Global LEAD
Humanitarian Assistance
Humanitarian Assistance
Resources and examples for youth programming focused on youth engagement and leadership in humanitarian crises:
Policy & Strategy
- Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity (USG)
- BHA Emergency Application Guidelines, Annex A: Mandatory Cross-Sectoral Guidance on Protection Mainstreaming, Gender Analysis and Integration, and Age and Disability (USAID)
Youth Statistics
- Global Humanitarian Overview 2021 (UN)
- Gender-Based Violence Against Adolescent Girls in Humanitarian Settings (The Lancet)
Best Practices
- Working with and for Young People in Humanitarian and Protracted Crises (IASC)
- Words into Action Guidelines: Engaging Children and Youth in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building (UNDRR)
- Girls Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action)
- Adolescents in Humanitarian Action (UNICEF)
- What Works in Humanitarian Settings (YouthPower)
- Publications from Compact Members (Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action)
- Igniting Hope (Compact for Young People in Humanitarian Action)
Program Design
Curricula
- Y-Adapt (Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre)
- Adolescent Kit (UNICEF)
Networks and Communities of Practice
Examples
Building First Responder Capacity in the Pacific (Republic of the Marshall Islands)
Global LEAD Models: Leadership Training; Community Service, Project-Based or Service Learning; Youth Service Providers or Service Corps
- Engaging Youth for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Marshall Islands (Article)
- North Pacific Red Cross “Supercamp” Readies Youth for Climate Action, Y-Adapt Rollout (Article)
Youth Emergency Action Committees (Caribbean)
Global LEAD Models: Leadership Training; Community Service, Project-Based or Service Learning; Youth Advisory Councils
- Youth Emergency Action Committees (Report)
- More Youth Disaster Emergency Teams (Article)
- YEAC Dominica (Brochure)
















