- Impact Report 2025Humanitarian needs are growing while time and resources are increasingly constrained. Our 2025 Impact Report shows how the Netherlands Red Cross’ data and digital team 510 supported humanitarian action across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement through data, digital tools and local… Read more: Impact Report 2025
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Ethiopian Flood Trigger Simulation: Optimizing Early Action Protocols
Written by Sander Houston Flooding due to heavy rain continues in Ethiopia, with over 500,000 people affected and approximately 300,000 people displaced since July 2020. Analyzing the impact of previous floods is the… Read more…
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Thesis Research: Characterising Housing Stock Vulnerability To Floods In Malawi
Written by Inez Gortzak Flash floods frequently occur in Karonga, a district in Northern Malawi, and have a considerable impact on households. This research aimed to combine different types of data (drone, street… Read more…
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Vulnerability Risk Index: How Data Improved COVID-19 Service Delivery
Written by Melissa El Hamouch The Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) National Societies, in most countries, act as the first and primary responders in emergency situations. The year 2020 was exceptional in regards to the response given by… Read more…
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Digital transformation: supporting digital independence
Written by Melissa El Hamouch 2020, a year that was met with great challenges introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic that led to priority shifting of many National Societies (NS). The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are still providing… Read more…
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Rumor Tracking: A Digital Transformation Approach
Written by Melissa El Hamouch What is a rumor? According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a rumor is “an unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads… Read more…
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Beirut after the explosion: how technology is playing a vital role
Written by Melissa El Hamouch The year 2020 in Lebanon, kick-started with ongoing revolutions, an economic crisis, a political collapse, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s unstable economic situation and the steady rise of COVID-19 cases were both… Read more…