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Start Network has launched a new online platform that will allow its members, donors and the public to monitor humanitarian alerts as they happen, follow how money is spent and see how many people have been helped.
The Start Network is setting up a £10 million rapid response fund, which will respond early and fast to under the radar emergencies in Bangladesh.
In late 2016, the Start Fund was alerted to an outbreak of dengue fever in Burkina Faso. Read ALIMA's account of their efforts to combat the disease.
When Typhoon Nock-Ten made landfall on December 25, Joana Villaflor had just arrived home for Christmas on Catanduanes island. Joana, a member of On Call Surge Philippines, a shared roster set up by the Start Network’s Transforming Surge Capacity…
Start Network's Annemarie Poorterman tells us more about her work to set up a national version of the Start Fund in Bangladesh.
In one of the most unique Start Fund projects to date, ACTED provide an overview of their response to Typhoon Nock-Ten in the Philippines.
Paul Currion discusses the potential of the Start Fund's blockchain pilot to revolutionise ways of working in the humanitarian sector
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.
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
Start Network member Action Against Hunger (ACF) tell us more about its response to the monsoons in Bangladesh