Providing faster humanitarian relief

A new Humanitarian Hub in Panama will help provide lifesaving support to vulnerable communities in emergency situation…

Humanitarian hotline logs 100,000th call from displaced Iraqis

… Iraq IDP Information Centre (Iraq IIC) recently handled its 100,000th call, marking a milestone in humanitarian efforts.

Can artificial intelligence improve humanitarian responses?

…fected populations to flag up issues and point out service gaps, so that those of us working in the humanitarian community can ensure a more coordinated response. The model in Iraq has been lauded as a key me…

New port in South Sudan will enhance delivery of humanitarian aid to the country

… here from neighbouring regions. Despite continued efforts to improve living conditions for IDPs, humanitarian access to affected areas has been hampered by a lack of robust surface transportation systems, espe…

Social, economic and humanitarian restoration in Ukraine

UNOPS chief Grete Faremo discusses infrastructure and humanitarian needs with President Petro Poroshenko

United Nations opens humanitarian call centre in Afghanistan

Awaaz Afghanistan, Afghanistan’s first nationwide humanitarian call centre, was officially inaugurated this week in Kabul.   A joint initiative between multip…

UNOPS and Mastercard to work together on innovative ways to finance humanitarian operations

Putting data to work for people in crisis

New Centre for Humanitarian Data to drive more effective responses to the needs of affected populations.

Bringing life-saving supplies into Yemen

…d hundreds of commercial vessels to offload much needed supplies, in support of the response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Lives on the line

…e who've been forced to leave their homes and seek shelter can receive information on how to access humanitarian aid – including food, child protection and healthcare.  "We give people scattered across more …