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100 Words Every Humanitarian Worker Should Know

June 12, 2026

100 Words Every Humanitarian Worker Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. abduction taking someone by force
2. abuse cruel or harmful treatment
3. access ability to reach services
4. accountability responsibility for actions and results
5. advocacy public support for a cause
6. aid help given to people in need
7. ambulance vehicle for medical transport
8. antibiotic drug that fights bacteria
9. bandage cloth used to cover wounds
10. beneficiary person receiving assistance
11. briefing short information session
12. budget plan for spending money
13. burnout extreme exhaustion from work
14. camp temporary settlement for displaced people
15. cash money given directly to people
16. ceasefire temporary stop in fighting
17. cholera severe waterborne diarrheal disease
18. clinic small medical treatment center
19. conflict serious armed or social fighting
20. consent freely given agreement
21. cyclone powerful rotating tropical storm
22. detention being held by authorities
23. dignity worth and respect of a person
24. disaster serious event causing major damage
25. displacement forced movement from home
26. distribution delivering goods to people
27. drought long period without rain
28. early warning advance notice of danger
29. earthquake sudden shaking of the ground
30. emergency serious urgent situation
31. equity fair treatment based on need
32. evacuation organized movement from danger
33. evaluation judging results and impact
34. exploitation unfair use of vulnerable people
35. famine extreme shortage of food
36. first aid immediate basic medical help
37. flood overflow of water onto land
38. forecast prediction of future conditions
39. GBV violence based on gender
40. hazard potential source of harm
41. health physical and mental well-being
42. host community local people receiving newcomers
43. humanity compassion for human suffering
44. hygiene practices that keep people clean
45. impact long-term effect of actions
46. impartiality fairness without favoritism
47. inclusion ensuring everyone can participate
48. independence freedom from outside control
49. indicator sign used to measure progress
50. infection harmful invasion by germs
51. interpreter person translating speech
52. landmine hidden explosive in the ground
53. landslide mass of earth moving downhill
54. livelihood means of earning a living
55. logistics moving and managing supplies
56. malaria mosquito-borne parasitic disease
57. malnutrition poor nutrition causing ill health
58. medicine drugs used to treat illness
59. mitigation reducing future disaster harm
60. monitoring regular checking of progress
61. neutrality not taking sides in conflict
62. nutrition food needed for health
63. outbreak sudden spread of disease
64. outcome result of an activity
65. partnership working together toward goals
66. pipeline flow of supplies over time
67. preparedness readiness before an emergency
68. prevention stopping harm before it happens
69. procurement buying goods and services
70. protection keeping people safe from harm
71. protocol official procedure to follow
72. ration fixed amount of food
73. recovery return toward normal conditions
74. refugee person fleeing danger abroad
75. relief emergency help after crisis
76. repatriation return to home country
77. resettlement moving people to safer homes
78. resilience ability to recover from hardship
79. response actions taken after a crisis
80. sanitation safe waste disposal and hygiene systems
81. security protection from threats or violence
82. shelter safe temporary housing
83. staff people working for an organization
84. supply stock of needed goods
85. survey organized collection of information
86. survivor person who lived through harm
87. torture deliberate severe pain or suffering
88. transport movement of people or goods
89. trauma serious physical or emotional injury
90. triage sorting patients by urgency
91. UXO unexploded military explosive
92. vaccine substance that prevents disease
93. verification checking that something is true
94. violence physical force causing harm
95. volunteer person who helps unpaid
96. voucher coupon exchangeable for goods
97. vulnerability greater risk of harm
98. warehouse building for storing goods
99. water essential drinking and washing supply
100. wildfire large uncontrolled outdoor fire

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