Home > Blossary: Humanitarian Aid
These terms will help you understand the reality of emergency intervention and humanitarian aid.

Category: Politics

23 Terms

Created by: quietschie

Number of Blossarys: 1

My Terms
Collected Terms
French, Canadian (CF)
Compare Language

Selective feeding programmes provide extra food for the malnourished and at-risk groups in addition to the general ration.

Domain: Non-profit organizations; Category: Advocacy

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 ...

Domain: Non-profit organizations; Category: Advocacy

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.

Domain: Non-profit organizations; Category: Advocacy

A nutritional assessment is a process aimed at establishing the extent of malnutrition in recipients of humanitarian aid. It should be conducted by expert nutritionists and should include ...

Domain: Non-profit organizations; Category: Advocacy

A commodity distribution is an event aimed at delivering goods to the intended recipients of humanitarian aid. Distribution must be fair, and commodities handed over according to specified rations, ...

Domain: Non-profit organizations; Category: Advocacy

Non-food items (NFIs) literally means items other than food and is an expression used to identify commodities distributed during humanitarian emergencies. NFIs typically include soap, blankets, ...

Domain: Non-profit organizations; Category: Advocacy

Shelters are temporary housing structures built during humanitarian emergencies. Shelters characteristics vary according to local availability of materials, culture and climate. At minimum, shelters ...

Domain: Non-profit organizations; Category: Advocacy

Member comments


( You can type up to 200 characters )

Post  
Other Politics Blossarys

O glossário consistirá em termos e definições da ...

Category: Politics

By: laisbiazin

Moves to strengthen or dismantle climate change ...

Category: Politics

By: dannyfabri

A glossary containing terms relating to political ...

Category: Politics

By: cassandralwx

Descrição de 30 termos de Ciência Política.

Category: Politics

By: yaracampana