Resources

This is a training exercise for community volunteers to practise finding the cause of a handpump problem. Participants read a short story about a community handpump […]

This is a training exercise for community volunteers to practise recognising common problems with rainwater harvesting systems, such as gutters, tank covers, overflow pipes and the […]

This is a training exercise for community volunteers to practise recognising common problems with sand dams, such as a missing wing wall, poor foundations or unprotected […]

This presentation shares lessons and experiences from the Water at the Heart of Climate Action programme in Ethiopia, implemented by the Ethiopian Red Cross Society with […]

These are step-by-step visual instructions for the three pot method of household water treatment. This is a visual aid / IEC material for household water treatment […]

These are step-by-step visual instructions for household water treatment with PUR sachets. PUR removes dirt and kills germs. It works well for muddy water, for example […]

These are step-by-step visual instructions for household water treatment with WaterGuard (Sûr’Eau), a liquid chlorine. This is a visual aid / IEC material for household water […]

These are step-by-step visual instructions for household water treatment with chlorine tablets. This is a visual aid / IEC material for household water treatment and safe […]

Disasters and crises — whether natural or man-made — threaten health, dignity, and access to safe water and sanitation. Without a strong, coordinated response, emergencies can […]

A checklist of assessment questions for a rapid field assessment after a Mass Sanitation Module is deployed in an emergency. It is designed to identify urgent […]

A short planning template for setting out a hygiene promotion and social mobilisation approach at the start of a response. It records whether a community assessment […]

A blank planning table for working out what hygiene promotion messages to give, to whom, and through which channels. It takes you through eight questions: the […]

A one-page scoring sheet for checking whether a hygiene promotion message or poster, leaflet or other awareness material is good enough before you test it with […]

A guide for running focus group discussions with communities during assessment or monitoring of a cholera or acute watery diarrhoea programme. Guidance on protection, gender and […]

A ready-made digital survey form for running focus group discussions in cholera and acute watery diarrhoea programmes. It is an XLSForm, meaning the spreadsheet is uploaded […]

A set of observation checklists for Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies teams responding to cholera. It has three parts: one used at a health […]

This case study documents the Ethiopian Red Cross Society’s activation of its Drought Early Action Plan in Harshin Woreda, Somali region, in June 2026, ahead of […]

This presentation by Jamilee Al Doueihy (IFRC) was delivered at the Hygiene Promotion in Emergencies Technical Working Group webinar Rethinking Hygiene Promotion: Myths and Evidence, co-hosted […]