By 2030, the world will look starkly different from today. Climate shocks will be more frequent and more ferocious, displacing tens of...
A Fractured Future: Will Humanity Still Be Enough?
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Stories
Thought Pieces
Redirecting the Revolution
The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks which finished last week had an objective to gather together and look at how to...
Leveraging Science to Navigate Uncertainty: Strengthening Humanitarian Impact through Research
As humanitarian crises are evolving, becoming more complex and unpredictable, there is a growing recognition of the need to gather and...
Decolonising Aid: Reimagining Local Leadership in Crisis Response
Decolonising Aid: Reimagining Local Leadership in Crisis Response, Lutalo Wycliff Henry, Volunteer, Uganda Red Cross Society – Mukono...
The Power of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Emblem
Liana Ghukasyan’s 23-year journey with the Red Cross began unexpectedly, when she recognised the emblem from her childhood in Armenia,...
Will Humanitarian Principles remain a Compass in Polarised Times?
Feedback from the IFRC Strategy 2030 Mid-Term Consultations with the IFRC Network The below piece is part of the analysis we have...
Leadership Voices
The humanitarian sector is at a turning point: A New Era of Humanitarian Financing
The humanitarian sector is at a turning point: A New Era of Humanitarian FinancingLiana Ghukasyan, Special Advisor to IFRC President...
Will we see more parity in humanitarian financing?
Will we see more parity in humanitarian financing? — Alexander Matheou Last year, while the world was rightly focused on the great...
Is Your Organisation Still Relevant?
Relevance is a word that resonates deeply in the world of humanitarian organisations. In an era marked by geopolitical upheavals,...
Reflecting on the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent: Humanity at the Core
As we close the chapter on the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, it is a moment both for...
A look ahead to 2024 in Asia Pacific
Let's look ahead to 2024 in Asia Pacific from Red Cross and Red Crescent. Dramatic shifts in power in Afghanistan and Myanmar in 2021...
Sami ñaraki, “We walk together”
A Story of Transformation at Costa Rican Red Cross Like the other National Societies, Costa Rican Red Cross had to adapt and transform...
Insights and Inspirations
Sounding the Alarm: a unique role in Early Warning Early Action
Amid escalating climate uncertainties, the Global Disater Preparedness Center (GDPC)'s unique position in our Network bridges critical...
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...
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...
How to Create a (Data) Playbook
IFRC Strategy 2030 cites transformations of collaborating as a distributed network and undergoing a digital transformation as two...
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...
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...
Innovation Stories
Speculative Futures of Humanitarian Aid
A speculative design & foresight project by Abril Chimal & Lena Tünkers Speculative Futures of Humanitarian Aid: Introduction...
Innovation in the Face of Adversity: A report from the skies
Floods in Kenya have impacted 43 counties, prompting the Kenya Red Cross Society and the International Centre for Humanitarian Affairs...
APDRC’s Approach to Innovation: Building Endless Connections
Stepping into 2024, the Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Center (APDRC) reflects on a year of innovation, notably launching the RE:...
The Humanitarian Data Detective game — A new way to encourage use of IFRC GO
Over the past month, we have been collaborating with IFRC Solferino Academy to create a game which draws a new audience to...
AI is changing our humanitarian work
With the incessant noise about AI and generative AI, teams from the IFRC network are continually exploring. How can we adjust our work...
Transforming National Societies, one innovation support system at a time
The IFRC Solferino Academy has embarked on an ambitious journey of innovation within National Societies. By helping these...
Limitless Stories
Limitless wins 2022 Global Good Award – Monash Action Lab + IFRC Solferino Academy
Action Lab researchers from Monash University’s Faculty of Information Technology and the International Federation of Red...
“We trained 120 farmers from 15 different communities how to make organic fertilisers, and they are now training other members of their communities!”
A Limitless Impact Story from Nigeria I started out searching for a solution on how to help members of my local community overcome the...
“How can we create synergy between innovation, technology, public health, and building a better community?”
A Limitless impact story from Colombia We saw the Solferino Academy’s call for stories just at the time when we were thinking about...
“We could actually see the impact! Over 5,000 young people have joined our online learning platform!”
A Limitless impact story from Kenya Nobody tells you when to go and create impact in your community. Many times, you go out to create...
“Volunteer “Mental Health Activators” are already being trained to organize local mental health activities and distribute CareBoxes in their communities.”
A Limitless Impact Story from Thailand In 2019, 800 Thai youths took their own lives, and over 10,000 calls from youth were received...
“The power of digital media allows youth to work with no limits. Our digital campaigns have reached more than 65,000 users.”
A Limitless impact story from Indonesia During the COVID-19 pandemic, as a youth volunteer from the Indonesian Red Cross, I was seeing...
Trends and Transformations
The Accordion of Change: Navigating Digital Transformation in Humanitarian Work
The digital landscape is evolving rapidly, driven by advances in AI and emerging technologies, alongside internal shifts in skills and...
Strategy 2030 Mid-Term Review and Forecast
As we reach the midpoint of Strategy 2030, we are entering a new humanitarian era. A complex mass of emerging trends is changing the...
Future of Vulnerability: Humanity in the Digital Age
Humanitech, an initiative of Australian Red Cross, recently released a report titled Future of Vulnerability: Humanity in the Digital...
Perspectives on Digital Transformation
Shaping a Digital Strategy with Partners How can we collaborate with partners on our digital transformation journey? IFRC and the...
Climate:Red Summit 2020
This article was originally posted on designit.com Over 10,000 people from 195 countries joined the 200 sessions at Climate:Red!...
Towards inclusive digital events
Live interpretation during the Climate:Red virtual summit: a multifaceted challenge Three weeks...
Volunteering Voices
Pass The Torch
On the occasion of the 24th of June 2020, A thought, a word, to the leaders of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red...
Ageing & Technology
By Ronald Yip, Humanitarian Education volunteer at Hong Kong Red Cross 2018 was a spectacular year as it marked another large-scale...
What I learned from listening to Red Cross people from 3 different countries about the future of the organisation
Envisioning an Expanded RCRC through Education, Empowerment Strategy 2030 of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red...
Recruiting Volunteers in the Future
Change is a constant factor. Volunteering is not an exception. There is a growing consensus that the way people engage in volunteering...
To exist or not? – A Utopic Vision
We all know we live in a world full of problems: from inequality, to lack of access to health, starvation, violence, gender and...
A Reflection on Technology, Collaboration, and Shared Visions for the Future
‘The Future is Now’, is the tag line for the International Federation Red Cross, Red Crescent (IFRC) movement when considering the...