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The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Services for Communities (S4C) conducted a series of interviews and held focus group discussions with community leaders, community delegates and randomly selected adult male and female groups in Bangassou, Kaga Bandoro and Bria between 15—25 of
Hurricane Beryl―the strongest hurricane in the history of the Atlantic in the month of June―formed on 30 June 2024 as a Category-4
On the morning of 5 October, Hurricane Matthew, the Caribbean's worst storm in nearly a decade hit parts of the Bahamas, Haiti and Cuba. Hurricane Matthew caused significant damage in the three countries, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on 28 October as a Category 5 storm, causing widespread damage before continuing its path across Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The ETC activities in the Caribbean are coming to an end soon.
"ICT is not a man’s job… having diversity in a team goes a long way."
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In early March, David Beasley, the World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director (ED), conducted an important mission to Yemen to - in his own words - draw the world’s attention to the worsening plight of its people, who have been pushed to the brink of famine by years of con
The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean, consisting of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, with a land area of approximately 264 square kilometres. The population is around 88,000, primarily residing on Grand Cayman.
Minutes of the CDAC Community of Practice call on the Horn of Africa Drought Crisis. Key take-aways
The CDAC Network is holding its Members' Forum in Geneva from 8 - 9 July, at the ICRC’s state-of-the-art Humanitarium.
"Throughout the past years, Ericsson Response has been a constant, reliable and present partner to the World Food Programme.
ETC Partner Day is underway from 18 to 19 November 2025 at Ericsson Response headquarters in Sweden, where participants are marking 25 years of collaboration with one of ETC’s longest-standing partners in emergency connectivity.
Today we are celebrating inspiring women who dedicated their lives and careers to the increas
Today the world celebrates the United Nations Universal Children's Day, established since 1954.
The ETC was activated in Central African Republic in December 2013 to respond to the needs of data and security telecommunications services, technical and maintenance support in common operational area and overall coordination of emergency telecommunication services.
The Central African Republic (CAR) has suffered from a complex humanitarian crisis since a protection crisis erupted at the end of 2013. Continued displacement and violence have had serious humanitarian consequences for civilians.
Satellite Community signs Crisis Connectivity Charter in Support of Humanitarian Operations
Communities affected by disaster must be at the centre of humanitarian response efforts before, during and after crises.
Software part of wider drive to improve efficiency in humanitarian assistance through Artificial Intelligence
By Suzanne Fenton
On 30 December 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) China Country Office was notified about cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (cause) in Wuhan city, Hubei province.
From where I sit, doing my job I get to see some amazing views. But one slip at the wrong time and I could fall... unfortunately to my death.
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