The talks have failed. Those with ill-intentions and the means to cause violence step forward. Military operations are renewed in the northwest. And the innocent are forced to flee. The protracted regional crisis caused by the war in Syria has been described by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres as “the biggest humanitarian crisis of our era.” According to the latest Humanitarian Needs Overview, there are an estimated 11.7 million people (of which 6.2 mill

Will having a toy inside a soap help encourage children to wash their hands? Instinctively, it may seem a likely hit but a great on paper can fail when it's tried the real world. Careful planning and on-the-ground testing are essential. With a small grant from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund, Field Ready joined forces with Save the Children and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), to measure actual impact in a trial in a camp for displaced persons in N

Our colleague Georg Hoehne has been working in Jordan since the start of 2017. He started his journey to Jordan with his initiative called 'Innovation Aid'. Georg raised money for his work through crowd funding - an innovative form of expression from so many people who believe in what Georg does. He approached Field Ready and we teamed up. Georg and the Field Ready team have worked directly with Syrian refugees and Jordanian people in and around the refugee camps there. Toget

Field Ready arrived at the host community of Zaatari Village to set up a classroom of solar bottles. The room was made from mud and dirt and we installed the bottles into the foundation of the walls. The team brought bottles and bleach to place bottle lights into the holes present in the roof top. Some holes at the roof tops were big and some were small, big holes were filled with 2.5 litres bottles and small holes were filled by 1.5 liter bottles. Before placing the bottles,

Field Ready was recently on an assessment in Zaatari village, Jordan which is around 20km from the Syrian Border. Just a mere few kilometers from the village is Zaatari refugee camp, the largest Syrian camp in the world with approximately 80,000 inhabitants. With lack of opportunities in the camp many people choose to leave and settle in the village with the hopes of building a better life. However, this is incredibly difficult because those outside of the camp are not given

Pests such as rats and mosquitoes cause big problems especially when you’re a refugee. Field Ready recently completed a housing assessment in Zaatari village in Jordan. One of the main problems identified were rats, which carry infectious diseases, trigger allergies and exposure to droppings can cause asthma in children. There are reports of children being bitten while they sleep, as shown illustrated in BBC World’s story “The refugee children bitten by rats” where Ahmed, a y

Jordan is a wonderful country. Its friendly and hospitable people have become hosts to many refugees including well over a million Syrians who now live in camps and host communities. With numerous organizations focusing on camps like the enormous Zaatari settlement (which hosts roughly 80,000 people just south of the Syrian border), Field Ready’s Georg Hoehne decided to direct a recent assessment on the host community of Zaatari village just outside of the camp. This was achi

With many crises worldwide, we are pragmatic in our approach to deploy to new countries. We are always exploring the potential to expand our reach and the growing number of crisis requires a carefully considered approach. Syria represents the worst humanitarian crisis of this time. And this is why we made it a priority country for Field Ready. South Sudan experiences a range of problems such as famine and cholera outbreaks in addition to violent conflict. This is why we are p