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…
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A reflection from Gareth Owen, Humanitarian Director at Save the Children UK, on the state of humanitarian action moving forward.
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.
This year’s Group of Seven (G7) Presidency is under the Italian leadership. In its 2024 agenda, the year-long Italian tenure - which involves technical, ministerial, and high-level discussions - has focused on emerging economies, the climate-energy…
Start Network will be at this year’s Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) to showcase learning from our programmes and advocate for more locally led and anticipatory action in the humanitarian sector.
This blog is written from the perspective of someone working in an international humanitarian network, speaking to others in international humanitarian institutions.
The Start Network membership of more than 80 local, national, and international aid organisations is deeply worried by the current humanitarian crisis as a result of the conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
FOREWARN Bangladesh, in association with Open Mapping Hub - Asia Pacific, is running the first-ever disaster hackathon in Bangladesh. It has announced its top 8 teams from across public, private, and international universities.
A locally led humanitarian system is only possible through innovating, experimenting and testing different ways of working.
Reflecting on humanitarian trends over the past decade, one thing is clear: localisation and/or locally led action are ways of working that are here to stay.
Start Fund supports a national NGO to curb the impact of an under-the-radar crisis caused by flash floods in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Supporting communities displaced by the Armenia-Azerbaijan border conflict