Resources
Self-Care Manual for Humanitarian Aid & Development Workers
This 96-page manual provides simple measures to support humanitarian workers exposed to high levels of stress to cope and care for themselves, whilst enhancing their well-being and resilience.
Care for Caregivers: Skills for Resilience through Meditation and Mindful Movement
Created for aid workers and caregivers, this free app includes short sessions to support you in strengthening your resilience, ability to thrive and recover from difficult situations, even in the face of acute and chronic stress.
10 Tips for Supporting Yourself After a Traumatic Event
This document contains ten tips for supporting yourself after experiencing a traumatic event.
Humanitarian Exchange Special Issue: Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian crises.
This issue of Humanitarian Exchange features two pertinent articles: a summary of the findings from a five-year study of psychological first aid, and an article exploring the mental health needs of volunteers.
Mindfulness and Wellbeing - Mental Health and Humanitarian Aid Workers: A Shift of Emphasis from Treatment to Prevention
This paper aims to explore the current state of wellbeing support available to aid workers within the humanitarian sector and to offer a possible approach for reviewing and adjusting current wellbeing practices
Traumatic Stress Management Guidance
This document highlights the areas that organisations whose staff are exposed to potentially traumatic situations and/or material should consider addressing in their Health and Safety procedures.
Managing Emotions in a Pandemic: Understanding the Effect of Uncertainty (1)
This article from the Headington Institute explores the brain's response to uncertainty and offers some guidance on how to look after yourself mental health during a pandemic.
Approaches to Staff Care in International NGOs
In early 2009, People In Aid and InterHealth came together to research the provision of psychological and medical care for international staff and frequent travellers. The focus of the report is on psychological care.
Recovery & Wellness, COVID-19: Operating Considerations for US Based International NGOs
This project brought together subject matter experts and practitioners to provide guidelines for Post-COVID-19 transitioning in the following areas: Human Resources, Insurances and Benefits, Staff Wellbeing, Travel and Journey Management and Operational Security.
RESPECT – A Resilience Toolkit for Humanitarians
In this blog, Fiona Dunkley discusses her RESPECT resilience toolkit, created to support security managers and aid workers in building personal resilience.
IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial support in Emergency settings
The Guidelines offer essential advice on how to facilitate an integrated approach to address the most urgent mental health and psychosocial issues in emergency situations.