Core Connections

Supporting Member Care in Mission/Aid

This page lists 30+ links to organizations and their resources.

They are primarily in the sectors of mission, member care,

humanitarian, health, and human resources.

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•Aid Workers Network

(information on current aid issues, opportunities, perspectives)

http://www.aidworkers.net

•Antares Foundation

(resources for humanitarian workers/organizations, and code for stress management)

http://www.antaresfoundation.org

•AtHealth

(mental health resources and special monthly topics with links to key articles)

http://www.athealth.com

•Barnabas International

(resources to encourage mission workers)

http://www.barnabas.org

•BBC News Service

(news in 32 languages, also helpful for language learning)

http://www.bbc.co.uk

•Bible Gateway

(dozens of online translations with easy navigation)

http://www.biblegateway.com

•Centers for Disease Control

(resources/updates on health issues, including mental health, psychosocial support)

http://www.cdc.gov

•Cross Cultural Workers

(mental health resources and articles oriented to mission workers/senders)

http://www.crossculturalworkers.com

•Emmaus Road International

(materials/seminars for the mission sector like Serving as Senders—in 20 languages)

http://www.eri.org

•Families in Global Transition

(organization/conference connecting six sectors about internationally mobile families)

http://www.incengine.org/incEngine/?&content=&store=figt

•Global Connections

(UK organization for the mission sector; see codes of good practice especially)

http://www.globalconnections.co.uk

•Global Post

(international media group with online news)

http://www.globalpost.com

•Headington Institute

(resources for humanitarian workers such as training modules/tools for member care)

http://www.headington-institute.org

•InterHealth

(London-based travel medicine organization for the mission/aid workers and senders)

http://www.interhealth.org.uk

•International Committee of the Red Cross

(materials to help victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence)

http://www.icrc.org

•International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

(materials on disaster response, community health care and humanitarian action)

http://www.ifrc.org

• International Society for Trauma and Stress Studies

(a main international organization with resources, conferences etc on trauma)

http://www.istss.org

•International Training Partners

(group offering the Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills course)

http://www.itpartners.org

•Management Sciences for Health

(resources for leadership, governance, and management in international health)

www.msh.org

•Media that Matters

(listing of media sites providing news and stories on international and humanitarian issues)

http://sites.google.com/site/membercaravan/media-that-matters

•Member Care Radio

(radio programs on a variety of member care topics and archived programs)

http://www.membercareradio.com

•Member Caravan

(materials for people interested in international member care/health sciences)

http://sites.google.com/site/membercaravan

•Member Care Associates

(materials and links to member care resources in the mission/aid)

http://www.membercareassociates.org

•Mental Health Workers Without Borders

(materials on psychosocial support for victims and aid workers in calamities/conflicts)

http://www.mhwwb.org

•Mission Training International

(training, publications, retreats, debriefing, and other resources for the mission sector)

http://www.mti.org

•Mobile Member Care Team

(Africa-based group—debriefing, interpersonal skills and member care training, etc.)

http://www.mmct.org

•National Center for PTSD

(US Department of Veterans Affairs—materials on trauma and stress)

http://www.ptsd.va.gov

•Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance

(the UN Office that overseas the coordination of humanitarian assistance)

http://ochaonline.un.org

•Overseas Development Institute (including Humanitarian Practice Group)

(a main group in the international humanitarian sector, articles, discussions, events)

http://www.odi.org.uk

•People In Aid

(main organization providing human resource materials in the humanitarian sector)

http://www.peopleinaid.org

•Reality DOSE

(health/dysfunction and links for good governance and ethics in organizations)

http://mcaresources.googlepages.com/realitydose

•Reuters Alertnet

(updates and information on humanitarian disasters and related areas globally)

http://www.alertnet.org

•Society for Human Resources Management

(largest human resources organization with a huge amount of materials, books, etc)

http://www.shrm.org/Pages/default.aspx

•World Federation of Mental Health

(organization focusing on international mental health; each year a special emphasis)

http://www.wfmh.org

•World Health Organisation

(UN-related, promoting health globally, see mental health/substance abuse division)

http://www.who.int/en