a disaster, it is not unusual for the international community to step in and provide help to those affected by crisis, but when the earthquake in Haiti occurred in 2010, the humanitarian response was different: new media and communications technologies were used in unprecedented ways to aid the recovery effort.