Powering 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...
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- Mar 4
- 2 min
Welcoming 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 11
- 1 min
Disrupting 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 10
- 2 min
Getting Ready To Launch
You might have seen projects we hosted last year in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq. An exhibit of the groundbreaking "Nobody's Listening" virtual...
- Jan 6
- 2 min
Our 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, 2021
- 2 min
Field Ready wins international award for Surprise Soaps
Helping kids practice good hand hygiene has won us some global recognition. Field Ready won a 2020 Honey Bee Network Creativity and...
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
A look at the future of humanitarianism
On a recent episode of the "Trumanitarian" podcast, host Lars Peter Nissen spoke with our Executive Director Eric James about the...
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
Shelter by Design Thinking
The problem of inadequate shelter has long frustrated those who live or work in refugee camps. Tents provide little protection from the...
- Jul 2, 2021
- 2 min
Surprise Soaps: Starting small, with a big impact
Sometimes small steps - taken by the smallest people - can make a huge difference. We're hoping that's exactly what happens with our...
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
Redesigning for resilience
When earthquakes roll through cities and towns in the Middle East's mountainous regions, they damage the millions of older, unreinforced...
- Jun 10, 2021
- 3 min
Working 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, 2021
- 1 min
Making it better
More than 600 people in rural Fiji are now enjoying improved sanitation thanks to our latrine installation campaign! Our team in Fiji...
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Breaking new ground in Baghdad
After much work and collaboration, our partner IoT Maker Space in Baghdad has opened! Along with the founding IoT Maker Space team...