NGO Handbook

Contents

About CDHAM: Advancing medicine in humanitarian and disaster relief

About the International Health Division OASD(HA)-IHD

Introduction

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Part 1. NGO Structures and Themes

Chapter 1. Policies and Definitions Related to Aid, Relief, and Development

Chapter 2. Introduction to NGO

Chapter 3. What Is an NGO?

Chapter 4. NGO Structure, Authority, and Standards

Chapter 5. NGO Personnel and Policies

Chapter 6. NGO Funding

Chapter 7. NGO Coordination

Chapter 8. NGO Identification and Presence

Part 2. NGO Capacities and Services

Chapter 9.   NGO Emergency Deployment and Response

Chapter 10. Scale and Scope of NGO Activity

Chapter 11. NGOs and Health Services

Chapter 12. NGOs and Food and Nutrition

Chapter 13. NGOs and Water, Sanitation, and Shelter

Chapter 14. NGOs and Protection

Part 3. NGO Operations

Chapter 15. NGO Logistics

Chapter 16. NGO Use of Information and Communications Technology

Chapter 17. NGOs and Security

Chapter 18. NGOs and the Military

Part 4. Annexes

Annex 1. Selected NGOs Part 1

Annex 1. Selected NGOs Part 2

Annex 2. Selected Humanitarian Resources

Annex 3. Selected Humanitarian Publications

Annex 4. Code of Conduct

Annex 5. How the U.S. Government Provides Humanitarian Aid

Annex 6. Red Cross and Red Crescent Systems Explained

Annex 7. Key United Nations Agencies

Annex 8. Sources