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Aiming for a 100% green energy goal in South Sudan
Responding to the humanitarian crisis in remote areas of South Sudan means working and living with a near constant feeling of uncertainty. Will it rain today, thus slowing down operations? Will there be fighting in this area?
Drought in the Horn of Africa, coupled with conflict in Somalia, has affected over 13 million people. Five countries in the region are severly affected - Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda.
Failed rains, high food and fuel prices and conflict in the Horn of Africa have resulted in a large scale food crisis stretching four countries and affecting over 10 million people.
Guidance document for anyone connecting to ETC internet services in the field.
I know what it is like to live and work in a hostile environment.
By Emma Wadland
Also published on World Food Programme Insight
In Maiduguri, capital of the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno, little things make a big difference.
In West Africa, the ET Cluster is providing internet connectivity and radio services to treatment units, government response centres and NGO offices as part of the Ebola emergency response.
Internet and phone services to enhance aid operations after months of unrest
"The security situation across the country is volatile," says Komi Amedjonekou, ICT Officer for the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Central African Republic (CAR).
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is pleased to invite you to the Humanitarian ICT Week - Sunday 26 April to Thursday 30 April - in partnership with International Humanitaran City and sponsored by Thuraya and Yahsat.
The HNPW 2017 will be held from 6 to 10 February at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), in Geneva, Switzerland.
Building on the success of the first Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week, the second annual meeting of the Consultative Group will be held from 1 to 4 February 2016 in Geneva. The event will be led by DFID UK and OCHA as co-chairs of the Consultative Group.
The fourth Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) was held at the International Conference Centre (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland from 5-9 February 2018.
For too many years there has been a misguided distrust between the humanitarian and private sectors. The former believed the latter was focused only on making a few bucks. The latter believed the former was stubborn and reluctant to change.
By Elizabeth Millership
Oyintare Kalama – known as Tarex– joined the ETS in North-East Nigeria as an Information Management Officer (IMO) ten months ago just as the COVID-19 pandemic started to unfold.
On Sunday 1 September, Hurricane Dorian reached Category 5 Hurricane level as it made landfall on the northern islands of the Bahamas and a second landfall on Abaco island.
- World Food Programme (WFP), the global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) lead, has offered to support the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDMA) with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) assessments and deployment of Internet connectivity services where req
A follow-up Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) information-sharing teleconference to discuss the impact of category-4 Hurricane Matthew on the Caribbean region and response required.
This guidance provides the framework for the gathering of information relevant to the conduct of the ICT Capacity Assessment (ICA).
A lifesaving workshop
In today's world, with its increasing number of natural disasters and manmade catastrophes, there is an indisputable need for governments and states to prepare their countries to respond effectively to rising threats.
Gone are the days when a technician, was simply a technician. It is no longer enough for humanitarian ICT responders to just have the technical skills, they need to be so much more.
Despite restrictions, the humanitarian community is working together to provide IT and telecoms services in and around Syria
"The situation in Syria is catastrophic and getting worse by the day," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said recently at a pledging conference in Kuwait.
Side Event: Improving Cross-Sector Responses to Humanita
The Global Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is inviting you to participate in the second information-sharing teleconference on the Indonesia earthquake and tsunami which will be held Friday 5 October 2018 at 1300 UTC.
Agenda:
A devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawe
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake Palu City and Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on Friday, 28 September, 2018. The earthquake epicentre was recorded at 10 km depth, 27 km northeast of Donggala, Central Sulawesi.
The ETC conducts Information Management (IM) and communications activities at the global level as well as for operations in which the ETC/ETS is activated.
In October and November, the Internews team in Bangladesh, composed of the Asia Humanitarian Adviser and the Internews Bangladesh Country Representative, condu
By Emma Wadland, Communications Lead, IT Emergency Preparedness and Response, World Food Programme
Photo: WFP / Phyza Jameel
Are women more vulnerable to the effects of disasters than men?
The outbreak of violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar since August 2017 has displaced the Rohingya population, who have been forced to flee their homes and cross the border to Bangladesh.
Before there was email, before there were radios, before there were phones, there were Chasquis – teams of agile and highly trained runners who physically carried messages thousands of kilometres across the ancient Incan Empire to report, coordinate and communicate.
? Since Hurricane Beryl tore across the Caribbean in early July 2024, interagency #CT efforts have supported national government response ― coordinated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) ― to restore co