Interviews
Farmers should drive climate-proofing, report finds
African smallholder farmers should be given financial, technical and political support to help climate-proof their food production, a report says. Community-led initiatives that combat desertification,...
Enabling the Path to Recovery with Critical Connectivity in Nepal
Benegas Brothers Expeditions’ Alpine Guides Rely on Iridium-Enabled Broadband Service to Reestablish Trade Routes and Reconnect Communities in Remote Mountain Villages The moment the 7.8-magnitude...
How do we protect global food supplies from extreme weather?
Recent events highlight concerns about the risks to global food security posed by changing patterns of extreme weather affecting the world’s ‘breadbasket’ regions such as the American...
Nepal: 100 days after the earthquake
The 25 April earthquake in Nepal, and the 12 May earthquake that followed it, left behind massive destruction and devastation that affected millions of people. According to the government of Nepal, more...
6 reasons why we need clean water for all
This is part of a series on the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the Stockholm Resilience Centre. This article focuses on goal 6 – Ensure availability...
XLA’s GlobalCorps: The Solution for Talent Acquisition
Connecting the Right Talent Enables Organizations to Build Teams for Humanitarian Assistance and International Development Efforts The GlobalCorps™ brand is a recognized and trusted source for filling...
Annual AIDF Global Disaster Relief Summit Concluded in Washington D.C.
The seventh annual AIDF Global Disaster Relief Summit was held in Washington D.C. on the 10th and 11th of September at the Ronal Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The...
How can we improve food security?
Earlier this summer I attended an event on the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) at the Milan Expo – a major international exhibition on the theme of ‘feeding the...
Global Disaster Relief Summit Working to Continue the Efforts of World Humanitarian Day
“In a world that is ever more digitally connected, each of us has the power and responsibility to inspire our fellow human beings to act to help others and create a more humane world.” UN Secretary-General...
Connect the fundraisers to the financiers and #ShareHumanity
By Beverley Gwadera, Head of Business Development (NGOs) at Ebury. For the last seven years, I have been in roles that provide financial and fundraising support to the charitable sector. In that...
How Social Media Moved People to Act in Flood-Ravaged Myanmar
Myanmar’s flooding crisis, caused by several days of monsoon rains and Cyclone Komen, has affected 330,000 people already in 12 states and destroyed a million acres of farmland. This is the largest...
Changing the world, one transfer at a time
NGOs may not seem the most typical participants in the foreign exchange market, but they require the same currency strategies as international businesses. How to procure emerging market currencies and volatile...
