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Bringing development into the information age As part of my effort to slowly but surely get an Master’s degree, I am taking some interesting courses in Development Theories. One of the papers I got the opportunity to write for one of the courses focused on...
Expanding our limits The emotion of fear is as old as mankind. It is what we experience as a response to physical and emotional danger.
It’s no secret that technology is constantly changing how we live our everyday lives. From how we shop, manage our finances and stay connected to friends and family, it plays a vital role.
NetHope Situation Report 3 — 2013-11-11 Overall Situation Over 9.6 million people were affected when Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda), one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, crossed the Philippines on November 8th. The number of casualties is...
NetHope Situation Report 2 — 2013-11-09 Overall Situation The initial reports coming out ofthe worst hit areas paint a dire picture of the situation after Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda), one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded, crossed the...
NetHope Situation Report 1 — 2013-11-08 Situation Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda), one of the strongest typhoons this year, continues to maintain strength as it passes over the Philippines. It made initial landfall just before 5 a.m.
Applying the principles of Lean Methodology to Humanitarian Response The whole humanitarian response system is undergoing a radical shift. We are moving from a top-down model to a bottoms-up survivor-centric model.
One of the critical issues we often face after a disaster is that the communication infrastructure has been affected. Even when cell towers are still standing, the power infrastructure is severely damaged and often it takes days or weeks to restore these...
For the past year, we have been advocating for bringing the concepts of open data into the humanitarian space. We have written a number of blog posts, we have spoken at conferences, and we have traveled the world and met with humanitarian organizations,...
This post was originally published on Markets for Good, an initiative to discover how the social sector can better use and share information to improve outcomes and change lives. Gisli Olafsson is the Emergency Response Director at NetHope, which is...