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The Netherlands Red Cross‘ data and digital initiative 510 aims to help every National Red Cross and Red Crescent Society in need anywhere. Our purpose is to improve the speed, quality and cost-effectiveness of humanitarian aid by creating products and services using data and digital. Read more about how we can help you accelerate your National Society’s digital transformation journey
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Strengthening Cash Assistance in Ukraine: Collaborative Digital Solutions in Action
Continue reading: Strengthening Cash Assistance in Ukraine: Collaborative Digital Solutions in ActionThe escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, combined with harsh winter temperatures, has exacerbated living conditions for affected communities. In response, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement has come together, with the Ukrainian Red Cross Society at its forefront, to deliver…
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Leveraging Localized Flood Models in Malawi’s Battle Against Rising Waters
Continue reading: Leveraging Localized Flood Models in Malawi’s Battle Against Rising WatersOver the past five decades, Malawi has experienced 21 major floods, with projections of these events further increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change. The impact of these floods is huge: homes and farmlands are destroyed; livelihoods are at risk;…
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Reaching People Affected with Helpful Information
Continue reading: Reaching People Affected with Helpful InformationMigration and displacement pose some of the biggest humanitarian challenges of our time. At the end of 2022, 108.4 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced as a result of ongoing and new conflicts. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…
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Efficient And Secure: How the 121 Platform Revolutionizes Cash Assistance in Ethiopia
Continue reading: Efficient And Secure: How the 121 Platform Revolutionizes Cash Assistance in EthiopiaThe conflict in the Tigray Region, as well as inter-ethnic clashes in central and western Ethiopia, have rendered the area highly unstable, leading to large-scale displacement and exacerbating food insecurity through damaged services and infrastructure, drought, and intercommunal tensions. In response, the…