Amid escalating climate uncertainties, the Global Disater Preparedness Center (GDPC)'s unique position in our Network bridges critical gaps in effective early warning systems, embraces the collaborative approach needed for precise early warnings and acknowledging...
Insights and Inspirations
In Kenya, ICHA tells us what to look out for in 2024
In a time of lofty global goals and big initiatives and commitments, at the International Center for Humanitarian Affairs (ICHA) in Kenya, we argue that sometimes, local and small is more. In the wake of a tumultuous 2023, Kenya stands at a critical juncture as it...
Innovation for the people
When you think of the word 'innovation', what, or who comes to mind? Is it Edison and the lightbulb, or Marie Curie and her discovery of radioactive elements to help treat cancer, or Dr Gladys West and her pioneering invention of GPS. Maybe even Bill Gates’ and...
How to Create a (Data) Playbook
IFRC Strategy 2030 cites transformations of collaborating as a distributed network and undergoing a digital transformation as two priorities. We explored how to achieve these goals with the innovation program and product - the IFRC Data Playbook v1. It exemplifies how...
How major tech changes have transformed the way we work
IFRC Alumni have asked for some contemporary opinion on how changes in technology have affected ways of working in the humanitarian sector. Where do we start? It might depend on what we consider ‘humanitarian’? From the earliest times, human beings have developed...
Being Data Responsible as a Team
Data protection principles and practices should guide every humanitarian at each stage of project development. What makes you and your team responsible data users? Every day, humanitarians ask themselves "how can I protect the most vulnerable?" We know that data...