This version of the Sphere training pack was developed by the Sphere community to strengthen
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the capacity of humanitarian staff working in and around Syria. It seeks to help them professionalise and improve the effectiveness, quality and accountability of the response.
The training package includes the following modules:
What is Sphere?; The Humanitarian Charter; Protection Principles; The Core Humanitarian Standard (which replaces the six Core Standards of the 2011 edition of the Sphere Handbook); Sessions on each sectoral chapter of the Sphere Handbook (Water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion; Food security and nutrition; Health action; Shelter, settlement and non-food items)
Please download directly from the webiste 50 MB!!!
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The Sphere Handbook "Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response" is now available in Haitian Creole.
This translation has been coordinated by Oxfam Canada and funded by
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the following members of the Policy Action Group on Emergency Response (PAGER Canada): World Vision Canada, Plan Canada, Oxfam Quebec, Development and Peace, CARE Canada, Canadian Red Cross, Save the Children Canada, Christian Children's Fund of Canada, Mennonite Central Committee of Canada and Adventist Development and Relief Agency of Canada.
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Humanitäre Charta und Mindeststandards in der humanitären Hilfe
Das Sphere-Handbuch stellt einen grundsatzbasierten Ansatz für Qualität und Verantwortlichkeit in der humanitären Hilfe dar. Es beinhaltet eine praktische Anwendung der Grundüber
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zeugung von Sphere, dass alle von einer Katastrophe oder einem Konflikt betroffenen Menschen ein Recht auf ein Leben in Würde und das Recht auf humanitäre Hilfe haben.
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Sphere has recently updated its Interactive Handbook, making it quicker and easier to browse and access its content.
New features allow users to browse the Handbook in multiple languages, access ad
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ditional sets of standards, filter and share search results and embed the Handbook into other websites. This improved platform is an essential resource for humanitarian practitioners looking for guidance across all phases of preparedness and response.
Users have the option of browsing the Interactive Handbook in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. The Handbook is currently being translated into ten more languages, expected to be added to the platform in the coming months. Japanese is due to be the first addition later in 2019.
The online platform now also includes the Minimum Economic Recovery Standards (MERS) Handbook, also available in English, Arabic, French and Spanish. More sets of standards should be added in the coming months.
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The Coronavirus is spreading globally. How can individuals, communities and humanitarian actors best respond to the COVID-19 outbreak? How can the
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Sphere Handbook guide our response?
This document has two sections: A. The first section covers fundamental principles which are crucial to a successful, holistic intervention. B. The second covers relevant standards and guidance in the handbook’s WASH and Health chapters.
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Claritas Journal of Dialogue and Culture, Vol. 5, No. 2 (October 2016)
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Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014. Pp. 166. $28.64
The Syria training pack is a set of Arabic-language materials that contain guidance on how best to apply the Sphere standards in response to
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the country’s conflict. The pack is based on the 2018 training pack update and includes all the latest additions to the Sphere standards, but it also features additional case studies and multimedia content gathered in and around Syria. The content was developed by experienced Sphere trainers Aya Yagan, Hamza Hamwie, Mohammad Abo Nabout, Rami Rajjoub and Mamdouh Tello.
Large Size: 981.38 MB
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Disease epidemiology has a deeper relationship with the dynamic nature of culture. Health behaviors in general are largely shaped by the cultural norms and customs in a society. A mere identificatio
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n of a behavior could be only a layer on the outer sphere of a particular disease epidemiology and the interventional efforts to counteract such behaviors through for example public health measures could be futile and volatile, unless the deeper cultural factors are addressed.
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Most shelters in the Caribbean are community centers, schools, or churches that are limited in size. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) distancing requirements subsequently reduced
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the number of persons a shelter can accommodate during the hurricane season. This document reinforces some measures to follow per international emergency shelter protocols factoring in conditions for spacing between beds/cots, recreation areas and ventilation according to The Sphere Handbook, FEMA, and Australian Red Cross. Physical distancing and hygienic standards were modified highlighting that ideal requirements are not always feasible; therefore, we may choose realistic recommendations for practical purposes and suspected cases of COVID-19.
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“All sectors of humanitarian response are critical to providing an adequate and holistic response for children who have survived different types of violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect. Following the immediate humanitarian response, all human
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itarian sectors have an important contribution to make to the effective rehabilitation and reintegration of child survivors. ‘Mainstreaming’ child protection, or ensuring that child protection considerations inform all aspects of humanitarian action, helps to maximize the child protection impacts of the work that all humanitarians do. ”
How to Use This briefing paper: This briefing paper is a quick reference for Plan International Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) staff on how to engage with other sectors operating in the emergency to ensure that child protection principles and considerations inform all aspects of humanitarian programming in other sectors. While there is child protection mainstreaming guidance for how to work with specific sectors (e.g. WASH, nutrition, distribution) this “All Sectors” briefing note can give CPiE staff the big picture of shared child protection mainstreaming messages that should be conveyed to all sectors. This briefing is aligned with the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and the Sphere Standards, as well as Plan International staff feedback on what actions are the most vital for child protection mainstreaming in other sectors.
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These guidance notes on stress, grief and loss have been compiled by IMC’s Mental Health Advisor, Dr. Lynne Jones, for organizations working with Hurricane Katrina-affected populations. They represent lessons learned regarding mental health activities from IMC’s international experiences in disa
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ster response, including the recent tsunami, as well as summarize best-practices identified by international agency consensus.
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A number of tools and resources have been developed to support humanitarian professionals working with the Sphere Handbook and the Core Humanitaria
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n Standard.
You will find “Sphere unpacked” guides, training resources, videos and promotional materials in several languages to download at http://www.sphereproject.org/resources/sphere-essentials/
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La collaboration avec les autorités nationales de gestion des catastrophes
The Sphere Handbook is the oldest initiative in the field of humanitarian standards. It has been
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field-tested over twenty years and regularly updated to ensure it remains fit for purpose in a changing world. What does not change is its rights-based foundations: people have the right to assistance, the right to life with dignity, the right to protection and security, and the right to fully participate in decisions related to their own recovery
A New Version in English and French was published in 2018
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In this category, you will find numerous guidelines on working in humanitarian aid, humanitarian standards, and health care for patients in fragile contexts