Resource centre
Save the Children Humanitarian Capacity Building - Annual overview
The Save the Children Humanitarian Capacity Building (HCB) team has produced an annual overview providing evidence from a range of learning programmes. Read more...
16 May 2016
Our voice at Istanbul - Outcomes from the conference for civil society
In Nairobi in February 2016, the Humanitarian Leadership Academy co-hosted a global conference, with Kenya Red Cross Society and Start Network, for civil society. Read more...
11 May 2016
Start Fund Annual Report 2015/2016
This report provides evidence of our assertion that the Start Fund, collectively owned and operated by NGOs/INGOs, can and will enable the international humanitarian system to rise to the challenges of 21st century humanitarian cr... Read more...
09 May 2016
Talent Development infographic
Talent Development is an innovative humanitarian capacity-building project that aims to develop decentralized approaches to capacity-building and to improve the quality and speed of humanitarian response in countries at risk of na... Read more...
06 May 2016
Weathering a risky climate: The role of insurance in reducing vulnerability to extreme weather
Extreme weather events were almost twice as common over the past ten years as they were during the 1980s. The people on the frontlines of the climate crisis are those who are least responsible for causing it: the world’s poorest a... Read more...
04 May 2016
Crisis response summary: Nigeria - Lassa fever
On 8 January, Nigeria’s government announced an outbreak of Lassa Fever, which by 14 January, was reported by Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control to have infected at least 140 people and killed 53 people in 14 of the country’s 36... Read more...
02 May 2016
Crisis response summary: Ethiopia, anticipation of Belg rains
Starting in early 2015, Ethiopia began experiencing its worst drought in over 30 years, with Belg rains failing in Feb-April 2015, followed by a poor Kiremt rain season in July-Sept 2015 exacerbated by El Nino. Read more...
19 April 2016
Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme infographic
The Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP) leverages collaborative advantage, maximising the potential of working together to achieve results at scale. Read more...
11 April 2016
The State of Surge Capacity in the Humanitarian Sector
The State of Surge Capacity in the Humanitarian Sector is the largest snapshot on surge for a number of years, and reveals how surge in the humanitarian sector has evolved in the past decade. Read more...
07 April 2016
Building the Evidence Base for Early Action
The benefits of early action are mostly uncontested among humanitarian actors. Nevertheless, humanitarian actors still find it challenging to act early for a variety of reasons. Read more...
06 April 2016