The Start Network successfully completed its first test for decentralising decision making yesterday when a Start Fund project selection committee based in Nairobi met for the first time.
The second Start Fund activation took place this week in response to renewed displacement in Kachin, Myanmar
Today the Start Fund disbursed a total of £325,000 to fund four agency projects in South Sudan.
Following its launch yesterday, the Start Fund has been activated for the South Sudan crisis.
The humanitarian news and analysis forum IRIN has published a report on the Start Fund: NGOs look to a new humanitarian funding model.
