Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are those who have left their residence by reasons of real or imagined danger but, unlike refugees, have not crossed any international borders.
In humanitarian response, protection refers to the role of agencies in ensuring respect for and fulfilment of the rights articulated in the Humanitarian Charter, including access to assistance.
In a humanitarian context, grants are non-repayable funds disbursed by government departments, corporations, foundations or trusts, to a recipient, often (but not always) a nonprofit entity. In order to receive a grant, a proposal or application is usually required. Most grants are made to fund a ...
In humanitarian settings and within the UNHCR mandate, a refugee is defined as: any person who is outside his/her country of origin and who is unwilling or unable to return there or to avail him/herself of its protection because of: 1. a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, ...
Family tracing and reunification are services provided by humanitarian organizations with the scope of helping victims of family separations during large scale population movements and disasters. The most common systems, usually combined, are: on the spot tracing, use of community mechanisms and ...
Selective feeding programmes provide extra food for the malnourished and at-risk groups in addition to the general ration.
General feeding programs foresee the distribution of exactly the same general ration to everyone in the population, irrespective of age or sex. General feeding programs include traditional food items combined in a nutritionally balance diet, suitable for children and other groups at risk.
An aid worker (or humanitarian worker) is a person working for a local or international organization providing material and technical assistance in a humanitarian relief context.
