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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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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…
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A Localization Success Story from the Malagasy Red Cross Society
Continue reading: A Localization Success Story from the Malagasy Red Cross SocietyIn the field of humanitarian aid, following the principles of localization ensures effective and context-sensitive responses to crises. Local humanitarian actors are the first to respond and often have access to areas that international actors do not. Present within communities before, during,…