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Life Helpers Initiative

— Get Involved · Humanitarian Training

Learn to keep people safe.

Free, self-paced courses with verifiable certificates.

Everyone who works with or for Life Helpers Initiative (staff, volunteers, interns, consultants, vendors and partners) shares responsibility for preventing harm. Our training centre makes LHI's safeguarding standards available to all.

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— Course catalogue

Available courses

LHI caseworkers on a confidential home visitFoundation

Comprehensive Safeguarding Training

Prevent harm, programme safely, report and act

LHI's core safeguarding course for staff, volunteers, partners, vendors and community structures: what safeguarding is, who it protects, the do's and don'ts, types of concerns, reporting channels, a survivor-centred approach and prevention measures.

  • 9 lessons
  • About 57 min
  • Certificate · pass mark 80%
  • Staff, volunteers, interns, consultants, vendors and partners
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Girl wearing a hijab printed with 'I pledge to remain in school'Foundation

Child Safeguarding Policy Essentials

Your responsibilities under LHI's Child Safeguarding Policy

A guided walkthrough of the LHI Child Safeguarding Policy: who it applies to, what every representative must and must never do, how concerns are reported and investigated, and how safeguarding is built into training and project design.

  • 5 lessons
  • About 30 min
  • Certificate · pass mark 80%
  • Everyone who represents LHI, including trustees, contractors and visitors
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Women at a 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence eventFoundation

Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings

Understanding, preventing and responding to GBV in emergencies

What GBV is, why crises increase the risk, its impact on survivors, families and communities, the international frameworks that guide humanitarian action, how to prevent and mitigate risks across sectors, the response services survivors need, and the roles of humanitarian actors and Local Emergency Management Committees (LEMCs).

  • 5 lessons
  • About 32 min
  • Certificate · pass mark 80%
  • Staff, volunteers, LEMC members, community leaders and humanitarian partners
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How it works

  1. Step 1

    Create a free account

    Sign up with your email so your progress and certificates are saved to your account.

  2. Step 2

    Study the lessons

    Short, self-paced lessons drawn from LHI's safeguarding, child safeguarding and GBV training.

  3. Step 3

    Pass each knowledge check

    Answer every practice question correctly to complete a lesson.

  4. Step 4

    Take the final assessment

    Score 80% or more to pass and earn your certificate. If you fall short, review the lessons and retake the assessment.

  5. Step 5

    Download your certificate

    Receive a PDF certificate with a unique code anyone can verify on this page.

Your progress is saved to your learner account, so you can continue on any device. Certificates can be re-downloaded with their code.

Verify a certificate

Enter the code printed on an LHI training certificate (for example LHI-SG-ABCD2345).