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Thousands (over 8,000) South Sudanese refugees entered north-western Uganda between 12 and 28 January 2016, driven by conflict and food insecurity in their homeland.

This year World Humanitarian Day is focusing on how the world came together in Istanbul in May to commit to helping 130 million people currently in need of humanitarian assistance. So today, we take a look at how the Start Fund is helping to enable more effective humanitarian response.

The Start Fund has responded to its 100th emergency alert in just over two years by sending urgent help to victims of flooding in Bangladesh.

Three more Start Fund Decision Making Groups have been set up in Senegal, Cameroon and DRC, Kat Reichel tells us more.

This report, for donors, Network Members and all Start Fund stakeholders, provides evidence on the performance of the Start Fund, and reflections on the challenges we have collectively faced over the last year.

Pilot to test efficient and transparent decisions about funding for crisis response.

Last week, the Start Network set up the third and fourth Start Fund decision making groups in Myanmar and Pakistan.

Plan staff discovered how effective video can be in engaging girls and boys, men and women to tackle diseases like cholera.

The Start Network is stimulating a way of working that enables the international and local to coexist in a dynamic and faster response mechanism.

Assessing the performance of Start funded projects and their influence on the evolution of crises.