What is WASH? Which are the key concepts and principles in WASH emergency response? What are the tools and different resources available to carry out the response? How do we work and engage with other sectors?
In this 20-minute course, you are invited to watch the Surge Series episode on WASH in emergencies, which will answer these questions. Finally, do a self-check on these topics and explore WASH resources.
You have been sent to Alexia to help respond to the needs of those living in the camp. Your goal is to build a humanitarian response with these individuals and not just for them. To do this, you must engage with the community and be accountable to them at every step of the programme cycle.
This learning experience is based on the Red Cross and Red Crescent Red Crescent Guide to Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA). It is an opportunity to see how to improve communication, engagement and accountability in all we do.
You will get familiar with IFRC WASH guidelines for hygiene promotion in emergency operations.
This is an introduction to Staff Health in disaster and crisis.
Knowledge and awareness of the effects of stress and trauma on humanitarian workers have gradually increased over the past decade. Stress reactions today are no longer seen as a sign of weakness or vulnerability but as a natural human reaction when confronted to extreme situations, violence and suffering. The nature of humanitarian work has also drastically changed over the last decade. Humanitarian workers have paid dearly in the face of violence and terrorism. Burn out and after-effects of traumatic experiences constitute a major risk for humanitarian workers.
In this 20-minute online course, you are invited to watch the Surge Series episode on Staff Health in disaster and crisis, to do a self-check, and to explore other related resources.
What is a Shelter intervention in emergencies? In this 20-minute course, you are invited to watch the Surge Series episode on Shelter in emergencies, to do a self-check, and to explore other Shelter-related resources.
This is an introduction to Security in emergencies.
In this 20-minute online course, you are invited to watch the Surge Series episode on Security in emergencies, to do a self-check, and to explore other Security related resources.
This online course helps strengthen your ability to review secondary data using the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) analysis framework to inform strategic and programmatic decision-making in support of operations.
This is an introduction to Restoring Family Links in emergencies.
Conflict and disaster separate families, leading to years of uncertainty about the fate of a relative. The ICRC and the National Societies locate people, exchange messages, reunite families and clarify the fate of missing persons.
In this 20-minute online course, you are invited to watch the Surge Series episode on Restoring Family Links in emergencies, to do a self-check, and to explore other related resources.
This is an introduction to Protection, Gender and Inclusion in disaster and crisis.
In this 20-minute online course, you are invited to watch the Surge Series episode on Protection, Gender and Inclusion in disaster and crisis, to do a self-check, and to explore other related resources.
This course will help you to look into the issues and dilemmas that occur around NCDs in humanitarian settings and find possible solutions. It will interest you, if you work or intend to work in fragile/humanitarian settings and/or as a Red Cross or Red Crescent National Society staff/ volunteer.