MODULE 6
Q1
Discuss three of the nine Sphere Core Humanitarian Standards. Identify the one that you think is most often neglected in the case of natural disasters or complex humanitarian emergencies. Discuss characteristics of complex humanitarian emergencies in your response. Share a real example of how these standards were (or were not) applied in a recent humanitarian crisis.
Q2
Sign up to receive the daily e-newsletter from Global Health NOW. Identify one story or current situation from Global Health NOW or the United National Refugee Agency about displaced people. Comment on the cause of the displacement, what international governments and nongovernmental agencies are doing to serve the people physically and mentally, and gaps that the faith-based community and churches could fill. Discuss the link between relief and development in your response and your suggestions for sustainable health promotion and development among the displaced population.
STUDY MATERIALS
Read Chapters 9 and 12 in For the Love of God: Principles and Practice of Compassion in Missions.
Read “Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability,” by the Core Humanitarian Standard Alliance, Group URD, and the Sphere Project (2014), located on the Core Humanitarian Standard website.URL: https://corehumanitarianstandard.org/files/files/Core%20Humanitarian%20Standard%20-%20English.pdf
Read “Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: A Review of Epidemiological and Response Models,” by Burkle, from Journal of Postgraduate Medicine (2006). URL: http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2006;volume=52;issue=2;spage=110;epage=115;aulast=Burkle
Read “The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the ACCRA Agenda for Action,” (2005/2008), located on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) website. URL: http://www.oecd.org/dac/effectiveness/34428351.pdf
Watch “Relief, Rehabilitation, and Development,” by Corbett, located on the Chalmers Center website. URL: https://www.chalmers.org/media/entry/relief-rehabilitation-and-development
Read “Relationship Between Humanitarian and Development Aid,” by Hinds (2015), located on the GSDRC Applied Knowledge Services website. URL: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/HDQ1185.pdf
Read “Remaking the Case for Linking, Relief, Rehabilitation, and Development: How LRRD Can Become a Practically Useful Concept for Assistance in Difficult Places,” by Mosel and Levine (2014), located on the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) website. URL: https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/8882.pdf
Read “Integrating Mental Health Into Existing Systems of Care During and After Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Rethinking the Experience,” by Ventevogel, Perez-Sales, Fernandez-Liria, and Baingana, from Intervention (2011). URL: https://www.interventionjournal.com/sites/default/files/Ventevogel%20et%20al_Intro.pdf
Explore the UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency website.URL: http://www.unhcr.org/
Explore the Refugee Highway website.URL: http://www.refugeehighway.net/
Explore the International Committee of the Red Cross website.URL: https://www.icrc.org/en
Explore the Humanitarian Health Action section of the World Health Organization (WHO) website.URL: http://origin.who.int/hac/en/
Explore the Global Health NOW website and sign up to receive the daily Global Health NOW e-newsletter.URL: https://www.globalhealthnow.org/
