Oxfam (0) Safe Programming in Humanitarian Responses. A Guide to Managing Risks.

All Oxfam humanitarian responses must include proactive measures to ensure we do not inadvertently cause harm to people, nor undermine the values, standards and norms that underpin our work. Humanitarian work takes place in high-risk environments. Actively managing actual and potential risks enables us to do this work more effectively and safely. Managing risks systematically helps us monitor trends, avoid ‘knee-jerk’ reactions, and helps us […]

Oxfam (2009) Public Health Briefing Paper: Working with Community Committees.

Strong community participation, often channelled through beneficiary groups or committees, is the backbone of Oxfam‟s approach to Public Health programming. It facilitates community-led project design, implementation and monitoring, and encourages participation and accountability. Working with committees also allows us to work effectively with large populations and to continue activities when it is not safe or practical for staff to be present in the field. The […]

IFRC (2020) Indaba: Participatory Video Monitoring on a WASH in Indonesia

A participatory video by youth from the community of Tumbit Melayu feedback on the water, sanitation and hygiene promotion (WASH) project implemented by the Indonesian Red Cross Society (Palang Merah Indonesia-PMI) with the support of IFRC in the district of Berau, East Kalimantan province.

IFRC (0) IEC Materials for Health Promotion in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Resilience Library Southeast Asia Resources

The documents outlines information on health, water, sanitation and hygiene issues and includes 10 documents: Diarrhoea Prevention, Transmission of Diarrhoea, Diarrhoea Treatment for adult and child: Definition and signs, Diarrhoea prevention on food, cleaning, water use, sanitation, two main ways of transmission, 3 treatment ways for adults and children Personal Hygiene: in daily life during cleaning, cooking, washing etc., Environment Domestic Hygiene, Summary of good behavior and […]

Hope, A., Timmel, S. (1995) Training for Transformation. A Handbook for Community Workers

Three volumes designed to assist workers in the field who are encouraging the development of self-reliant creative communities. The book has as its basic philosophy the belief that we should all participate in making this world a more just place to live in. Training for Transformation integrates the approach of Paulo Freire and how to put his method into practice, Manfred Max Neef's understanding of […]

Hastie, R. (2019) We Must Do More to Make Emergency Sanitation Safer

Harvey, P. (2011) Community-Led Total Sanitation, Zambia: Stick Carrot or Ballon?

It is clear that there is a need for more effective strategies to increase sanitation coverage in rural areas, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. One such strategy which is expanding in the sub-continent is community-led total sanitation (CLTS). However, CLTS has been criticized for 'shaming' communities.

Grassroots Collective (0) Tools for Project Planning in Community Development. Using a Stakeholder Analysis to Identify Key Local Actors

Global Handwashing Partnership (2021) Global Handwashing Day 2021 Social Media Toolkit

Freeman, M., White, S., Majorin, F. (2020) Summary Report on General Principles for Monitoring and Evaluating Covid-19 Prevention Projects

Farrington, M. (2019) Social and Feminist Design in Emergency Contexts: The Women’s Social Architecture Project, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

The rapid influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, has led to the formation of huge camps, built on difficult terrain, short of space and with high population density. All these factors present numerous challenges to agencies seeking to provide latrines, water points, and bathing facilities. Feedback gathered from women and girls highlighted significant challenges around access, safety, privacy, and dignity, including management of […]

Bessenecker, C., Walker, L., Efem, I., Morales, L. (2003) Positive Deviance / Hearth Materials: A Resource Guide for Sustainably Rehabilitating Malnourished Children

A Positive Deviance/Hearth Nutrition Program (PD/Hearth) is a home- and neighborhood-based nutrition program for children who are at risk for protein-energy malnutrition in developing countries. The program uses the “positive deviance” approach to identify those behaviors practiced by the mothers or caretakers of well-nourished children from low-resource families and to transfer such positive practices to others in the community with malnourished children. The “hearth” or […]

Contzen, N., Inauen, J. (2015) Social-Cognitive Factors Mediating Intervention Effects on Handwashing: A Longitudinal Study

Handwashing with soap effectively prevents diarrhoea, a leading cause of death in infants. Theory-based interventions are expected to promote handwashing more successfully than standard approaches. The present article investigates the underlying change processes of theory-based handwashing interventions. A nonrandomised field study compared a standard approach to two theory-based interventions that were tailored to the target population, the inhabitants of four villages in southern Ethiopia (N […]

Cion, I. (2006) A Refugee Camp Beautification Proposal that Seeks to Uplift both Environment and Spirits

A Refugee Camp Beautification project is proposed as a way to uplift both environment and to bring a positive identity to the refugees. A key component of the project is to maximize the sense of ownership and wellbeing. Two radical tools make this type of work possible: digital photography and large format printing onto high quality, durable, light-weight architectural fabrics. Regardless of the tool employed, […]

Brooks, J., Adams, A., Bendjemil, S., Rosenfeld, J. (2015) Putting Heads and Hands Together to Change Knowledge and Behaviours: Community Health Clubs in Port-au-Prince

Although interventions that emphasize the role of knowledge in invoking behaviour change have recently become unpopular, the Community Health Club (CHC) model has demonstrated how group knowledge, consensus building, and peer pressure can be applied to achieve hygiene behaviour change. To date, the model has predominantly been implemented in rural settings, with limited testing in urban communities. In 2012, CHCs started in Haiti as a […]

BBC Media Action (2020) Community Engagement from a Distance - Guide

This short guide to community engagement at a distance is designed to assist development and humanitarian agencies to think through how risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) activities related to COVID-19 can be carried out without face-to-face interaction with communities. It is intended for communities in Bangladesh and was produced by BBC Media Action on behalf of Shongjog multi-stakeholder platform (MSP), the national platform for […]

Aunger, R., Curtis, V. (2014) The Evo-Eco Approach to Behaviour Change

We introduce a new approach to behaviour change called ‘Evo–Eco’ because of its intellectual roots in evolutionary biology and ecological psychology. This approach is based on the inference that brains evolved to provide adaptive behavioural responses to rapidly changing or complex environmental conditions. From this foundation, we develop a model with three basic components: the environment, which presents some challenge or opportunity to the individual; […]

Almedom, A., Blumenthal, U., Manderson, L. (1997) Hygiene Evaluation Procedures, Approaches and Methods for Assessing Water- and Sanitation-Related Hygiene Practices

The handbook provides practical guidelines for evaluation water- and sanitation-related hygiene practices. An evaluation of hygiene practices can be used for the purposes of project planning, monitoring, or final assessment of the project’s impact. The main focus is on the practical concerns of field personnel working in water supply, sanitation, and health/hygiene education projects who want to design and conduct their own evaluations of hygiene […]

Akvo (2017) Emergency Support to WASH in Schools

Tropical Cyclone Winston hit Fiji from 19 to 20 February as a Category 5 system with winds of 220 kmph, gusting up to 325 kmph, and this time through much more populated islands. TC Winston not only was the first Category 5 tropical cyclone of record to hit Fiji, but the strongest tropical cyclone of record in the Southern Hemisphere. The program of activities will […]

ACF, Nutrition Action Zimbabwe, Africa AHEAD (2021) Tracking and Responding to Community Perceptions about the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe implemented COVID-19-related restrictions early into the pandemic to limit the spread of the virus. These restrictions added to the ongoing macroeconomic crisis and high levels of inflation have had critical effects on individuals and businesses. Community perceptions associated with the virus and the restrictions, therefore, fluctuated throughout the pandemic.