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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 9, 20206 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...
May 8, 20202 min read


Beating COVID-19 in developing countries
We've been responding to the terrifying COVID-19 pandemic with efforts across the globe these past weeks, currently helping to produce...
Apr 30, 20201 min read


Keeping an eye on safety in Bangladesh
Although COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh are still relatively low, the country is in high preparation mode. So when officials put out a...
Apr 15, 20202 min read


The quick and the clean
Providing our technical know-how to help fight COVID-19 has been a large focus for Field Ready staff these last few weeks. In Samoa, that...
Apr 6, 20202 min read


Knowledge sharing during the COVID-19 response
Dealing with border closures, lockdowns or orders to shelter-in-place or stay at home have been hard for everyone while COVID-19...
Mar 28, 20202 min read


COVID-19 Preparation in Nepal
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, prevention and preparedness are key. Our first specific product in response to the...
Mar 19, 20201 min read


Field Ready's Strategy and Response to COVID-19
Field Ready is preparing to ramp up our response. Our first priority has been safeguarding our staff and those we assist. Back in...
Mar 17, 20202 min read


Update from the South Pacific Program
Field Ready has been working hard to address several urgent epidemic responses (health and water/sanitation) in the region. Here are a...
Feb 21, 20202 min read


How Field Ready addresses the SDGs
What gets measured, gets improved. This simple idea lies at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals. Created following the...
Feb 10, 20201 min read


Epidemics: Field Ready’s Response to Coronavirus and other Outbreaks
The threat of virus-related illnesses has once again become a stark reality. Measles has recently spread relatively untouched locations...
Jan 31, 20202 min read


Life Jacket Graveyard Given New Life
In the city of Lesvos, Greece up to 1,000 people walk an hour a day to get to the One Happy Family Community Center. The center offers...
Jan 22, 20202 min read


Humanitarian of the Year Award 2019
The Humanitarian of the Year Award, created by Field Ready’s Board Member’s is given to an individual whose passion, dedication, and...
Jan 14, 20202 min read


Erbil Makerspace 2019 Review: A Summer of Inventions
Erbil makerspace kicked off activities during the Summer Tech Festival at Re:Coded House with a range of events that introduced people of...
Jan 8, 20202 min read


A Celebration in Vanuatu: Latrine Program
Last week Field Ready celebrated the launch of its new locally manufactured latrine for rural communities in Fiji, as part of a new...
Dec 23, 20192 min read


A New Approach to an Age-Old Problem
We’ve all seen it too many times. The empty shelves of a rural health clinic. An expensive piece of donated equipment collecting dust...
Dec 16, 20194 min read


From Making to Earning – How Erbil’s Makerspace Fosters Opportunity
As a mechanical engineering student, Ahmad was concerned about his employability after graduation. Wanting to set himself apart from his...
Dec 13, 20192 min read


A Brief Discussion about Standards and Regulations
We're sometimes asked about issues such as product standards, regulations, and related matters. These are points worthy of considered...
Nov 11, 20193 min read


Pacific Islands Humanitarian Makerspace Begins Production of Locally Made Items
Worldwide 60 to 80% of aid funds are spent on logistics - moving items from where they are made to where they are needed. In times of...
Oct 30, 20192 min read


Field Ready Participates in Philippines Fab Festival
The Third Annual Philippine FabFestival is set for November 6th and 7th in Legazpi City, Albay, Bicol. Fablabs from around the island...
Oct 23, 20192 min read
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