The milestone It has been six years since the humanitarian agenda has reached a milestone after the UN Secretary General’s call for...
Why do we need a glocalized development? Way to decentralize aid
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Stories
Thought Pieces
Digitalisation in Humanitarian Action: the path forward
As crucial key enablers in delivering effective and timely humanitarian aid to the people in need, digital technologies allow aid...
Baking Social Impact Business into Sustainable Humanitarian Financing Model
When you are baking, you know every single ingredient serves for a different function, and if the backbone of the recipe is lacking,...
Intelligence collective de crise : Aperçus et leçons clés du Cameroun et du Népal
Co-écrit par la Croix-Rouge du Népal, la Croix-Rouge du Cameroun, et l'Académie de Solférino de la FICR La Croix-Rouge et le...
Collective Crisis Intelligence: Insights and key lessons from Cameroon and Nepal
Co-written by Nepal Red Cross, Cameroon Red Cross, and IFRC Solferino Academy The Red Cross Red Crescent works in communities around...
A call for humanitarian consistency
Maryann Horne, Senior Humanitarian advisor for Crises and Emergencies for Asia Pacific looks at of the global impacts of the Ukraine...
Insights and Inspirations
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...
Where to start with your team’s data journey?
We’ve hosted data playbook workshops with avocados, limes, oranges, and a bag of peanuts: You can learn about data quality standards,...
Your Data Playbook is ready. Download it now!
https://youtu.be/WSCyHolD8Dc Your Data Playbook is ready! Together with 100s of Red Cross Red Crescent staff, volunteers and...
Innovation Stories
Movable Flush Toilet: Bridging the Gap Between Climate Change Mitigation and Disaster Response
Greetings! I'm Soshino, working in the field of humanitarian technology with the Japanese Red Cross Society. Many of you might...
How will interoperable systems and data sharing benefit affected populations?
In a world where crises and migrations are increasingly complex, the journey of individuals like Fatima, a migrant in search of both...
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...
The necessary interoperability of systems between organisations
Interoperability of systems can change the way organisations deliver aid, restoring people's dignity and ensuring safer and faster...
Traverse: Insights from Australian Red Cross creating, designing and ending a digital identity platform
There is a long-standing challenge within the humanitarian sector – the slow process of onboarding and managing staff and volunteers...
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...
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
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...
Mapping COVID volunteers’ experience and insights
Volunteers and their stories during every emergency inspire us. Connecting a global RCRC volunteer and humanitarian network across the...
Service Behind the Screen
COVID-19 ushers in Tele-Volunteering Tree planting, home building, food service, elder care. These traditional volunteer activities...
Leadership Voices
Three Priorities for the Humanitarian Future
Liana Ghukasyan is Deputy Head of Delegation/Deputy Permanent Observer, IFRC Delegation to the United Nations The humanitarian...
The IFRC wants to leverage financial markets to keep up with the world’s unprecedented humanitarian needs. Here’s how
This article was originally published on fortune.com The humanitarian and private sectors may appear to be at opposite ends of the...
Are we doing enough to prepare for the Future?
Insights from thought leaders across four regions “In 2022, 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection. This...
2022 could be a year of great opportunities, what needs to happen?
In 2021 The Solferino Academy had numerous opportunities to interact with senior leadership of the Red Cross and Red Crescent...
How can we Better Mobilise Communities?
A Series of Interviews with Leaders Inspiring and mobilising volunteerism - is one of the transformations in the IFRC Strategy 2030,...
Transformational leadership is pivotal for the survival of the National Societies
Mrs Terez Curry, the President of the Bahamas Red Cross, shares her thoughts about the pivotal role of transformational leadership for...
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...