Digital designing for good
Over the last year, our Nepal team has participated in the Humanitarian Design Challenge (HDC). The Challenge was initiated to increase...
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Sep 24, 20202 min read
High-tech humanitarian innovation for the win
The European Innovation Council announced five winners of its EIC Horizon Prize on Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid today during...
Sep 22, 20203 min read
Keeping it clean in the South Pacific
Sanitation and hygiene is a huge concern in the South Pacific – which is why helping rural residents in Fiji and Vanuatu was a primary...
Sep 18, 20202 min read
Competing in 3D
While the pandemic has curbed people’s travel worldwide, it hasn’t slowed the inspiration of engineers, makers and innovators at our...
Sep 1, 20204 min read
Field Ready's way reduces harmful environmental impact
People need essential items quickly in a disaster- or conflict-affected area. But the problems created by carbon emissions and other...
Aug 14, 20204 min read
Field Ready’s deep commitment to learning
Learning - and sharing knowledge - is at the core of what Field Ready is and does. Constantly evolving environments, the introduction of...
Aug 13, 20203 min read
Reducing disaster risk in the South Pacific
It can be hard to imagine disaster when considering the stunning, tropical South Pacific islands on a typical beautiful day. But storms...
Aug 6, 20203 min read
Vigilance for Vanuatu
April's Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Harold devastated the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, leaving more than 160,000 households in the...
Jul 22, 20203 min read
Ready for a healthcare rebuild in Syria
Nine years of conflict in Syria has created a humanitarian disaster, with millions of civilians displaced. But there is also another,...
Jul 15, 20203 min read
Building skills for the future
Field Ready helps many people learn new skills in all kinds of environments - in conflict- and disaster-affected areas, through workshops...
Jul 7, 20202 min read
Fighting hunger on the local level
Emergency situations make it extremely difficult to transport food long distances. So how to feed people in a disaster situation? Not by...
Jul 6, 20203 min read
Combat COVID-19 where you live: Taking local to the next level
COVID-19 outbreaks are now on the downswing in many countries - but the virus is raging again in the U.S., with more than 50,000 new...
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Getting shield ready
Face shields are an important piece of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health care workers. When a person coughs, many tiny,...
Jun 18, 20202 min read
We Stand with and Support the Vulnerable and Oppressed
In recent weeks, we have all witnessed an outpouring of heartache and sadness at the murder of Georg Floyd in the US city of Minneapolis,...
Jun 16, 20204 min read
How to make 150 reusable face masks for your community
Face masks are critical in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Field Ready is working hard to produces these locally in many parts...
Jun 1, 20202 min read
Making sanitation easier in the South Pacific
For most people, life in the South Pacific calls up thoughts of stunning tropical vistas, a relaxed pace and exotic flora and fauna on...
May 26, 20205 min read
Always ready with quality management
Field Ready’s quality management is a well thought-out system adopted from the best approaches in many sectors - and specifically...
May 14, 20203 min read
Helping to shield Chicago from COVID-19
When Jacquelyn Moore saw the devastation COVID-19 was causing in Chicago’s African American community, she put her problem-solving hat on...
May 9, 20206 min read
PPE Standards: Essential Clarifications
Current recommendations for COVID-19 response outline the need for everyone to wear protection when safe social distancing can't be...
May 8, 20202 min read
Shielding the Underserved in the U.S.
Frontline workers everywhere have struggled desperately to find the personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to help fight COVID-19's...
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