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Building A Better Response: New E-Learning Platform
The new Building A Better Response (BBR) e-learning platform is here! Launched in 2022, the platform features updated learning modules, new avatars, an updated color palette, and new case study assessments. Humanitarians in focus Since 2012, BBR has been used as an onboarding tool for new humanitarian professions across a range of local and international NGOs. BBR's key objectives are to train new humanitarian actors and to refresh the knowledge of experienced humanitarian actors. BBR has improved knowledge of the humanitarian system for close to 90,000 learners based in 224 countries and territories around the world. Available in several languages The course is available in 4 languages: English, Arabic, French, and Spanish. Voiceover options are also available in Polish and Ukrainian. Transcript translations are available in Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Dari, and Urdu. Who is behind the E-Learning Platform Funded by the US Agency for International Development Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, the project is being implemented through a consortium that brings together a combination of operational and technical expertise, spearheaded by International Medical Corps in collaboration with Concern Worldwide and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Enroll HERE and contribute to a better response in humanitarian assistance
DEMAC at the Humanitarian Networks & Partnerships Weeks 2023
What can we learn from the diaspora humanitarian responses in Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan?
Women-led Diaspora Organizations; key actors for sustainable development
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What can we learn from diasporas? Good practices in humanitarian response
Harnessing the good to become better together in delivering life-saving aid!
Turkish and Syrian diaspora organizations' response to the earthquake
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Afghan Diaspora Engagement Efforts 2022
August 2022. DEMAC Real-Time Review on Diaspora Engagement Efforts and Engagement in Afghanistan with a perspective on gendered humanitarian response.
Diaspora Humanitarian Response & Engagement Good Practices
July 2022. This report provides an overview of key good practices of diaspora organizations that engage in humanitarian response.
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