Responding Effectively to humanitarian disasters is far from straightforward, and relief workers often find themselves in a world of uncoordinated , highly competitive agencies working with cross-cutting purposes. Managing Humanitarian Relief is aimed at relief workers charged with putting together a programme of action to help people in extreme crisis. It provides humanitarian relief managers with a single comprehensive reference for all the management issues they are likely to encounter in the field. The book is organized in two parts. First, it provides an outline of different relief programming sectors: food and nutrition, health, water and sanitations, and shelter. Second, it presents 20 separate management topics that are essential for overseeing programmes. It’s easy-to-use format includes checklists, tables, diagrams, sample forms, and no-nonsense tips from practitioners to help readers in emergency situations.

• Prelims (Praise for the book, Contents, Tables, Figures, Boxes, Photos, Acronyms, Foreword: A brief overview of humanitarianism today, Acknowledgements, About the author, Introduction: the purpose of this book)
• 1. Understanding emergencies and disaster-affected populations
• 2. Understanding disaster-affected populations and programme sectors
• 3. Managing in emergencies
• 4. Carrying out an assessment
• 5. Launching in a new country or area
• 6. Establishing an office and accommodation
• 7. Preparing a proposal and negotiating with donors
• 8. Managing human resources
• 9. Planning, managing and reporting on a project
• 10. Dealing with stress
• 11. Overseeing finance and accounting
• 12. Setting up a logistics and procurement system
• 13. Handling transport and maintaining vehicles
• 14. Communicating using radios and satellites
• 15. Working with local partners and contractors
• 16. Building internal capacity
• 17. Dealing with the media
• 18. Managing security
• 19. Monitoring and evaluating a project
• 20. Coordinating with other organizations
• 21. Closing an emergency programme
• Back Matter (Appendix 1 - 7, References, Useful websites, Glossary of common terms, Index)

Eric James