Our Blog Subscribei Your corporate partners can enter the UPS International Disaster Relief Award January 8, 2016 Business in the Community’s Rosie Oglesby explains how the UPS... Read more An open letter from Sean Lowrie on localisation January 6, 2016 Sean Lowrie responds to an open letter from Mihir Bhatt, Director... Read more Ebola preparedness in Guinea-Bissau: participant interview December 21, 2015 Iama Coutinho Sampa, Psychologist, Health Centre in Bubaque, tells us... Read more Hoping for escape but ready to fight: Ebola preparedness in Guinea-Bissau December 21, 2015 By Crystal Wells, Roving Communications Officer, International Medical Corps There... Read more An open letter to Sean Lowrie from Mihir Bhatt December 18, 2015 Following the World Humanitarian Summit consultation in Geneva in October... Read more Spotlight on the Start Fund: Peer field review of the Malawi & Mozambique flood response November 23, 2015 In January 2015, the Start Fund responded to flooding in... Read more Spotlight on the Start Fund: a learning report from the Burundi refugee response in Tanzania November 23, 2015 In March 2015 the President of Burundi controversially stated his... Read more NetHope Global Summit – embracing change for collective impact November 17, 2015 Do you know how many people and organisations in the... Read more How International Medical Corps has implemented rapid response training on Ebola in Guinea-Bissau November 10, 2015 As Sierra Leone celebrates 42 days free of Ebola, we... Read more Sean Lowrie on how the Start Fund enables local and international NGOs to work together October 30, 2015 Start Network director Sean Lowrie describes the Start Fund and... Read more An open letter to Mihir Bhatt from Sean Lowrie October 23, 2015 Following the World Humanitarian Summit consultation in Geneva, Sean Lowrie,... Read more Mindfulness and stress management for aid workers October 22, 2015 Hitendra Solanki, Mindfulness & Wellbeing Adviser for ACF-UK & The... Read more ReShapeAid: Voices from the frontline October 13, 2015 With the World Humanitarian Summit set to happen in Istanbul... Read more Working collaboratively – expecting the unexpected September 24, 2015 Catherine Dennis, Protection in Practice Project Manager at Oxfam tells... Read more View from the Engine Room #3 June 12, 2015 Summer is here judging by the flowers in the garden... Read more Spotlight on the Start Fund: The importance of multi-level cooperation May 11, 2015 Matching emergency response with local development sustainability: The importance of multi-level... Read more Spotlight on the Start Fund: Islamic Relief’s 1% learning activity Bangladesh April 23, 2015 Lessons Learned responding to floods in Northwest Bangladesh CARE,... Read more New humanitarianism, local capacity and the case for system change April 20, 2015 “….Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Tunisia, and the Democratic Republic of... Read more Spotlight on the Start Fund: Choosing to have choice March 20, 2015 Choosing to have Choice : Lesson Learning on Cash Transfers... Read more View full archive View more posts in the blog archive. Visit Archive Our News Sean Lowrie’s message to COP21 leaders December 9, 2015 The Start Network’s Sean Lowrie tells world leaders attending the... Read more Join the network for change: Start Network opens applications for membership December 1, 2015 The Start Network is taking applications for membership from registered... Read more Be Safe: Strengthened Ebola communications in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau November 20, 2015 Participants of training on preparing for and preventing Ebola, have... Read more Leadership for Humanitarians Training in Amman – registration closing soon November 19, 2015 Applications are open for leadership training in Jordan, in December.... Read more Start Fund crisis update: India and Pakistan November 18, 2015 A summary of small to medium scale crises that the... Read more Call for applications: Transforming Surge Capacity Pilot Fund November 16, 2015 A pilot fund for localised and collaborative surge in the Asia... Read more Extra UK help for refugees arriving in Western Balkans November 8, 2015 Tens of thousands of people who have made the dangerous... Read more Humanitarians receive leadership training in Nairobi November 8, 2015 Last week, 26-30 October, 21 humanitarians were trained in Nairobi as... Read more Launch of the monitoring, evaluation and learning project for the Disasters and Emergency Preparedness Programme November 8, 2015 On 29 October people from across the Start Network and... Read more Vacancy for Start Fund Officer October 20, 2015 The Start Network is seeking a Start Fund Officer to... Read more Crisis update: Internally displaced people and ongoing conflict in Afghanistan October 16, 2015 On Monday 12 October, the Start Fund was alerted by... Read more Growing monitoring, evaluation and learning within the Start Network October 15, 2015 The Start Network is seeking two new colleagues to help... Read more Statement from the Start Network on the Kunduz Hospital bombings October 12, 2015 The horrific bombing of the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital... Read more Start Fund crisis update October 9, 2015 A summary of small to medium scale crises that the... Read more Start Network launches new funding mechanisms for humanitarian response September 28, 2015 New York – The Start Network has committed to prototype... Read more Start Fund allocates £160,000 for emergency response in Nigeria September 21, 2015 The Start Fund has allocated £161,802 to provide a rapid... Read more Start Fund disburses £200,000 to address oil spill crisis in Colombia July 23, 2015 On the 21st of June 2015, a rebel group sabotaged... Read more Leveraging blockchain tech to improve financial mechanisms in the aid sector July 17, 2015 The humanitarian system faces a range of challenges in ensuring... Read more Start for Change 2015: Photos from our Annual Conference June 1, 2015 Read more View full archive View more posts in the news archive. Visit Archive
