COVID-19 ushers in Tele-Volunteering Tree planting, home building, food service, elder care. These traditional volunteer activities date back to the birth of civilization. In fact, the Bible, Quran, Torah, and Buddhism refer to gifts of service, charity to mankind,...
The Climate:Red Innovation Competition is now closed for submissions, we will announce the finalists during the week of the 17th August. Thank you to all of those who participated, we received entries from nearly 100 National Societies. Good luck to all those who...
How can there be a truly connected global Red Cross Red Crescent? Every day during the COVID 19 response we’ve heard people remark that this emergency has forced a very active conversation and rapid implementation on digital transformation. Several people...
Overview We all want to be connected. During the response to a threat like COVID, the need for rapid information sharing and new forms of community networking requires that we adjust our tools and methods to best serve all of those at risk. The Italian Red Cross is...
Kendra Allenby/CartoonCollections The Solferino Academy began convening virtual workshops in Mid-March 2020, connecting people in national societies responding to COVID-19 so they could share insights, experiences and innovations. Two months later, we had run over 10...
By Ronald Yip, Humanitarian Education volunteer at Hong Kong Red Cross 2018 was a spectacular year as it marked another large-scale digital engagement by the Innovation Team for Strategy 2030. Participations from national societies around the world shared their voices...
WhatFutures was an online game conducted entirely through WhatsApp. This game engaged Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers worldwide in creating a vision for 2030. This game was a collaboration with the IFRC Solferino Academy and OpenLab at...
