Elections in Nigeria will take place on Saturday, with historic tensions risking vulnerable people in particular, peace-building activities by local organisation will be the focus in the coming days.
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Climate and weather-related risks are rising worldwide and the accuracy of forecasts on these extreme-weather events have improved significantly over the years. But, only recently have humanitarians begun to apply these improvements to support early…
Start Fund's rapid response to the displacement of migrants in Guatemala and Mexico meant Cadena, Oxfam and World Vision received funding quickly to respond to the people's immediate needs including shelter, essential items and hygiene kits. Start…
The Jersey Overseas Aid Commission and the German Federal Foreign Office have announced their support to the Start Fund, a global fund that enables NGOs to respond quickly to humanitarian crises.
‘Humanitarians often don’t stop for Christmas in the Philippines'. Start Network Members and the Philippines Red Cross convened in Manila in December to discuss how cyclones can be better anticipated moving forward alongside some of the challenges.
The following is a status update on the ARC Replica policy, dated 19th December 2018:
NGOs will need to be decisive, radical and bold in 2019. Sean Lowrie says this is not only necessary, but by working together it is also possible.
Originally published by Penny Lawrence, chair of Refugee Action on Bong.org.uk - Penny looks at what is the future of large, billion-dollar, multi-mandate international development NGOs.
Our video looks at the key milestones of the network between November 2017 and November 2018.
On 30th November the Start Network Board of Trustees was informed of Sean Lowrie’s intention to leave the Start Network in mid-2019.
The month of October saw the highest alerting and activated month in the history of the Start Fund, where 13 alerts out of 15 were activated.
WNow that we have fostered innovations in our four Innovation labs, what are the next steps to take these inventions up into global scales?