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READY Pakistan

… financial and risk management, inclusivity, diversity, and accountability, rapid need assessment, do no harm, and gender …

Why independence matters

This is big news: spinning off a new charity is the not-for-profit equivalent of an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Today we have become an independent Company and Charity that is owned by the Member NGOs. Until today we have been a consortium hosted by Save the Children UK. Until today we have seen ourselves as a start-up. Today we exited that incubation.

ARC Replica

"Early intervention through insurance drastically increases the number of people who can be helped" - Nelly Maonde, Start Network Country Disaster Risk Finance Coordinator - Zimbabwe

Start Network’s call to action to the new Emergency Relief Coordinator

The new Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Martin Griffiths, has officially started his role as the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, the most senior humanitarian role at the United Nations. He will be leading the policies and strategic decisions of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) which will have an impact across the humanitarian sector and the way the sector responds to crises.