Sajilu Kamwendo visits Buzi, Mozambique, in June 2019. Photo: courtesy of World Vision.   This month, Sphere met Sajilu Kamwendo, Director of Preparedness and Standards at World Vision International. He shared memories of how he first got to know Sphere and reflected on how standards are used by…

The Sphere members who attended the General Assembly in Nairobi. Photo: R. Benicchio/Sphere   Sphere members gathered in Nairobi last month to attend the annual General Assembly. The agenda included a discussion of the challenges facing the humanitarian sector, and the ways in which humanitarian standards and the Sphere…

  Sphere has recently updated its Interactive Handbook, making it quicker and easier to browse and access its content. New features allow users to browse the Handbook in multiple languages, access additional sets of standards, filter and share search results and embed the Handbook into other websites. This improved…

The fourth edition of the Sphere Handbook was launched by Sphere partner Community World Service Asia (CWSA) in different locations in Pakistan in November 2018. Photo: CWSA   Download the annual report 2018 (in English) Read the Consolidated financial statements 2018 (in English)   Dear Friends of…

The new Sphere training pack was piloted during a four-day workshop in Nairobi in March 2019. Photo: Tristan Hale   Sphere has just released an updated version of its comprehensive training pack to support humanitarian professionals wishing to learn more about Sphere and humanitarian standards or deliver training themselves. The…

Handbook co-authors and experts meet in Geneva in 2017.   Sphere is truly grateful to all the humanitarian practitioners and experts who participated in the Handbook drafting process throughout 2017 and 2018, putting their time and expertise at the service of the humanitarian community. The 2018 edition of the…

Sphere Executive Director Christine Knudsen at the Nairobi launch event. Photo credits: Plan International   Throughout March 2019, Sphere and its partners continued the roll-out of the new Sphere Handbook, with events scheduled across four continents. These events demonstrated a renewed commitment to providing better humanitarian assistance, as well…

Community World Service Asia (CWSA) se asoció con un grupo de teatro local en dos pueblos del distrito de Umerkot (Pakistán) para organizar funciones de teatro interactivas. Foto: CWSA   En los cuatro meses desde que se lanzó la cuarta edición del Manual Esfera a nivel mundial, esta publicación insignia…

Community World Service Asia (CWSA) partnered with a local theatre group in two villages of the Umerkot district to organise interactive theatre performances. Photo credits: CWSA   In the four months which followed the global launch of the fourth edition of the Sphere Handbook, this flagship publication has been introduced…

Sphere Handbook users curious to know more about the content of the 2018 edition now have access to a wide range of in-depth information. Sphere’s “What is New” materials provide an insight into what has changed – and what has not – in the Handbook since the 2011 edition.