The Sphere Handbook is one of the most widely known and internationally recognized sets of common principles and universal minimum standards for the delivery of quality humanitarian response.
These guidelines have been designed to help those involved in the assessment of emergency water sources to collect relevant information in a systematic way, to use this information to select a source or sources and to determine the appropriate level of treatment required to make the water suitable for drinking.
Tags: Boreholes, Bulk Water Treatment, Drilling, Groundwater, Hand Dug Wells, Handpumps, Household Water Treatment, Household Water Treatment, Piped Water Networks, Piped Water Networks, Rainwater Harvesting, Solar Pumping, Spring Protection, Water Prospection and Investigation, Water Pumping, Water Safety Plans, Water Safety Plans, Water Storage, and Water Tankering.
The book Emergency Sanitation: Assessment and programme design has been produced to assist those involved in planning and implementing emergency sanitation programmes. The main focus of the book is a systematic and structured approach to assessment and programme design. It provides a balance between the hardware (technical) and software (socio-cultural, institutional) aspects of sanitation programmes, and links short-term emergency response to long-term sustainability. The book is relevant to a wide range of emergency situations, including both natural and conflict-induced disasters, and open and closed settings. It is suitable for field technicians, engineers and hygiene promoters, as well as staff at agency headquarters.
A summary of UNHCR water, excreta management, solid waste management, disease vector control and hygiene promotion standards and indicators for emergency and post emergency refugee settings including means of verification.
Tags: Disease Vector Control, Disease Vector Control, Drainage, Drainage, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Excreta Management, Handwashing with Soap, Handwashing with Soap, Hygiene Promotion, Hygiene Promotion, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, Water Quality Testing and Surveillance, and Water Quality Testing and Surveillance. Categories: WASH Indicators and Standards.
These rapid (emergency) assessment tools can be used to help assess water supply, excreta management, solid waste management, hygiene and disease vector control conditions in the following refugee settings: These rapid (emergency) assessment tools can be used to help assess water supply, excreta management, solid waste management, hygiene and disease vector control conditions in the following refugee settings: Camps; Settlements; Transit Centres; Schools; Health Centres and Urban Settlements. It also contains references to UNHCR’s WASH indicators and recommendations for data collection.
Where required, UNHCR and WASH actors may use this template to develop a solid waste management action plan that describes a list of prioritised solid waste management activities in addition to WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN and HOW they will be carried out.
This form can be used to assess the refugee landfill site for public health and environmental sanitary risk factors.
UNHCR field staff and their partners should conduct a waste composition assessment to assess the types of waste being produced and their and rates of production. Ideally the assessment should be carried out within the first three months of a displacement emergency and then at least once a year. Waste management short, medium and long term strategies for each waste stream should be revaluated and reorganised according to the findings of this assessment.
Tags: Environment, Environment, Landfill Management, Landfill Management, Landfill Management, Medical Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Solid Waste Management, Waste Recycling , Reuse and Reduction, and Waste Recycling , Reuse and Reduction.
This document has been designed to help UNHCR and WASH actors assess WASH infrastructure for potential access from the individual perspective of each type of vulnerable user in particular persons with disabilities, women, children, and the elderly.
Tags: Bathing Facilities, Bathing Facilities, Bathing Facilities, Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Communal Toilets, Disability, Disability, Laundering Facilities, Laundering Facilities, Water Supply, Water Supply, Water Supply, and Water Supply. Categories: WASH Operational Guidelines and WASH Policy Guidelines.
This document has been designed to help UNHCR and WASH actors assess potential WASH related safety and security issues related to trip, crush, pinch, pierce, cut, splinter, burn, poison, electrocution, road traffic accident, drowning, and gender based violence.
Tags: Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Cross Cutting, Gender Based Violence, Gender Based Violence, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Monitoring, WASH Programme Health and Safety, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Programme Management, WASH Strategy Development, WASH Strategy Development, and WASH Strategy Development. Languages: English, English, English, English, English, English, English, English, English, and English. Organisations: UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, UNHCR, and UNHCR. Categories: WASH Blank Forms, WASH Blank Forms, WASH Blank Forms, WASH Blank Forms, WASH Blank Forms, WASH Blank Forms, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, WASH Reference Documents, and WASH Reference Documents.