half of all human suffering in disasters is in small scale, low profile crises, which are not addressed by the aid system.
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Hitendra Solanki, Mindfulness & Wellbeing Adviser for ACF-UK and The Start Network on the importance of being aware of mental health issues in humanitarian response.
With the World Humanitarian Summit set to happen in Istanbul in May 2016, members of the Act Alliance are lobbying for the voices of marginalised, vulnerable and disaster-affected communities to be heard on the global stage.
Catherine Dennis, Protection in Practice Project Manager at Oxfam tells us what she has learned, one year on from the start of the Disasters Emergency Preparedness Programme (DEPP).
On the 21st of June 2015, a rebel group sabotaged an oil pipeline in the rural area of Tumaco (Pacific coast of Colombia) causing the “the worst environmental and social damage in the last ten years in Colombia”.
Tanuja Pandit shares an update from the engine room of the Start Network.
Start for Change 2015: building new humanitarian solutions together is the Start Network's annual gathering to celebrate success and debate the strategy for the year ahead.
The importance of multi-level cooperation
Islamic Relief’s 1% learning activity Bangladesh
The opening paragraph from the report from the international conference on South-South humanitarianism makes fascinating reading.
Start Fund provides £100,000 for Tanzania flood response