SBTF/USAID – A Partnership – The Future of Digital Volunteers?
Kirk Morris, Melissa Elliott, Jeannine Lemaire – SBTF “On Friday, June 1st, USAID’s GeoCenter and Development Credit Authority (DCA) launched the Agency’s first-ever crowdsourcing initiative to...
View ArticleNew SBTF Deployment for Typhoon Yolanda
Disaster responders in the Philippines need your help! The Standby Task Force is officially deploying in response to a Digital Humanitarian Network (DHN) request from UN OCHA to assist with media...
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View ArticleStandby Task Force Activation announced for Vanuatu / Pam
Activation for Vanuatu starts immediately We have received an activation request from UN-OCHA via the Digital Humanitarian Network (DHN). The Core Team believes this meets our activation criteria so we...
View ArticleOne month supporting humanitarian agencies in Vanuatu
Well over 100 volunteers from across the globe dedicated their time and skills online over the past month to support the humanitarian response in Vanuatu. One month ago a category 5 storm swept across...
View ArticleEarthquake affecting Nepal
As many of you will be aware a substantial earthquake struck Nepal at 06:11 UTC today 25 April 2015. This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the...
View ArticleWe deploy online. Join us.
We’ve been receiving messages from people wanting to find out how they can get to Nepal and provide practical help with the search and rescue tasks. Though we totally understand the urge to help, the...
View ArticleFirst 3W report: Agencies responding to Nepal
This is the first edition of the 3W report. Published May 2 2015. We also have a low bandwidth version available.
View ArticleCan you or, someone you know, help us verify reports from Nepal?
We are receiving a potentially overwhelming number of urgent requests. While in Nepal responders have difficulty moving around. There have been occasions where a team has taken a full day to reach an...
View ArticleSecond 3W report: Agencies responding to Nepal
This is the second edition of the 3W report. Published May 2 2015. We also have a low bandwidth version available. Please contact justine@standbytaskforce.com skype:fidget01 to request access.
View ArticleWe’re in the UN Volunteering newsletter
During our Nepal deployment, a group of 14 UN Online Volunteers joined us. The experiences of two of them have just been published in the UN Volunteering newsletter. It’s a great article. Thanks to all...
View ArticleSBTF/USAID – A Partnership – The Future of Digital Volunteers?
Kirk Morris, Melissa Elliott, Jeannine Lemaire – SBTF “On Friday, June 1st, USAID’s GeoCenter and Development Credit Authority (DCA) launched the Agency’s first-ever crowdsourcing initiative to...
View ArticleNew SBTF Deployment for Typhoon Yolanda
Disaster responders in the Philippines need your help! The Standby Task Force is officially deploying in response to a Digital Humanitarian Network (DHN) request from UN OCHA to assist with media...
View Articleover-eighty-countries-represented-as-citizens-mobilise-to-help-in-disaster-si...
That page is over here
View ArticleStandby Task Force Activation announced for Vanuatu / Pam
Activation for Vanuatu starts immediately We have received an activation request from UN-OCHA via the Digital Humanitarian Network (DHN). The Core Team believes this meets our activation criteria so we...
View ArticleOne month supporting humanitarian agencies in Vanuatu
Well over 100 volunteers from across the globe dedicated their time and skills online over the past month to support the humanitarian response in Vanuatu. One month ago a category 5 storm swept across...
View ArticleEarthquake affecting Nepal
As many of you will be aware a substantial earthquake struck Nepal at 06:11 UTC today 25 April 2015. This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the...
View ArticleFirst 3W report: Agencies responding to Nepal
This is the first edition of the 3W report. Published May 2 2015. We also have a low bandwidth version available.
View ArticleSecond 3W report: Agencies responding to Nepal
This is the second edition of the 3W report. Published May 2 2015. We also have a low bandwidth version available. Please contact justine@standbytaskforce.com skype:fidget01 to request access.
View ArticleWe’re in the UN Volunteering newsletter
During our Nepal deployment, a group of 14 UN Online Volunteers joined us. The experiences of two of them have just been published in the UN Volunteering newsletter. It’s a great article. Thanks to all...
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