As the climate emergency continues to pose worldwide challenges, millions in communities vulnerable to hazards will be increasingly impacted in the aftermath of disasters unless further tangible disaster risk reduction steps are taken.
Tropical Cyclone (TC) Freddy made landfall on Tuesday evening, 21 February in the coastal town of Mananjary in Madagascar.
Work is beginning to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 to almost 140,000 refugees and nearby communities in Cameroon. The projects have been enabled by the Migration Emergency Response Fund (MERF), which has released funding, following a crisis alert on 20 March.
Start Network has launched a new COVID-19 aid fund to anticipate and respond to critical virus-related humanitarian needs in low-income countries. The fund is being kickstarted with a donation from IKEA Foundation for €1.5M, other donors are being sought.
The Sustainable Impact Hub (SIH) is bringing together stakeholders from international development and humanitarian organisations in Davos from 21–24 January 2020 to showcase the power of cross-sector collaboration. For the third consecutive year, 17 organisations have come together under Sustainable Development Goal 17 to ‘Accelerate cross-sector collaboration for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’.
Start Network, a global network of more than 40 aid charities, has today signalled its commitment to help millions of people become more resilient to climate-related crises by strengthening early humanitarian financing and action.
A global network of aid agencies has today confirmed that the biggest ever funding allocation to civil society for early humanitarian action has been announced. The money will enable aid agencies to offer life-saving support to people before an oncoming drought in Senegal leads to a famine, which threatens people’s lives.
LONDON - A global network of humanitarian agencies, has today launched a new charity, which is aiming to catalyse a new era of humanitarian aid. Start Network has been created because its members believe that the global aid system needs urgent reform to meet the challenges posed by today’s crises.
