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Lifewater Canada
http://www.lifewater.ca
Lifewater is a
non-profit group training nationals to drill safe drinking water wells and
build handpumps.
Lifewater Canada
website includes information about the organization, activities, on-line
tutorial, and a comprehensive links page.
 http://www.lifewater.ca/manuals.htm
On-line tutorial provides technical details and instructions needed
to construct safe drinking water wells.
http://www.lifewater.ca/links.htm
Provides annotated lists of NGO links and other links to water
related sites on the web.
http://www.lifewater.org/
Lifewater International site (U.S.) includes information
about organization, activities, free subscription to newsletter, technical
notes and links.
http://www.lifewater.org/wfw/wfwindex.htm
A series of 160 US AID technical notes covering all aspects of rural
water supply and sanitation
http://www.lifewater.org/links.htm
Provides links to other websites on a wide range of water
categories.
New Zealand Digital Library (University of Waikato, NZ)
http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library
The New Zealand Digital Library project is a research programme at The
University of Waikato whose aim is to develop the underlying technology for
digital libraries and make it available publicly so that others can use it
to create their own collections.
Website provides access
to several large document collections including humanitarian and
development information. Scroll down to “humanitarian and UN collections”
which includes the WHO –PAO Disaster Virtual Library and numerous other libraries.
Links to guides and manuals on health, medical, food, water, nutrition, and
development are downloadable. Search by subject, title, or organization.
Overseas Development Institute
http://www.odi.org.uk/index.html
(English, French)
The Overseas
Development Institute is a leading independent think-tank on international
development and humanitarian issues in Britain.
Website provides access
to information about the Institute, research and
policy programs, and publications.
Many subjects covered including human rights, staff security, education,
health and nutrition, and management. The site is searchable and
maintains a good links directory. The
Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) (located on home page) concerns policy
and practice in the response to conflict, instability, disasters and
associated humanitarian needs. HPG offers access to the pages below as well
as other publications, activities,
and links.
http://www.alnap.org
The Active Learning Network on Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action falls under the management of the HPG.
Link offers access to work plan, books, and other publications.
http://www.odihpn.org/
Humanitarian Practice Network, also under HPG, offers an extensive link
library, details of forthcoming conferences
and workshops, and training
and degree courses relevant to the humanitarian sector. Publications
page offers all HPN articles from 1994 onwards, together with full-text
versions of Network Papers and abstracts (full texts are orderable) of Good
Practice Reviews. The Good Practice Reviews are commissioned reviews
prepared by recognized specialists on different sectors (water, health,
planning, security, food, registration) or activities within the
humanitarian sector.
- Disasters is a major, peer-reviewed
quarterly journal reporting on all aspects of disaster studies, policy
and management. The journal maintains a balance between academic
papers, field reports from relief workers, case studies, and articles
of general interest. It also contains book reviews. Online
access is available to members. To subscribe visit Blackwell
Publishers subscription information page
Refugee Studies Centre
http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/rsc/
The Refugee Studies
Centre (RSC) is part of the University of Oxford's International
Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth House. Its objectives are to carry out
multidisciplinary research and teaching on the causes and consequences of
forced migration; to disseminate the results of that research to policy
makers and practitioners, as well as within the academic community; and to
understand the experience of forced migration from the point of view of the
affected populations.
Web site includes
information on courses, workshops,
conferences, and access to a list of purchasable publications
(Forced Migration Review, Journal of Refugee Studies, working papers). Some current articles are available on
the website. Library includes material on such topics as psycho-social issues,
human rights, international law, relief administration, education, health
and nutrition. Currently developing a Digital library.
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/rsc/
Search library.
http://www.fmreview.org/
(English, Spanish, Arabic) Forced Migration Review provides a forum
for debate on the most immediate issues facing refugees and internally
displaced people and those working with them. Articles, research abstracts,
conference reports and news items, present practice-oriented findings and
analyse policy issues. Articles from FMR and its predecessor the
Refugee Participation Network Newsletter are available on the web. Topics
have included children and youth, role of military in humanitarian work,
education and training, and reproductive health. Also find information on
news, events, and links.
http://www3.oup.co.uk/refuge/:
Journal of Refugee Studies offers coverage of refugee situations and
a balance between the disciplines of law, politics, sociology/anthropology,
medicine/psychology and relief/development. Contents and abstracts,
and subscription information available online.
Sphere Project
http://www.sphereproject.org/
The aim of the
Project is to improve the quality of assistance provided to people affected
by disasters, and to enhance the accountability of the humanitarian system
in disaster response.This project has developed a Humanitarian Charter and
a set of universal minimum standards in core areas of humanitarian
assistance: water supply & sanitation, nutrition, food aid, shelter
& site planning and health services.
Website includes
information about the project, and its activities, the Humanitarian
Charter (available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese) and
standards, information on trainings, and downloadable training materials.
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