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At 4:40am on November 8th 2013 Typhoon Haiyan slammed into the Visayas region of the Philippines.
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) has developed a model to assess the benefits of investment in emergency telecommunications preparedness.
"I am fully dedicated to working within cultural bounds to make sure women have access to the very ICT that is changing the lives of the rest of the world."
For the tiny Himalayan nation of Nepal, the last two months have been punctuated by earthquakes and aftershocks resulting in large-scale humanitarian response efforts.
It would seem that you learn something new every day in this job. Sitting in the back of a pick-up truck with his colleagues LP Svensson and Mike Duffin of Ericsson Response, Prakash Muniandy (former ETC Coordinator in Vanuatu) had just landed on Tanna from Port Vila.
Since the beginning of the conflict in Yemen in 2015, Aden, the fourth largest city in the country, has been severely affected. The ongoing war has had an impact on a large number of facilities in the city, including World Food Programme’s premises, as well as on infrastructure.
The rain is falling heavily in Cox’s Bazar. The ETS team – Alpha Bah, Chief of the ETC, Phyza Jameel, Services for Communities (S4C) advisor, and myself get into a minivan to visit some of the refugee camps and new settlements in the region. The vegetation around is lush and green.
The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) in Nigeria shows us why it is so critical for humanitarian responders to know how to use a handheld radio to stay safe during field missions, amid potentially perilous security conditions.
In the Central Sahel region, where over 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line [1], there are stark inequalities in access to basic social services, including access t
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) is not currently activated in Saint Martin, but World Food Programme (WFP), in its capacity as global ETC lead, is supporting the response activities coordinated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) following t
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Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa) consists of two main islands and a collection of smaller islands. The two main islands are Upolu and Savai’i. Upolu is the most populated of Samoa’s two main islands and the location of the country's capital, Apia.
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), led by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Pacific, has kicked off a vital week of training in Apia, Samoa.
Apia, Samoa – Emergency responders and telecommunications experts from across the Pacific are converging in Apia on 11-13 July to discuss ways to improve emergency communications for disaster, at the first regional workshop of its kind jointly hosted by the Samoan Government and
The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) and the Government of Luxembourg will conduct a Satellite Community Business Consultation on 9 June 2015 in Luxembourg, under the auspices of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Today, when an emergency strikes anywhere across the globe, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) network kicks into action deploying people and equipment neces sary to provide urgent communications services to the humanitarian community. Tomorrow, this won't be enough.
Dubai, 30 May 2016 – From the migrant crisis in Europe, to the earthquake in Nepal, the ability to communicate is essential to humanitarian emergency operations.
World-leading satellite operators step up support for the global humanitarian community
Geneva, 14 October - In the past year alone, global natural disasters including in Vanuatu, Nepal and the Philippines demonstrated the critical role of communications i
Mzee in Kiswahili means ‘old man full of wisdom’ – a word used to describe Amos Mwea by colleagues at the WFP Somalia Country Office.
With three years of presence in Ukraine, ETC continues to provide critical telecommunication services to the humanitarian community.
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This course will provide essential and basic knowledge about the importance and implementation of radio-based Security Communications Systems. |
Applications are now closed.
This is a virtual course that will include a mix of live sessions and self-paced e-learning.
Seats: 16
Application Deadline: 26 July, 2023 (Midnight GMT)
Security Communication Systems are an essential part of humanitarian operations, not only as a security mitigation measure, but as a backup communications system that has been used effective after sudden onset emergencies and natural disasters.
The sun rises on another day in Maiduguri with the Harmattan haze covering the city. The Harmattan is a dusty wind which blows during the dry season from the Sahara desert over West Africa.
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A core ETC competence, this course will enable learners to have a good understanding of what a service mindset is and how do we respond with this mindset while delivering ETC services. |
ETC Services are deployed in defined ‘common operational areas', i.e. areas approved by the Humanitarian Country Team in which the majority of United Nations agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations are based.
Communication has to work both ways, with humanitarians listening to the population they are trying to help.
Jalal Shah, Global ETC Coordinator, touched down in North East Nigeria recently to visit the Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) team operating there. He had a look at operations and met with stakeholders to discuss future for ETS collaborations.
Early April and the Red Roof humanitarian hub – home to ETS staff, as well as all responders from United Nations (UN) agencies and humanitarian organizations in Maiduguri – seemed quieter than usual. The usual bustle and the numerous
Early April and the Red Roof humanitarian hub – home to ETS staff, as well as all responders from United Nations (UN) agencies and humanitarian organizations in Maiduguri – seemed quieter than usual. The usual bustle and the numerous activities have now quietened as most staff are working f
A young boy down by the river was yelling at a cow. He had the same pose my niece has when she’s yelling at the neighbour’s dog. I could almost hear him yelling “No Frankie, this is where I play and that’s where you play!” He wasn’t of course. I have no idea what he was saying.
Gear.Up is an intensive six-day emergency simulation exercise drawing nearly 200 participants, facilitators and observers from over 40 different humanitarian organisations to Neuhausen, Germany, from 14 to 20 October 2018.
On the night of 13 August 2017, the city of Freetown and its outskirts experienced torrential rains and mudslides that continued well into the morning of 14 August 2017.
Heavy and prolonged rain that occurred in Sierra Leone last week, caused a massive landslide on Monday, 14 August. Areas around Freetown, the capital, were swept by a mudslide killing almost 500 people, and triggering massive destructions especially in the areas of Regent and Kamayama.