The American Red Cross’s Regional Disaster Team (RDT) in Central/Southern Illinois is a small but mighty operation — just 10 paid staff members managing roughly 800 volunteers across a three-state area. This case study, published by Deloitte Insights, looks at how the team significantly improved its ability to help disaster-affected people over a ten-year period, […]
In this policy paper, published by the Finnish Red Cross in November 2025, the Nepal Red Cross Society shows how effectiveness in disaster preparedness depends on the meaningful participation of groups in the most vulnerable situations. It has a specific focus on persons with disabilities and women in Eastern Nepal. The policy paper aims to
This spotlight piece highlights AAPA’s innovative approach, implementation process and achievements, and draws lessons to inform organisations aiming to achieve greater accountability to the populations they serve.
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This Agricultural Value Chains strategic positioning paper provides a roadmap to support Livelihoods and Resilience Sector Working Group (LRSWG) members’ efforts to increase farmers’ income, improve their self-sufficiency, and support their progress from subsistence towards commercial production, in line with the LRSWG Refugee Response Plan.
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The Digital Savings Group Learning brief offers critical reflections on whether a savings group in the Uganda refugee response is ready to go digital, on the objectives for pursuing digitisation/digitalisation, and on key challenges in making the shift. The DSG Learning Brief was developed in collaboration with the Uganda Inter-Agency Cash Working Group (CWG), the
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This report highlights the achievements of the Charter for Change Working Group (C4C WG) in Uganda and summarises learning from three organisations championing localisation in Kenya, the Philippines, and India. The objective of the report is to inform localisation planning in Uganda.
The Localisation Assessment Report explores how actors currently generate, share, and use evidence and how they engage affected populations to inform decision-making in the Uganda’s refugee response. It analyses local views and practices in the response in relation to research, learning and AAP. It begins with a desk review of localisation in humanitarian evidence generation,
This in-depth assessment, drawing primarily on data collected in 2024, examines climate change response strategies in the refugee and host communities of Nyumanzi settlement (Adjumani District). It aims to provide detailed data on perceived local climate impacts, deepen understanding of how vulnerable populations are responding, and equip humanitarian actors with actionable insights for more effective
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Wildfires pose a significant and increasing risk across the European Union (EU). In 2023, wildfires burned over 500,000 ha of land, marking it as the fourth-largest area burned annually on record in the EU. In the same year, Greece experienced the largest wildfire ever recorded in Europe, burning 96,000 ha in the area of Alexandroupolis.
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Form follows nature. Not as slogan. As method. In an age of climate emergency, urban intensification, and sensory saturation, this principle becomes resistance. It invites us to pause—not to impose geometry, but to observe ecology. To trace the shifting patterns of light, wind, and memory. To let trees instruct. To let people inhabit. This is
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