Ask a Rohingya girl what she wants to be when she grows up, she might tell you she’d like to be a teacher, doctor, or even a shop owner, but for many, these are professions they may find hard to achieve. Discrimination in education for Rohingya boys and girls,...
Anjali Katta was previously an intern at the Innovation Service and supported UNHCR’s Malawi operation for a specific assessment around the information and communication needs of refugees in Dzaleka camp. This is her reflection around the experience and...
Peak ‘There’s an app for that’. During the Europe ‘crisis’ of 2015 we experienced a huge surge in volunteer resources, many people wanting to volunteer came with great software/app development skills. At this time, refugees faced significant communication gaps, and...
The purpose of this blog series is to encourage people to begin their own grassroots humanitarian projects. By sharing my own experiences with Zaatari Radio I hope I can inspire as many other people as possible to take action and begin their own innovative projects....
In a previous blog post on creating a grassroots humanitarian project, I alluded to the idea that funding is not a barrier to innovation, but an opportunity to build a community around your project. Although raising the necessary funds to ensure your project is as...
Spoiler alert: There isn’t one. Closing the feedback loop is notoriously challenging. To correct and adapt our programming, we need to understand what doesn’t work, who it doesn’t work for, and what improvements or alternatives are needed. Based on this information,...
