We innovate to find new approaches to funding that are proactive and that reach people at risk quickly.
Our reach
Crisis alerts we respond to around the world.
![Bangladesh Hackathon Group Photo 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2024-06/Copy%20of%20DSC07409.JPG.webp?itok=ZA770sSZ)
FOREWARN DISASTER HACKATHON 2.0 IN BANGLADESH
FOREWARN Bangladesh introduces the country’s 2nd Hackathon on Disaster, striving to inspire young minds to build solutions, expand their knowledge horizons, and innovate on humanitarian challenges using open-source data and technologies.
Join us!![Group photo from the Ukraine local pooled fund design workshop](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2024-02/IMG_9229.jpg.webp?itok=8JLmC-gN)
UKRAINE LOCAL POOLED FUND
Our new fund aims to increase the amount of humanitarian funding to local and national actors in Ukraine, resulting in locally led humanitarian action reaching people in need.
Read moreAreas of work
Start Network’s vision is for a more balanced international aid system that is accountable to people affected by or at risk of crises.
Start Network is based on innovation: looking for new ways to create the system change that will shape a more effective humanitarian system.
Where we work
Americas
Americas
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Guatemala
Guatemala Hub
The hub has 11 local and national member organisations that are all community-based.
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Venezuela
Flooding in South America
Intense rains caused ravines to overflow and water systems to collapse in Venezuela.
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Central and South America
Start Fund Response
Start Fund provides rapid response funding to under-the-radar, small to medium-scale crises, filling a critical gap in the humanitarian aid system.
Europe
Europe
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Ukraine
The need for a more equitable humanitarian response
Start Network's approach to the Ukraine crisis is based on learning from other larger-scale crises that the Start Fund has responded to in the past.
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Serbia, Bulgaria
Migration Emergency Response Fund
The objective of the MERF was to rapidly respond to acute and emerging gaps and changes in needs along migration route.
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Greece, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia
European Refugee Response
Start Network co-ordinated a two phase response to the European Refugee Crisis through ERR1 and ERR2.
Africa
Africa
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DRC
DRC Hub
The hub brings together nearly 60 local, national, and international organisations in DRC.
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DRC, Senegal, Zimbabwe
Start Ready
Start Ready is a unique financing mechanism that uses advanced planning so that funding can be rapidly released when needed most.
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Zimbabwe, Senegal
ARC Replica
ARC Replica is a partnership with African Risk Capacity and African Union member states that helps African countries proactively manage climate-related risks through disaster risk insurance.
Asia
Asia
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Bangladesh, Nepal
National Start Funds
National Start Funds are there to finance locally led humanitarian action, with members managing their own funds for the benefit of their own communities.
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India
INDIA HUMANITARIAN HUB
The India Humanitarian Hub (IHH) prioritises locally led action and leadership by bringing together local, national, and international humanitarian agencies that are operational in India.
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The Philippines, Bangladesh
FOREWARN
The Forecast-based, Warning, Analysis, and Response Network aims to quickly bring together the right people to predict disasters and support humanitarians closest to an anticipated crisis.
Oceania
Oceania
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Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati
Pacific Region Hub
The Pacific Humanitarian FALE is working to engage locally led humanitarian actors so that they can provide services that ensure the lives of people are safeguarded in any crisis.
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Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati
THE LOCALISATION OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION IN THE PACIFIC
Josie Flint from HAG speaks about the work they have been doing and the influence that the Start Network has had on this.
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Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati
Assembly held in Fiji, FALE-PASIFIKA
The word "fale" refers to a house that is meaningful and has a purpose when people occupy it.
Our members
![Solidarités International](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/70b43a3a5079048dec0dbc2b3b8de977.jpg.webp?itok=rGM1ww1I)
Solidarités International
![Welfare Association Jared](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/df3ac222238d624efb6c2138d7741b6a.jpg.webp?itok=a8ko0nko)
Welfare Association Jared
![Health & Nutrition Development Society (HANDS)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/1614d4763a008c52066199ae6cb63687.png.webp?itok=MEOMRVNv)
Health & Nutrition Development Society (HANDS)
![Muzaffarabad Poverty Alleviation Programme](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/209b721d353192bef0874c2a00c39343.jpg.webp?itok=kSYIv9Wt)
Muzaffarabad Poverty Alleviation Programme
![Appui aux Femmes Démunies et Enfants Marginalisés (AFEDEM)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/c9f3d8a76461ea542fa16c3704e6bba2.png.webp?itok=OQwZD9Jy)
Appui aux Femmes Démunies et Enfants Marginalisés (AFEDEM)
![EHSAR Foundation](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/268db2454bd1654b27ea90fbcb96e5c0.jpeg.webp?itok=teT9YvIU)
EHSAR Foundation
![Rural Empowerment and Institutional Development (REPID)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/8c0cfe87b2da905d8a81847afc68344a.png.webp?itok=0oBBQMv1)
Rural Empowerment and Institutional Development (REPID)
![Nari Development Organization (NDO)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/972b176d1b295b2f6839cc122fbad59e.jpg.webp?itok=bRUr4xo7)
Nari Development Organization (NDO)
![Society for Mobilization Advocacy and Justice (SMAAJ)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/2e048824d0ade3256f0d47d8e0d7c254.png.webp?itok=w_kL0U1z)
Society for Mobilization Advocacy and Justice (SMAAJ)
![CADENA](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/538e2727fccf1a67b6d138efe1fe19b7.png.webp?itok=egiwgrE9)
CADENA
![Help Foundation](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/eef80cee59ff5b41b1d292b3bd47ccf4.jpg.webp?itok=ADXfzyQc)
Help Foundation
![Caritas India](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/7e000ff4ece81d2398ba51ba5977e011.jpg.webp?itok=JpPlAn7j)
Caritas India
![ACTED](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/e1c64893a33f9dbed0a3f09032e0fc30.jpg.webp?itok=h5iTMsVz)
ACTED
![Rural Development Orginzation Buner](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/585786a80e413f2d422fc0c0627a0ee9.jpg.webp?itok=praSa9-K)
Rural Development Orginzation Buner
![Community World Service Asia](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/3e9b1d45244155a6ee6f7ba715ddb919.png.webp?itok=_x9rOGug)
Community World Service Asia
![People in Need (PIN)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/ca2bcff0f611518a6b47c8c98a028055.jpg.webp?itok=egj9_5fu)
People in Need (PIN)
![Care International UK](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/fc0ddee00a7080c8f3c43ff3e03c96c4.png.webp?itok=vLRDVM9O)
Care International UK
LASOONA
![Caritas Goma](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/3a0959160b5c0fd811b6027e7b861018.png.webp?itok=9pZwOlMk)
Caritas Goma
![Association for Gender Awareness & Human Empowerment (AGAHE)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/5ef77b20b821f7ff522671798f554c97.jpeg.webp?itok=53MFM0jf)
Association for Gender Awareness & Human Empowerment (AGAHE)
![Action Against Hunger UK](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/4c13bcf3469b9f7131c380de98d20174.png.webp?itok=Zl35jRK8)
Action Against Hunger UK
![Muslim Aid](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/fed71ccfa74b07642e44b1e4856a733c.jpg.webp?itok=-ZJk1xep)
Muslim Aid
![National Integrated Development Association (NIDA-Pakistan)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/1ceca1faab46f221151c4067e0e2e980.png.webp?itok=TFVGBO9w)
National Integrated Development Association (NIDA-Pakistan)
![HelpAge International UK](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/f6269cc4817e9dd6ad1080f39be7c71f.png.webp?itok=0ooBht2y)
HelpAge International UK
![TEARFUND](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/f5cb843714031342cf790bcd911c2600.jpg.webp?itok=n8t9f9kX)
TEARFUND
![Dorcas Aid International](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/e56cf20d0a2e2605df39fbbf821342e2.jpg.webp?itok=FlTvVOGc)
Dorcas Aid International
![Yuganter](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/5a12186ed40c70b87dce4ac1eb447de8.jpg.webp?itok=oQyPmhSo)
Yuganter
![Agricultural Development Association (PARC)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/78cb204fccda57c86ff3eacfc9bae036.jpg.webp?itok=9fh15iox)
Agricultural Development Association (PARC)
![Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/a69f61353fba0a3ed59a6e245d1b5c27.jpg.webp?itok=o-QvXMzy)
Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)
![Participatory Rural Development Society (PRDS)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/243f8955bfaff091410e505ebd081995.jpeg.webp?itok=56H34w0j)
Participatory Rural Development Society (PRDS)
![Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/e5aca482dcaae3cbecaf417e2842320c.jpeg.webp?itok=UMSxBquO)
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
![Doaba Foundation](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/ac86af60688a4776f1ec8deea2f524cc.jpg.webp?itok=k6lWTEzr)
Doaba Foundation
![Plan International](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/0c9e3261ba28370945919c47c1eb4267.jpg.webp?itok=426td0ZW)
Plan International
![War Child](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/fd18c4b5996972595faa99d851bf0df3.jpg.webp?itok=9EXyhu4D)
War Child
![Bright Star Development Society Balochistan (BSDSB)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/c10fcd36c8b41b06eaa82d36fc84cb49.png.webp?itok=AoiuZfvP)
Bright Star Development Society Balochistan (BSDSB)
![Relief International](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/1e3aa85506f0e95a2c38eb066e1dba22.png.webp?itok=5QL3F4Js)
Relief International
![Caritas Bangladesh](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/e4c28b50e0f517b9c5c69a287f1a9ac8.png.webp?itok=vrNhDDOc)
Caritas Bangladesh
![Mercy Corps](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/8e205851f0cd4e5e5a5531f8666110d8.png.webp?itok=VAKGfATU)
Mercy Corps
![Doctors of the World](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/d12271f62be33f2687588470628a5509.jpg.webp?itok=lHTDBP2F)
Doctors of the World
![PRO-VIDA](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/3c464c69f36a2809461e65af613838cd.png.webp?itok=E4q51I1A)
PRO-VIDA
![Concern Worldwide (UK)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/cd20458a4a13d717af2076df720a4956.jpg.webp?itok=DAL8vFer)
Concern Worldwide (UK)
![Rural Development Foundation (RDF)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/0f90f939b68a2601d048ce7ac173735b.jpg.webp?itok=Y1fqzVhC)
Rural Development Foundation (RDF)
![Community Development Foundation (CDF)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/523b14097dc457d680ce91eea673c38b.jpg.webp?itok=2ID1-xkJ)
Community Development Foundation (CDF)
![Oxfam GB](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/f3970b7168ecbb30a7cfe88fcd8390b0.jpg.webp?itok=7qFo3Gtu)
Oxfam GB
![Cordaid](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/469a7bb32393edc9727c445f5da91597.jpg.webp?itok=hbtYl34u)
Cordaid
![Sangtani Women Rural Development Organization (SWRDO)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/03c1df0fcb922431c9b2a0dbc621fa29.png.webp?itok=b15kMbJ1)
Sangtani Women Rural Development Organization (SWRDO)
![Caritas Sri Lanka](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/7e000ff4ece81d2398ba51ba5977e011.jpg.webp?itok=JpPlAn7j)
Caritas Sri Lanka
![Laar Humanitarian and Development Programme (LHDP)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/42bb79dea80ff9cd689e3bb66d83f7e9.jpg.webp?itok=wrbdHDxm)
Laar Humanitarian and Development Programme (LHDP)
![GOAL](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/ca4da932c79c7e02b5bee15d88bea5be.png.webp?itok=D7bKOam1)
GOAL
![Cesvi](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/a822bd5b76583f7d0278a2f9fbde01b0.png.webp?itok=AHWGEwgE)
Cesvi
![World Vision](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/bdc224b21235098620363f30a1014493.jpg.webp?itok=pi-_qyHz)
World Vision
![Mechanism for Rational Change (MRC)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/4df0c782e80fb84912f96d58189cb611.jpeg.webp?itok=F69sLnU0)
Mechanism for Rational Change (MRC)
![AFPDE asbl (Association des Femmes pour la Promotion et le Développement Endogène)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/298ca88d6ac659d054822a8b464227dc.jpg.webp?itok=HI7Q7caW)
AFPDE asbl (Association des Femmes pour la Promotion et le Développement Endogène)
![EHD](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/aa891acdb2f01c6db9e5cbb6392da067.jpg.webp?itok=V4CD7TgN)
EHD
![Initiative for Development and Empowerment Axis (IDEA)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/5630951864d700ec682e8ec9f2da342a.jpg.webp?itok=tay-NwNB)
Initiative for Development and Empowerment Axis (IDEA)
![Medair](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/31dba929a5d00437d1a2a1459e60790f.png.webp?itok=rJIumQN2)
Medair
![Humanity & Inclusion UK (Handicap International)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/6fad78290870018f3a5447bb3a4e5f11.png.webp?itok=G20bI8pi)
Humanity & Inclusion UK (Handicap International)
![The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/b6a30e712f7cc1ad156547a40eb2f3d9.jpg.webp?itok=Ev40E5Kd)
The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)
![Rural Community Development Society (RCDS)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/06492f33e15628a0fa5a15664f2ab116.png.webp?itok=nJ1LU-vm)
Rural Community Development Society (RCDS)
![Manzil Organization Balochistan](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/66c70ed74115cbe7a24f47d2e67861b5.jpeg.webp?itok=8Plh512W)
Manzil Organization Balochistan
![Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Bishops](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/17dc999b4b78a80cb8d160e7e919928d.jpg.webp?itok=hVuuUVQW)
Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Bishops
![Veer Development Organization](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/94255ca9c1f5506507dfa819db9f30a1.png.webp?itok=aTduOSuA)
Veer Development Organization
![Qatar Charity](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/607e43806ade647d98f63a52d8a4d836.jpg.webp?itok=78bA-6Zu)
Qatar Charity
![Islamic Relief](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/5aee170ff2e1d02c38dfee39f739344a.jpg.webp?itok=4Llyob7I)
Islamic Relief
![Save the Children UK](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/49c38c859bc9c35f906e5e9fd29cb220.jpg.webp?itok=7LL6t0BB)
Save the Children UK
![Age International](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/0052da6af29d6aa2ed08ae790a732020.png.webp?itok=fmnzIhLH)
Age International
![ActionAid](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/0bcfe3924d675a6b8c67bc56925e3bfe.jpg.webp?itok=HU1w9bEZ)
ActionAid
![World Jewish Relief](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/d7a7d73116675b3d681ad656a78f7edd.jpg.webp?itok=XhRzJgOp)
World Jewish Relief
![Trócaire](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/c3ae7c08d48464f2088b4d8eadabbec6.png.webp?itok=k8oOH9ca)
Trócaire
![Asociación de Servicios Comunitarios de Salud (ASECSA)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/3d916da4997b0ca7c66e39ca5f66ac47.jpg.webp?itok=dze1u5-R)
Asociación de Servicios Comunitarios de Salud (ASECSA)
![North-East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/cb9cfc79f6a9949b7220bfdb9907e7b1.jpg.webp?itok=dQz4p7WR)
North-East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS)
![Sami Foundation](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/3285333dba137e6fb8ceb657eb9df5f4.jpg.webp?itok=Xn3wdkOE)
Sami Foundation
![Farmers Development Organization](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/362bbcca6ae68cc890bf802caecd403c.png.webp?itok=Yx-vYfht)
Farmers Development Organization
![Azat Foundation](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/29f6ea97967ee0db22b19b599385c7af.jpg.webp?itok=XOF430q_)
Azat Foundation
![Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V.](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/41df125a85d4bc03886c442aaa6f0d84.png.webp?itok=Pw-gBDrL)
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V.
![Environmental Protection Society (EPS)](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/18acea51c632158075cfcfc673b9773f.jpg.webp?itok=rDDqYBX_)
Environmental Protection Society (EPS)
![MIDEFEHOPS ASBL](/sites/default/files/styles/logo/public/external/9796baf3719af6ce9bb1090b60f069da.png.webp?itok=N4DQ3itI)
MIDEFEHOPS ASBL
Updates
All updates![EEE report](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-07/EEE.png.webp?itok=QOqYDOBE)
Evidence to influence more effective, efficient, and equitable action - the missing link in localisation
This report explores the existing evidence base and rationale for localisation to better understand how arguments for effectiveness, efficiency and equity in the localisation discourse are understood, evidenced and communicated.
![Risk Pool 3](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-07/RP3.png.webp?itok=qMxcHyTX)
Start Ready Risk Pool 3 Structuring Report
Start Ready enters its third year with the launch of the Start Ready Risk Pool 3; live May 2024 to April 2025. Holding £7m in capital, 2.5 times bigger than the fund was two years ago, Start Ready is able to protect almost 700,000 people from climate-related risks
![ARC Replica Zimbabwe payout](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-07/ARC%20Replica_0.jpg.webp?itok=MixgGQgD)
The ARC Group makes a total of $32 million USD climate insurance payouts to assist people affected by drought in Zimbabwe
The Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe has received an insurance payout of $16.8 million USD following its participation in the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group disaster financing mechanism, designed to help African Union (AU) member states plan, prepare and better respond to extreme weather events.
![Flooded field](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2023-11/Community%20World%20Service%20Asia%2011_0.jpg.webp?itok=_mXRetry)
Preparing for the future - what does this mean for humanitarian organisations?
A reflection from Gareth Owen, Humanitarian Director at Save the Children UK, on the state of humanitarian action moving forward.
![India hub representative presenting during Hub Connect 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-07/IMG_4742.JPG.webp?itok=Yd_rgink)
Hub Connect 2024 - A Milestone in Locally Led Humanitarian Efforts
A reflection by Sudhanshu S. Singh of Humanitarian Aid International and Revathi Ramkumar of the India Humanitarian Hub on the recent Hub Connect 2024 in Kathmandu, Nepal
![Bangladesh Hackathon Group Photo 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-06/Copy%20of%20DSC07409.JPG.webp?itok=cmyrt9fl)
Dutch government and Start Network renew their partnership for 2024-2027
Start Network is delighted to announce that the successful partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands is due to continue, with just over £12million GBP allocated for the next three and a half years.