- When Crisis Shifts, Your Systems Must Too: Sudan’s Digital Cash Transformation, Powered by 121Sudan is facing one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises. Conflict has displaced millions, while climate-driven shocks compound vulnerability. In such a fragile landscape, cash assistance allows people to decide what they need most, offering autonomy amid uncertainty. But delivering cash… Read more: When Crisis Shifts, Your Systems Must Too: Sudan’s Digital Cash Transformation, Powered by 121
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EXTERNAL | Enhancing Anticipatory Action Through Impact-Based Forecasting
Red Social Innovation explores how shifting from traditional weather forecasts to impact-based forecasting empowers humanitarian organizations to act proactively before disasters strike. By focusing on the potential consequences of extreme weather events –… Read more…
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Prepared for the Future: How National Societies Are Embedding Cash Readiness
What if the right systems were already in place before disaster strikes? That’s the goal of cash preparedness: making Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) a core part of humanitarian action at every stage… Read more…
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EXTERNAL | 121 Platform: Empowering Communities with Data-Driven Cash Assistance
Red Social Innovation explores how the 121 Platform, developed by the Netherlands Red Cross’ data and digital team, 510, revolutionizes humanitarian cash assistance by streamlining and securing the entire process. Designed for ease… Read more…
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Championing Community Feedback in Uganda
With active operations in 51 branches, the Uganda Red Cross Society regularly engages communities through meetings, dialogues, home visits and social media, looking to optimize its aid offerings. However, much of this feedback… Read more…
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A journey, not a destination: digital transformation stories from Eswatini and Ireland
People around the globe make use of digital services every day, and humanitarian organizations are no exception. Recognizing the need to accelerate the digital transformation of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, the… Read more…
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OPINION | We need to prioritise digital products across humanitarian operations. Here’s why.
Our team lead, Maarten van der Veen, discusses the importance of digital products in humanitarian work, emphasizing their significance for more effective, local humanitarian operations. This World Red Cross Red Crescent Day, we… Read more…