Markzin team has a collective experience of over 20 years to support in planning, monitoring and conducting context specific training programmes for community members and other stakeholders of socio- economic development.
With a special interest and expertise of the team members in the realms of Disaster Management, our team members have gained specific areas of expertise in conducting Situation Assessments, Mid-Course Evaluation and Impact Assessments of Humanitarian Response and Disaster Risk reduction interventions.
We integrate technology- based innovations to ensure effective and quality data collection on impacts of humanitarian interventions. Use of IT based tools for data collection in activities makes us suitable for conducting field-based activities to assess the impact and sustainability of humanitarian and DRR interventions.
As individuals and as a team of experts, Markzin conducted situation assessments and impact assessments for the following disaster situations in India:
- Koshi Floods in Bihar (2008)
- Aila Response in West Bengal (2009)
- India Floods 2017
- Kerala Floods 2018
- West Bengal Floods 2021
- Humanitarian Response to COVID 19
- Floods 2023 in Sundarbans in West Bengal
- Floods in West Bengal and Odisha 2025
We have a team of experts from various fields of experience that includes but not limited to Humanitarian and DRR interventions, Gender in Emergencies, Emergency Food Security and Vulnerable Livelihoods (EFSVL). We have the capacity and networks with experts and organisations across the states of India to spearhead quality activities to conduct Needs Assessment, Evaluations/ Impact Assessments to guide the humanitarian and DRR interventions.
Our team members have worked with organisations like Caritas India, UNICEF, Oxfam India, Sabuj Sangha and the key agencies working in the field of Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction initiatives across the states of India.
Our expert area includes the following aspects:
- Situation Assessment and Humanitarian Needs Assessment
- Mid term review of Humanitarian interventions
- Impact Assessment of Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
- Study on Women in Emergencies
- Assessment of Livelihoods interventions in humanitarian context
