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A stronger base for local action

Beyond projects and emergency response, how can international humanitarian organizations support sustainable humanitarian engagement at the local level?

‘Our techniques are working!’

Following principles of ‘build-back safer’ and ‘build back local’, some communities in Madagascar are boosting their resilience to tropical storms. Some have already passed their first, very severe test: Cyclone Freddy.

Guest editorials: World Humanitarian Summit — a big deal for humanity?

Guest editorials World Humanitarian Summit: a big deal for humanity? Merewalesi Nailatikau Youth commission chair, Fiji Red Cross Society I was quite proud of the Movement’s position at the Summit, particularly with its emphasis on human dignity and the idea of ‘intervention as local as possible, as international as necessary’ as well as our message [...]