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A survival guide for humanitarian programme managers

The aim of this guide is to help you to create, manage and develop your team in an emergency.

It is based on the widely recognised principles of good practice in people management which were embodied in the People In Aid Code from 1995 to 2015 and more recently in the Core Humanitarian Standard. 

The material is in six sections. They will help you to:

Within each section:

  • Major risks are identified and suggestions made about how to
    manage them
  • Resources are provided to help you in your work.
  • Case studies are used to illustrate what has happened in
    other programmes
From left to right: Alkassoum Aoudi Diallo, Niger. World Vision distribution coordinator interacting with women who are waiting for the distribution to begin. Noel Gavin, Indonesia. Fiona Callister, Cafod’s Head of Media Relations, helps clearing an area devastated by the tsunami that hit the region on 26 December 2004. Tom Pietrasik, Pakistan. Save the Children staff during the distribution of sheltering materials to 243 families at Chatter Class near Muzaffarabad. Asanga Warnakulasuria, Sri Lanka. World Vision Families affected by floods receiving cooked food packets from World Vision. The distribution was held in Katana, Negombo (30km from Colombo) on 29th October.