Paul Currion discusses the potential of the Start Fund's blockchain pilot to revolutionise ways of working in the humanitarian sector
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Yitna Tekaligne, country director, Christian Aid Ethiopia, discusses new approaches to tackling poverty and gives examples from four social enterprises in Kenya.
It’s home to 50,000 people, living in regimented rows of identical white portable cabins in an arid, cold and windy region of Jordan. Some have been living there for more than three years – men, women and children from across Syria. Many of the…
Lina al Tarazi, Programme Field Coordinator with the Royal Health Awareness Society (RHAS) in Jordan, reflects on her experience of participating in Context, a programme led by Oxfam GB as part of the Start Network's Talent Development DEPP project.…
The Start Network is delighted to announce details of the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP) Innovation Labs has launched a worldwide search for organisations to run the new labs.
Diana Hiscock, Disability Adviser at HelpAge International, considers the impact of "attitude" on our perception of events, and how this can shape our behaviour.
Revolutionary “blockchain” technology that could transform how the world does business is to be tested by the Start Network through the Start Fund, in the first ever trial of its use in rapid response to humanitarian crisis.
Save the Children's Carol Hatchett shares messages from people involved in Talent Development, a project which brings organisations together to build local capacities.
Aid agencies will be enabled to tackle looming disasters before they have occurred, under a pioneering project being launched today by the Start Network.
Start Network's Luke Caley looks at how the Start Fund has learned to anticipate - and what's coming next
The Start Network has joined a consultancy assignment to explore how structured risk management, using instruments such as insurance, could provide an important set of tools for protecting education investments.
Sean Lowrie asks why do agencies from five different continents want to know and join Start Network? What advantages do they receive by doing so - both now and in the future - and what else do they gain?