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Manuals and toolkits

The immediate pressures of working in a disasters environment mean that humanitarian workers can struggle to access the most relevant information needed for the situation in which they are working. The AID All In Diary is designed for use in disaster situations and is specifically aimed at field based humanitarian workers in international and local NGOs. It aims to improve the quality and appropriateness of relief work and offers a comprehensive single source of the most up-to-date humanitarian information and resources.

The handbook covers key areas of humanitarian and emergency assistance work such as: 

• humanitarian principles including humanitarian law, codes of conduct and good practice, accountability, the UN role in humanitarian action and protecting those at risk 
  
• disaster preparedness including disaster management and disaster preparedness planning, linking relief, rehabilitation and development, the Cluster Approach 
  
• disaster response including dealing with refugees and IDPs, how to target aid, managing security and organising logistics 
  
• minimum standards in water and sanitation; promotion of hygiene, food security, nutrition and food aid; shelter, settlement and non-food items; health services 
  
• aspects of rehabilitation such as planning settlements, supporting livelihoods, provision of psychosocial support 
  
• the immediate and wider environment, using mapping and GIS, taking climate change into account 
  
• managing projects including undertaking assessments, raising funds, monitoring and evaluation, managing finance and writing reports 
  
• working with communities including working in different cultures, participatory approaches and developing partnerships, working with children and taking gender into account, addressing HIV and AIDS 
  
• effective meetings and multi-language meetings, using multi-media resources, facilitating and running workshops 
  
• managing people including recruiting and managing staff, handovers, personal security, health and managing stress, learning and professional development

The handbook is regularly updated and is also available in Tamil and Sinhala. Each information sheet can also be downloaded as individual PDFs from www.allindiary.org. All in Diary also aims to produce paper versions in-country, in response to rapid-onset emergencies.

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