Resources on Humanitarian Issues CONTENTS NEW Cash-Transfer Programming in Emergencies Disaster Response 1–2 Edited by Pantaleo Creti and Susanne Jaspars and Mitigation In emergencies, distributing cash can often meet people's immediate needs more quickly and appropriately than the direct distribution of commodities. Cash gives people The Sphere Project 3 choices and thereby preserves their dignity. Commodity distribution often poses logistical problems, and – in the case of food aid – it may disrupt local markets. But Conflict 4–5 among humanitarian agencies there are fears that cash transfers will pose security risks, create inflation, and fail to be used to meet basic needs. Gender and 6 In this guide, the first of its kind, Oxfam staff present the rationale behind cash-transfer Humanitarian Issues programmes. They explain how to assess whether cash is the most appropriate response to any particular emergency. Different types of cash intervention are compared Responses to HIV/AIDS 7 – cash grants, vouchers, and cash-for-work – with checklists to explain how to implement each of them. The book draws on the practical experience of Oxfam and other agencies, including responses to the devastation caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004. Management and 8 Reference The guidelines are primarily intended for NGO personnel: programme managers, food-security specialists, public-health engineers, finance staff, and logisticians. Policy makers in donor organisations and international agencies will also find them relevant. Oxfam Skills and Practice series 2006 • 0 85598 563 1 • paperback 112pp • £8.50 • US$13.60 August 2006 • 0 85598 577 1 • 16 A6 cards • £4.50 • US$7.20 • Set of 16 cards August 2006 • 0 85598 578 X • paperback 112pp + 16 A6 cards • £10.95 • US$17.55 • Book & card pack Now available online at www.oxfam.org.uk/ NEW publications Protection An ALNAP Guide for Humanitarian Agencies Oxfam Humanitarian Hugo Slim and Andrew Bonwick Guidelines and Manuals This guide gives essential advice and insights to humanitarian practitioners who ● downloadable toolkits for are involved in providing safety and protecting vulnerable people in war and working in emergencies disaster. It provides a framework for responsibility and action which helps clarify conceptual issues and helps humanitarian field workers position themselves vis- ● includes guidelines on à-vis other actors who have overlapping mandates. food security, water and A practical schema is also presented which gives practical advice on how to sanitation, and health think through the various elements of protection focused programming in four clear steps: assessment; programme design; implementation; monitoring and evaluation. The guide also outlines promotion key principles of best practice for protection-focused humanitarian work. ● fully searchable and Published by ALNAP,c/o the Overseas Development Institute available as free pdf files 2006 • 0 85598 572 0 • paperback 120pp • £9.95 • US$16.50 NEW The Participation Handbook Involving Crisis-Affected People in Humanitarian Action Special discounts Humanitarian agencies have long believed that increased consultation and participation of B people affected by crises should improve accountability and the quality of humanitarian are available for bulk assistance. And more so, participation should acknowledge the right of affected orders of populations to self-determination. The thinking, language, and policy of humanitarianism have reflected these aspirations but, in reality, there has been little impact at field level. ● The Participation Handbook The handbook provides a framework for reviewing the many expectations and assumptions ● Protection about participation. It is based on a comprehensive programme of research in six different ● The Sphere Handbook humanitarian emergency situations – Afghanistan, Angola, Columbia , Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, and Sri Lanka. The handbook provides the most detailed road map to ● Transitional Settlement date for field workers to find practical approaches for involving affected communities in the design and implementation of humanitarian interventions. It offers a deeper understanding of what participation in humanitarian assistance from humanitarian, involves, and how in conflict situations and disaster environments participation can be given a more prominent role. non-profit organisations. Published in association with ALNAP,Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action 2007 • 0 85598 547 X • paperback 365pp + CD ROM • £12.95 • US$19.95 • Handbook Contact Oxfam Publishing Also available: at [email protected] 2007 • 0 85598 580 1 • spiral-bound 32pp • £4.95 • US$ 7.95 • Pocket Book for more details 2007 • 0 85598 582 8 • spiral-bound 32pp set of 5 • £19.95 • US$ 31.95 • Pocket Book set of 5 2007 • 0 85598 581 X • paperback 356pp + CD ROM + spiral bound 32pp • £14.95 • US$ 23.95 • Handbook & Pocket Book pack 2 Disaster Response and Mitigation Transitional Settlement: Protecting the Future Displaced Populations HIV Prevention, Care and Support Among Tom Corsellis and Antonella Vitale Displaced and War-Affected Populations ‘Essential for co-ordinators and specialists alike’ Wendy Holmes and the International Rescue Nan Buzard, former manager of the Sphere Project Committee (IRC) ‘The state-of-the-art: a practical set of proven ways Protecting the Future covers all aspects of research, to assist displaced families struggling to secure safe analysis, and evaluation, and of establishing and shelter’ Professor Ian Davis, Cranfield University maintaining a programme for HIV prevention and care. It will be invaluable to both humanitarian agency 'The key guidelines for the sector, from training to planners and managers, and to health professionals working in the field with the field' Francois Rueff, ICRC refugees and local people. It clearly explains how to integrate HIV prevention, care, and support with the other work of humanitarian and relief agencies, and For the estimated 20 million refugees and 25 million internally displaced provides a wide range of materials: • check lists • training exercises people worldwide, well-planned settlements can help to maximise their • participative activities • information-gathering strategies and approaches protection and security, and support them to minimise the spread of • a substantial list of resources and further reading. disease, manage natural resources sustainably, and maintain good relations with their hosts until durable solutions to their displacement are achieved. Published by Kumarian Press in association with the International Rescue Committee 2003 • 1 56549 162 9 • paperback 200pp • £19.95 The result of extensive consultations with a wide range of specialist Distributed outside of the USA by Oxfam Publishing organisations, these guidelines take a holistic view of shelter for displaced populations, thinking beyond refugee camps to consider support for all of Learning about Livelihoods the settlement and shelter options open to displaced people. They offer co- ordinators and specialists a planning tool which links strategy, programmes, Insights from southern Africa and projects, and technical information to support their implementation. Rick de Satgé with Ailsa Holloway, Dan Mullins, Leah Nchabaleng, Penny Ward The book will be useful for planners and managers in humanitarian programmes, especially those involved with shelter/protection; for students This pack is a comprehensive guide to applying the on courses in planning, architecture, and development studies; and for livelihoods approach to the practice of disaster-risk policy and research workers in NGOs and government. reduction. Suitable for a variety of trainers, managers, Published in association with Shelterproject, University of Cambridge NGO workers, consultants, and students, it includes 2005 • 0 85598 534 8 • paperback 304pp • £15.95 • US$25.50 a facilitator’s handbook and filmed case studies from five countries. The Oxfam Handbook of Co-published by Periperi Publications Cape Town (South Africa) Development and Relief 2002 • 0 85598 468 6 • paperback 250pp & video • £30.00 + VAT (£31.80) • US$48.00 Deborah Eade and Suzanne Williams with Urban Vulnerability contributions from Oxfam staff and others Perspectives from southern Africa An invaluable work of reference, the Handbook Edited by Christina Nomdo and Erika Coetzee analyses thinking, policy, and practice in a variety of fields. It features an annotated resource directory, This book aims to stimulate debate about risk providing detailed information on more than 500 reduction in urban settings, and to identify key issues non-government organisations and official aid for further advocacy. The authors propose a agencies concerned with development and relief. conceptual framework for understanding urban vulnerability and link the concept with disaster risk. 1995 • 0 85598 274 8 • paperback (2 volumes) 1,054pp with tables • £32.50 • US$52.00 Features case studies from five countries. Acceptability and Use of Cereal-Based Foods Published by Periperi Publications Cape Town (South Africa) in Refugee Camps 2002 • 0 85598 491 0 • paperback 220pp • £16.95 • US$28.50 Case Studies from Nepal, Ethiopia, and Tanzania Catherine Mears with Helen Young Rebuilding Communities in a Refugee Settlement Oxfam Working Papers A Casebook from Uganda 1998 • 0 85598 402 3 • paperback 134pp • £14.95 • US$23.95 Lina Payne Oxfam Development Casebooks Selective Feeding Programmes 1998 • 0 85598