May 93 minBuilding a future and keeping it clean in KakumaFinding ways to survive as a refugee is always a challenge - and even more difficult during a pandemic. But our "Protecting The...
Mar 245 minPowering up after Super Typhoon Rai/Odette When an enormous storm has knocked out power and your phone is out of juice, how do you reestablish communication? How do you power your...
Mar 42 minWelcoming A New Makerspace in Sulimaniyah The Field Ready family of makerspaces has grown again! Last month we welcomed Suli Innovation House in Sulimaniyah, Iraq, to our group of...
Feb 72 minGetting Disaster Ready in FijiField Ready often helps people after a disaster has already hit. But our efforts also focus on local development and disaster prevention....
Jan 111 minDisrupting The Cold: Waste For Warmth In Syria, millions of people live in more than 1,500 camps for displaced people. The shelters they live in are flimsy tents with little...
Jan 102 minGetting Ready To LaunchYou might have seen projects we hosted last year in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. An exhibit of the groundbreaking "Nobody's Listening" virtual...
Jan 62 minOur Humanitarian Of The Year Field Ready has named Ravin Rizgar its Humanitarian of the Year. Rizgar, Field Ready’s Iraq program lead, is being recognized for her...
Dec 22, 20212 minField Ready Responds to Typhoon Rai in the Philippines On December 16th, a deadly typhoon slammed into the Philippines. Super Typhoon Rai, or Odette as it’s called locally, first made landfall...
Dec 9, 20212 minField Ready wins international award for Surprise SoapsHelping kids practice good hand hygiene has won us some global recognition. Field Ready won a 2020 Honey Bee Network Creativity and...
Nov 10, 20212 minWorking together to keep it clean - 12,000 timesOur Iraq makerspace partners broke new virtual ground recently; in a new collaboration, they produced 12,000 plastic toys for a large...
Nov 4, 20211 minA look at the future of humanitarianismOn a recent episode of the "Trumanitarian" podcast, host Lars Peter Nissen spoke with our Executive Director Eric James about the...
Oct 4, 20212 minShelter by Design ThinkingThe problem of inadequate shelter has long frustrated those who live or work in refugee camps. Tents provide little protection from the...
Sep 29, 20212 minTraining for successLearning a new skill can be intimidating. But for 28 women in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp in September, learning to make healthcare items...
Sep 10, 20212 minDelivering DignityMaking critical items when and where people need them is what Field Ready does. People will always need medical and other devices,...
Aug 27, 20212 minMaking a clean startIf you and your family have to flee your home, your first priorities are usually safety, water, food and shelter. But once those needs...
Jul 2, 20212 minSurprise Soaps: Starting small, with a big impactSometimes small steps - taken by the smallest people - can make a huge difference. We're hoping that's exactly what happens with our...
Jun 10, 20213 minWorking Together to Protect the Frontline Although some Western countries are emerging from quarantine, the pandemic rages on in much of the rest of the world where vaccines and...
May 20, 20211 minMaking it betterMore than 600 people in rural Fiji are now enjoying improved sanitation thanks to our latrine installation campaign! Our team in Fiji...
May 5, 20214 minOpen Know-Where launchedApril’s end bought the unveiling of a new model that can help people find what they need where they’re looking for it - Open Know-Where....
Apr 22, 20211 minVoice of a Climate ChampionDevex, the global development community's media platform, spotlighted our very own Fiji Operations Manager Jean Matthias this week as...