The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) hosted the first ever Data & Digital week from the 19th until the 23rd April 2021. Around 4,000 staff and volunteers from the Red Cross Red Crescent network gathered online to share, learn, and...
Month: April 2021
IFRC Data & Digital Week Report
IFRC Data & Digital Week 2021 Report During the first ever IFRC Data & Digital week, April 19-23, 2021, our global network gathered online to share data and digital innovations, insights and ideas. Around 4,000 Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers from...
Data and Digital Trends 2021 – IFRC Skillshare 2021
Check out the video below for a bright summary of this quarter’s essential headlines analyzed by IFRC's Social Media Master, Dante Licona, during the 2021 Digital Skill-share.
Information saves lives — scaling data analytics in the IFRC network
Data is now the world’s most valuable resource. What does that mean for the IFRC, a century-old membership organisation, consisting of the world’s 192 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies? How can we tap the vast amounts of data exchanged across the IFRC...
Disaster drills in Virtual Reality
Have you ever experienced Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) training with Virtual Reality (VR) technology? In order to support the learning of proper response in a real disaster situation without bringing any harm to people, Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Centre...
Embracing open source survey tools
Global impact Efficiently collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments is vital to our humanitarian activities. Replacing paper-based methods with digital tools for collecting data has radically improved the opportunities for collecting...