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Donations, volunteering, fundraising, reception, protection and data: 20 guides to choose useful action, prepare your approach and check results.
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Which guide should you choose?
Choose a guide for your question: giving, volunteering, emergencies, preparedness, welcome, cash, communication, safeguarding, water, shelter or education. Each path offers practical checks and public sources.
Which guide fits your situation?
Start with the practical question you face, then explore the topic without unnecessary searching.
A collection of goods has been announced
Confirm the exact list, place, dates, required condition and the organization’s capacity to receive items.
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Compare local and remote roles against your skills, limits and the supervision provided.
Read the guide →I will work with children
Require a safeguarding policy, training, supervision and a reporting channel.
Read the guide →An alert is circulating in messages
Find its issuer, date and original instruction before sharing or responding.
Read the guide →Families have lost their homes
Understand shelter, safety, services and recovery needs before choosing an action.
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20 · Practical guides
Each guide provides a direct answer, a method, warning signs and official references.
How to make a humanitarian donation that is genuinely useful
Choose an organization, amount and type of support that match your priorities without giving in to pressure.
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Humanitarian volunteering: prepare a useful commitment
Find a role that fits your skills, availability and the organization’s real operating framework.
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How can you help during a humanitarian emergency?
A quick path to check the situation, choose an appropriate action and avoid adding disorder.
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Prepare your household for a disaster without panic
Identify local hazards, make a household plan and build a kit that reflects real needs.
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In-kind donations: help without burdening logistics
Confirm a real request and account for sorting, storage, transport and distribution.
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Share humanitarian images without exposing people
Use meaningful informed consent, assess risk and preserve context, dignity and personal data.
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Support displaced people locally without deciding for them
Join a competent local structure, offer a specific contribution and protect autonomy, confidentiality and reciprocity.
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Understand humanitarian cash and voucher assistance
Learn why organizations may choose cash, digital payments, vouchers or a combination with goods and services.
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Check child safeguarding before volunteering
Review policy, screening, training, supervision and reporting before any contact with children.
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Communicate clearly during a humanitarian emergency
Share understandable guidance, check that people receive it and listen to affected communities.
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Understand water and hygiene support during a crisis
Identify needs for safe water, sanitation and hygiene, then choose support suited to the setting.
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Understand shelter options after displacement
Compare safety, access to services, privacy and longer-term options before supporting a programme.
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Why and how to support learning during a crisis
Understand learning continuity, safe spaces and barriers to access.
Read the guideAssess the impact of humanitarian action
Read reports, distinguish activities from results and ask useful questions before supporting a programme.
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Read humanitarian figures and data accurately
Understand dates, scope, unique people, estimates, needs and funding before comparing or sharing figures.
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Organize a useful, transparent fundraising campaign
Agree a need with an organization, choose a clear channel, inform participants and report without exaggerated promises.
Read the guideVolunteer your skills remotely
Choose useful work, define deliverables, protect information and hand over a result the team can maintain.
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Include people with disabilities in humanitarian assistance
Identify barriers, adapt services and involve people in the decisions that affect them.
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Humanitarian complaints and feedback: making assistance accountable
Choose the appropriate feedback route and understand what a responsible response involves.
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Understand humanitarian logistics before sending supplies
From confirmed need to receipt: procurement, transport, storage and the final journey.
Read the guideContinue your research
The directory, causes, careers guide and glossary can then help refine your choice.
Compare organizationsFilter organizations by cause and country, then continue on their official domain.
Understand humanitarian causesConnect health, water, food, protection, shelter and education with field needs.
Understand the vocabularyFind plain-language definitions of key humanitarian terms.
Humanitarian sources and toolsChoose the right source to check a crisis, a figure, funding or a standard.