Trainer’s Package for a Four-Day Sphere “Technical Sectors” Course

InterWorks developed this 4-day training workshop design to make the technical/sectoral aspects of the Sphere Project’s Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response more accessible to managers, generalists, and other humanitarian field workers who may sometimes feel “out of their depth” in dealing with the various standards and indicators in the four “technical” chapters of the document.

The materials found here, taken together, support a concise and cohesive 4 - day workshop that will guide participants through the entire Sphere handbook (2011 Edition). It provides insights into many of the typical problems found in the sectors of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Promotion (WASH), Food Aid, Nutrition, Food Security, Settlement, Shelter, NFI Distribution and Health. It also illustrates each of the key standards associate with these topics and graphically illustrates many of the indicators associated with each.

The workshop sessions are a mixture of short presentations of key information and practical hands-on exercises designed to engage participants with the problems encountered in the field. The discussions and debriefing of these exercises will provide participants with a better understanding of where and how the Sphere Standards, Actions, Indicators, and Guidance Notes can assist them and the people they serve in humanitarian responses.

The workshop materials include a proposed 4-day agenda, with simulated table-top emergency response exercise and pre-and post tests. PowerPoint presentations to accompany each workshop session are provided in the original PowerPoint file and may be amended or modified by the user to meet local needs and conditions. Short trainers’ notes are also provided to explain the intent and planned implementation of each session. Skilled trainers are encouraged to modify these sessions to suit their own needs and to reflect key problems or issues they wish to highlight.

You are welcome to use any or all of this material without restriction, and only request a brief citation of the InterWorks as the source of this training material.

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