Geneva / Southampton – 16.03.2026 Sphere and Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) today announced a landmark shared services agreement that deepens their long-standing collaboration and marks a new phase in how humanitarian standard-setting organisations work together. Sphere, a charity registered in Switzerland, and LEGS, a UK-registered charity,…

Geneva: Sphere announces the “Global Launch of the Sphere Handbook Revision”. The Sphere Handbook sets out minimum standards that uphold people’s right to life with dignity during crises, providing practical guidance to ensure principled, accountable, and effective humanitarian response worldwide. The Launch will be a flagship event during this…

Jonas Habimana, Executive Director, Bureau d’Information, Formations, Echanges et Recherche pour le Développement (BIFERD) Local humanitarian actors are at the heart of effective crisis response, yet in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), they often face barriers to funding, recognition, and decision-making. Understanding these challenges is key to…

When a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar in March 2025, it deepened an already fragile humanitarian context marked by displacement, conflict, and limited access to services. For communities affected by the crisis, the need was not only for timely assistance, but for aid delivered with dignity, fairness, and accountability. Against…

Quarter four of 2025 ends a turbulent year which will be starkly remembered by the humanitarian sector for tidal changes. And while it may be a time many of us would like to forget and move on, every challenge is an opportunity and a chance to learn; for Sphere, the…

Jonas Habimana, Executive Director, Bureau d’Information, Formations, Echanges et Recherche pour le Développement (BIFERD) BIFERD, Sphere’s focal point in the DRC, has been supporting displaced communities by applying the Minimum Standards for food security and nutrition in their programmes. Their work focuses on meeting urgent needs while helping…

Jonas Habimana, Executive Director, Bureau d’Information, Formations, Echanges et Recherche pour le Développement (BIFERD) Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo – For years, families in the Rwanguba and Rangira health zones struggled to access clean water. Walking long distances to rivers was a daily challenge, and the lack of safe…

Felicity Fallon, Director of Engagement Since the first Sphere Handbook was published in 2000, Sphere has become the go-to resource for quality and accountability in humanitarian response. We are often asked to demonstrate the impact of the Sphere Handbook. This is a difficult task given Sphere’s ubiquity; open source ’public…

Annik Tiedt, CBI Private Sector Coordination Specialist, and Zunaira Shams, Sphere Communications Manager   Imagine someone you love has been in a car accident. What would you expect from medical services? Speed. Professionalism. Trained personnel. Kindness. No mistakes. Now ask yourself: shouldn’t that same quality of care apply…