Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Director Michael VanRooyen discusses the impact of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas on August...
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The Signal Code: A Human Rights Approach to Information During Crisis
Visit the Signal Code Minisite
The Signal Code is the result of a six month study by the Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to...
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Negotiation with Non-State Armed Groups at the Frontlines
In many of today’s frontline humanitarian environments, access is increasingly difficult to obtain and maintain, and continued engagement with non-state armed actors is an integral aspect of ensuring assistance and protection activities and advocating for compliance with international legal...
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Data preparedness: connecting data, decision making and humanitarian response
Signal Program Standards and Ethics Series - Issue 1
Data are a central component of humanitarian response. Frequently, however, there is a disconnect between data, decision-making and response. Informed decisions need to be made in the first hours and days of an emergency, and if the...
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KoboToolbox’s Question Library
The KoBoToolbox Question Library enables users to create, store, share and re-use validated questions across surveys. This speeds up the process of creating new forms and contributes to the standardization of survey questions.
For more information, visit...
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Humanitarian Needs Assessment Training
The Humanitarian Needs Assessment E-learning program is designed to provide an overview of the Humanitarian Needs Assessment process. The process can look very different depending on the scale of a disaster, the role of humanitarian organizations involved and the resources available to any...
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Building a Better Response
The Building a Better Response e-learning course provides users with a comprehensive and practical introduction to engaging with the international humanitarian architecture. The e-learning component is publicly accessible free of charge.
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The Role of International Law in Humanitarian Assistance | Link | ||
| Male hunters, Central African Republic | ||||
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Sheri Fink | |||
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Jerome Grimaud | |||
| During the time we were running from the LRA at home |
During the time we were running from the LRA at home the government did not come in to support us. It only happened when our sons grew annoyed and felt they could not just see their people get finished completely by the LRA. So they formed armed groups to defend the communities from... |
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| Yurvi and Tatiana stand in the ruins of their home in Nikishino, eastern Ukraine | ||||
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Organizational Mandates | Link | ||
| Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course: International Participant Registration Information | ||||
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Benjamin Davies |
Benjamin Davies is a Senior Program Manager for the Humanitarian Academy at Harvard. In this role, he manages the selection, production and dissemination of multimedia case studies and simulations focused on humanitarian theory and practice related to complex emergencies. Benjamin joined... |
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Measuring Peacebuilding Education and Advocacy, Strategic Level Results and Beyond Webinar |
With support from UNICEF Learning for Peace Program, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is conducting a series of knowledge, attitude, and perception (KAP) surveys to measure the relationship between education and peacebuilding measures, including social cohesion and resilience, in 5 selected... |
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| Sometimes when the rebels attack |
Sometimes when the rebels attack us here, we would run to another community or area. The people there would host us. Feed us and even give us their huts to live in until the situation calms down, then we... |
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Katie Bates |
Katie Bates has had a diverse and exciting professional background. She has over six years working in the publishing industry, six years building and managing professional development programming, and more than twelve years in project management. She has partnered in the design and delivery of... |
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| Education: Harvard Degree Curriculum | ||||
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Patrick Vinck |
Patrick Vinck, Ph.D. is the Research Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. He is assistant professor at the Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and lead investigator at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. His current research examines resilience,... |
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| HPCR: MRF and ATHA | ||||
| Migrants and asylum seekers queue up at Mytilene Port on the Greek island of Lesvos waiting for police clearance. | ||||
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Hichem Demortier |
Hichem is the 2016-2017 Australian American Fulbright Scholar for Non-Profit Leadership, and Senior Fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), where he will collaborate with HHI experts to develop a research agenda on quality of care in humanitarian emergencies and resilience of health... |
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Alain Lempereur, SJD |
Alain Lempereur is the Brandeis University’s Alan Slifka Chair Professor and Director of the Conflict Resolution and Coexistence Program, where he created the Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Management concentration. He is also an affiliate faculty and executive committee member of the... |
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