While humanitarian responses focus mostly on the emergency phase—like addressing lifesaving and immediate needs—addressing the impacts and risks of climate…
“Local organizations must continue to try to implement projects that generate self-sustainability [and] build more robust alliances, without losing…
Many people see “localization” as a key to providing quality humanitarian assistance in the face of decreased funding and increased…
Localization isn’t a new concept for the global humanitarian community. After many years of debate and conversation, dozens of humanitarian…
Displacement, whether caused by disaster or conflict, is fundamentally connected to housing, land, and property (HLP) rights.
The lack of systematic research and peer-reviewed publications in the humanitarian sector—particularly in shelter and settlements assistance—sheds light on the…
While humanitarian shelter and settlements (S&S) stakeholders advocate to meet global needs, the sector lacks a method to measure its…
“Localization is when [local NGOs] implement interventions and access funding at the same pace as [international NGOs]. It is…
Imagine you were living in Port-au-Prince during the 2010 earthquake, or in Tacloban City during Super Typhoon Haiyan. Imagine you…
