With the incessant noise about AI and generative AI, teams from the IFRC network are continually exploring. How can we adjust our work with these new tools? What are the needs and restrictions to the use of AI in our work? AI is changing our humanitarian work, and...
Innovation
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 organisations establish their own innovation support systems, tailored to their unique needs, contexts and objectives, they are sowing the seeds...
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 recognise me from our groundbreaking project: the world's first hydrogen ambulance by the Japanese Red Cross Society. This time, I am eager...
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...
This is Your Award!
Spanish Red Cross have opened their Tech Awards to all Red Cross & Red Crescent volunteers and staff around the world who have been creating and deploying innovative technology solutions for their communities and National Societies. The Spanish Red Cross...
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 Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Solferino Academy have won Silver in the 2022 Global Good Awards for their...