Summary The COVID-19 lockdown and isolation measures aim to protect people from transmission of the disease Yet, they have devastating consequences on people’s livelihoods, especially in the context...
Lebanon + 3 more
Lebanon + 3 more
Summary The COVID-19 lockdown and isolation measures aim to protect people from transmission of the disease Yet, they have devastating consequences on people’s livelihoods, especially in the context...
Prólogo Con la publicación de esta cuarta edición, el Manual Esfera celebra su vigésimo aniversario. Es resultado de varios años de una intensa movilización de actores humanitarios de todo el mundo y...
Putting people at the center of Disaster Risk Reduction: Sphere releases new short guide Sphere released a new resource that supports humanitarian practitioners implementing Disaster Risk Reduction...
Using humanitarian standards to protect both people and the environment: Sphere releases new thematic sheet Sphere recently published a new resource that offers hands-on guidance to practitioners...
World + 1 more
Aninia Nadig’s * recent visit to Jordan made her think about how early warning systems and Sphere standards can work together to temper the impacts of crises. A few weeks ago, I visited the Amman...
This document is for anyone who wants a detailed understanding of the changes between the 2011 and 2018 editions of the Sphere Handbook. It provides an insider’s view which contributes to Sphere’s...
What is Sphere? The Sphere Project, now known as Sphere, was created in 1997 by a group of humanitarian non-governmental organisations and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Its aim was to...
Syria + 3 more
A new version of the Sphere Training Package customised to the Syria response is available for download in Arabic from the Sphere website. This new version of the Sphere training pack was developed...
The Sphere Handbook "Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response" is now available online as a micro website. "With this new micro website, the full content of the Handbook is...
Kenya + 1 more
An interagency quality and accountability review with special consideration for protection against sexual exploitation and abuse A collaboration between the In-Country Network on Protection from...
Kenya + 6 more
Executive Summary It is widely recognised that the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) International, People In Aid and The Sphere Project share commonalities. The 2011 Sphere Handbook and...
The Sphere Handbook establishes shared principles and a set of universally acknowledged minimum standards in four life-saving areas of humanitarian response: water and sanitation, food, shelter and...