Live Response
Key online learning resources for the Middle East and Wider Regional Conflict
On 28th February 2026, a dramatic military escalation in the Middle East triggered a rapidly expanding regional crisis with devastating consequences. The result is an unprecedented multi-theatre crisis with rapidly expanding humanitarian needs, mass displacement, and increasing civilian casualties. This hub aims to provide self-learning materials for humanitarian and non-humanitarian workers to develop their skills to respond to this crisis.
Note: Due to the rapidly evolving situation, the content in this hub will be updated.
Essential Hubs (Middle East)
Essentials (Arabic)
All available Arabic courses within one collection
Paediatric Blast Injury Resource Hub
Learning resources for treating injured children
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Learning resources for MHPSS practitioners working in crisis
Migration & Displacement
Kaya Course
The Remote Cash Course
CALP Network (CALP), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
An online self-study course on managing cash and voucher assistance remotely.
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Toxic Stress and Well-Being Among Students Affected by Forced Migration
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Learn about common experiences associated with forced migration, how toxic stress affects children and youth, and key ways that effects of toxic stress can be mitigated within Healing Learning Spaces, including classrooms, schools, and out-of-school time program environments.
Kaya Course
Well-Being for Educators of Students Affected by Forced Migration: Introduction to Mindfulness
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Learn about the importance of well-being for educators and youth development professionals working with students affected by forced migration and other types of trauma, and explore and practice mindfulness techniques to support your well-being.
Kaya Course
De-escalation in Resettlement, Asylum and Integration Settings
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
This module focuses on the foundational skills of de-escalation. You will learn what de-escalation is, what its foundation is, and how to use it with your clients.
Kaya Course
Safety Planning in Resettlement, Asylum and Integration Settings
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
This module focuses on the foundational skills of working with clients to develop safety plans. You will learn what safety planning is, what foundational skills you need to create safety plans, and how to use safety plans in a variety of situations with your clients.
Kaya Course
Responding to Intimate Partner Violence in Resettlement, Asylum & Integration Settings
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
This module focuses on the foundational skills of working with clients who are survivors of intimate partner violence. You will learn what intimate partner violence is, what foundational skills you need to respond safely and in a survivor-centered way, and how to use those skills with your clients.
Kaya Course
Psychological First Aid in Resettlement, Asylum and Integration Settings
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Learn the foundational skills of Psychological First Aid (PFA), what its underlying principles are, and how to use it with your clients.
Kaya Course
Suicide Prevention in Resettlement, Asylum and Integration Settings
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
This module focuses on the foundational skills of suicide prevention. You will learn about suicide, what steps all direct service staff can take to prevent suicide, and how to use suicide prevention practices with your clients.
Kaya Course
Empathic Communication in Resettlement, Asylum and Integration Settings
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
This course focuses on the foundational skills of conveying empathy through communication skills.
Kaya Course
Introduction to Case Management for Refugee Service Providers
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
An introductory course designed to support refugee service providers in the provision of case management services for refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable immigrants in a resettlement or integration programme.
Priority Courses (Middle East Conflict)
Kaya Course
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International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
توضيح تمويل العمل الإنساني: مجال تمويل العمل الانساني – حقائق واتجاهات لمنظمات الإنسانية غير الحكومية
Kaya Course
Wellness and Resilience for Frontline Workers and Managers
Humanitarian Leadership Academy
This course will assist you in understanding the impact that stress is having on your lives and how to build personal and organisational resilience. By the end of the course, you will have developed a personal action plan and increased knowledge of various wellness and resilience techniques to apply during stressful situations.
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Kaya Course
Staff and Partner Wellbeing in the Workplace
Save the Children
This course is designed to help support you to stay well and healthy at work, and in your wider life. It is based on current global evidence and good practice in wellbeing, positive psychology and self-care techniques.
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Kaya Course
Well-Being for Educators of Students Affected by Forced Migration: Introduction to Mindfulness
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Learn about the importance of well-being for educators and youth development professionals working with students affected by forced migration and other types of trauma, and explore and practice mindfulness techniques to support your well-being.
Kaya Course
Toxic Stress and Well-Being Among Students Affected by Forced Migration
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Learn about common experiences associated with forced migration, how toxic stress affects children and youth, and key ways that effects of toxic stress can be mitigated within Healing Learning Spaces, including classrooms, schools, and out-of-school time program environments.
Kaya Course
Child Protection and Education
INEE (Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies), The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
This multi-agency training module outlines how Education and Child Protection actors can work together more systematically, based on complementarity, to support children’s well-being in humanitarian contexts.
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Kaya Course
Education in Emergencies (EiE)
Humanity & Inclusion, IKEA Foundation, INEE (Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies), LEGO Foundation, People in Need (PIN), Plan International, Right To Play, Save the Children, Humanitarian Leadership Academy, The MHPSS Collaborative, Unicef, University of Geneva, War Child, World Vision
This course is designed to help Education in Emergencies (EiE) and education practitioners improve their overall understanding of EiE or their knowledge of specific EiE topics
and areas.
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Kaya Course
Conflict Sensitive EiE (2.6)
Humanity & Inclusion, IKEA Foundation, INEE (Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies), LEGO Foundation, People in Need (PIN), Plan International, Right To Play, Save the Children, Humanitarian Leadership Academy, The MHPSS Collaborative, University of Geneva, War Child, World Vision
This course looks at how education and the way it is implemented can either contribute to conflict or help reduce tensions and strengthen people’s capacities to disengage from it.
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Kaya Course
Humanitarian Access and Principles
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
This course provides an introduction to the humanitarian principles and how they impact humanitarian access and decision making in complex operating environments. Learners will use the principles to guide decision making in this immersive course.
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Kaya Course
Unlocking Humanitarian Access
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
The Unlocking Humanitarian Access course is a scenario-based elearning for all humanitarians working in hard to reach areas.
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Cash & Voucher Assistance
Kaya Course
Cash and Voucher Assistance - The Fundamentals
CALP Network (CALP)
This course will introduce you to the fundamentals of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and will help you to begin understanding it.
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Kaya Course
Market-Based Programming in Emergencies
CALP Network (CALP)
This course brings together a range of new learning resources and training on Market-Based Programming in Emergencies.
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Kaya Course
Linking Humanitarian CVA with Social Protection
CALP Network (CALP)
An online self-study course - Linking Humanitarian Cash and Voucher Assistance with Social Protection.
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Kaya Course
CALP Online: Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff
CALP Network (CALP)
This is the CALP Online: Core CVA Skills for Programme Staff course, delivered remotely via online learning and remote facilitation.
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Kaya Course
Why Data Rights Matter
CALP Network (CALP), Oxfam
This course will give you an overview of why Data Rights is so important to humanitarian and development work.
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Kaya Course
MEB, gap analysis and calculating the transfer value
CALP Network (CALP), Oxfam
This course will introduce you to the minimum expenditure basket (MEB), gap analysis and addresses how to calculate transfer values.
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Kaya Course
Safeguarding Essentials
Humanitarian Leadership Academy
An interactive, scenario-focused course that will build your understanding of what safeguarding is and its importance in the humanitarian and development sector.
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Kaya Course
Safeguarding
FIELD Programme, Save the Children, Humanitarian Leadership Academy, World Vision
While most NGO workers act compassionately and professionally, and would never abuse or harm children or adults in the communities in which we work, there are some staff, partners and volunteers who might. This course is designed to improve your safeguarding knowledge, and help to prevent harm coming to those we seek to serve.
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Kaya Course
Safety and Security Before Deployment
FIELD Programme, Save the Children, Humanitarian Leadership Academy, World Vision
This course explores a typical security risk management planning process. It will cover the topics of actor mapping and context analysis, risk assessment, digital security and common security strategies - all within the context of before deployment or starting a new programme.
Kaya Course
Safety and Security Within The First 1-2 Weeks and Ongoing Improvement
FIELD Programme, Save the Children, Humanitarian Leadership Academy, World Vision
This course explores initial safety measures during the first 1-2 weeks of deployment such as security plans, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and contingency plans. It also looks at what's needed to monitor the situation and look for ongoing security improvements once operations are running securely.
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