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...
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 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 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...
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 23, 20212 minRedesigning for resilienceWhen earthquakes roll through cities and towns in the Middle East's mountainous regions, they damage the millions of older, unreinforced...
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...
Mar 11, 20212 minBreaking new ground in BaghdadAfter much work and collaboration, our partner IoT Maker Space in Baghdad has opened! Along with the founding IoT Maker Space team...