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Start Ready was launched in 2022 - creating the first of its kind NGO-managed risk pool.

How we can better incorporate gender principles in short-term humanitarian programming.

Blog by Danielle Turner and Marwa Tasnim on Cyclone Remal response in Bangladesh where Start Ready, Start Fund Anticipation, and Start Fund Rapid Response were all activated.

Held on July 25-26, 2024, in Islamabad, the Assembly gathered 98 participants from various national and international organizations to review and strategize READY Pakistan’s evolution.

In humanitarian and disaster response efforts, LGBTQIA+ individuals are among the most vulnerable yet least visible

Start Ready contributes to a more locally led and anticipatory humanitarian system by building Disaster Risk Financing systems through networks of members at the national level, ensuring these systems are governed and owned by national stakeholders, and encourages direct funding to flow to members. It is contributing to the shift in the way that humanitarian action is approached and delivered by offering a powerful alternative for collaborating, financing and operating. 

At the recent COP28 summit, the UK government allocated a substantial £100 million to tackle climate change, focusing on supporting at-risk communities - of which £6 million will be dedicated to protecting Senegal, Somalia, Madagascar and Zimbabwe from extreme drought and/or cyclone events through the ARC Replica mechanism.

The Howden Group Foundation has pledged £400,000 to Start Network in line with its commitment to support scalable and sustainable solutions that build the resilience of disproportionately affected communities to climate change around the world.

This grant sought to enable the creation of new methodologies to measure the success and impact of humanitarian interventions. The Community-Led Approaches to Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Research Grant was created in March 2022, with support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and the IKEA Foundation. This grant formed part of the Start Network’s push for a locally led humanitarian system and to meet the participation revolution commitment in the Grand Bargain, which seeks to promote the link between effective participation and the quality and effectiveness of humanitarian response.