Interviews
East Africa Facing a Hunger Crisis
World Food Day raises awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger in order to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all. This year’s theme promotes investment in sustainable...
Caribbean Disaster Response Communications by ITC Global
In the wake of the recent back-to-back hurricanes that have devastated the Caribbean, remote satellite communications provider, ITC Global, has joined its customers and NGO partners in supporting humanitarian...
United Nations General Assembly 2017
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) concluded on 25 September in New York City. Much of the discussion focused on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year’s theme was Focusing...
Indigenous Africans Face Barriers in this Developing Continent
August 9th marks the annual International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. There are approximately 370 million indigenous people around the world. Indigenous people face more barriers than their...
World Habitat Day
October 2nd is World Habitat Day, which is a day to reflect on the basic right of adequate shelter for all. This year’s theme is Housing Policies: Affordable Homes, which is championed by United Cities...
Planet of the Apps at the Global Disaster Relief & Development Summit 2017
As part of the Global Disaster Relief & Development Summit 2017 that took place in Washington, D.C., Planet of the Apps presented some of the latest mobile applications supporting humanitarian...
ONE 2017 Data Report: Financing for the African Century
The continent of Africa is currently at a development impasse. As global aid patterns shift and African economies weaken from the drop in commodity prices, Africa’s development becomes stagnate....
United Nations Report on Sustainable Development Goals
Commenting on the recently published UN report on the progress of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN Secretary-General António Guterres remarked that the “rate of progress in...
Hurricane Season and the Dawn of the Technological Response
The Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico have recently faced trial after trial with the arrival of three hurricanes into this region. As Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and Louisiana, the states...
Disaster Preparedness Steps for Small Businesses
A disaster of any size can turn a small business upside-down. A single tropical storm is capable of devastating an entire city with long-term implications and millions of dollars in damage. And following...
Responding to Climate Change with Climate Science in Kenya
Kenya, like many other climate vulnerable countries around the world, has experienced natural disasters and extreme weather at an alarming rate and immense intensity. The impacts of climate vulnerability...
The Path to Achieving Health SDGs
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently published a report estimating the amount of investment required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for health within an ambitious framework....
