How a Mobile Makerspace can reach more Pacific Islands
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In Field Ready’s commitment to increase local capabilities and localized resources in every country program, the Pacific Region has made...
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- Jun 19, 2023
- 1 min
First Innovation Business Center Launched in NW Syria!
Field Ready has successfully launched the first Innovation Business Center in Northwest Syria. The Business center will specifically...
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- Apr 21, 2023
- 2 min
World Creativity and Innovation Day 21 April
The United Nations designated 21 April as World Creativity and Innovation Day to raise awareness of the role of creativity and innovation...
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- Mar 12, 2023
- 5 min
Field Ready-Vanuatu: Response to Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin
Field Ready designed and locally manufactured emergency latrines ready for distribution to evacuation centers On March 2nd, 2023 a Severe...
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- Feb 23, 2023
- 2 min
Field Ready brings Local Manufacturing WASH to High Schools in Fiji
Group Hand-Washing Stations help High School students and evacuees to stay healthy Field Ready is manufacturing and installing Group...
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- Feb 12, 2023
- 4 min
Earthquake Response for Türkiye and Syria
Situation Update The recent series of earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and Northern Syria are unprecedented in recent memory....
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- Oct 13, 2022
- 2 min
Sometimes safety arrives in a box
This spring and summer we were privileged to deliver thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment to various Kenyan community...
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- Feb 7, 2022
- 2 min
Getting Disaster Ready in Fiji
Field Ready often helps people after a disaster has already hit. But our efforts also focus on local development and disaster prevention....
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- Dec 21, 2021
- 2 min
Field Ready Responds to Typhoon Rai in the Philippines
On December 16th, a deadly typhoon slammed into the Philippines. Super Typhoon Rai, or Odette as it’s called locally, first made landfall...
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- 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...
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- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
Working together to keep it clean - 12,000 times
Our Iraq makerspace partners broke new virtual ground recently; in a new collaboration, they produced 12,000 plastic toys for a large...
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- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Training for success
Learning a new skill can be intimidating. But for 28 women in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp in September, learning to make healthcare items...
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- Aug 27, 2021
- 2 min
Making a clean start
If you and your family have to flee your home, your first priorities are usually safety, water, food and shelter. But once those needs...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
Voice of a Climate Champion
Devex, the global development community's media platform, spotlighted our very own Fiji Operations Manager Jean Matthias this week as...
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- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
Reducing risk in Fiji
While the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, other illnesses still pose a dangerous challenge. And in the South Pacific,...
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- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
World Water Day 2021
While Field Ready team members all over the globe marked World Water Day this week, our Fiji team might have made the biggest splash. The...
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- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
Building sanitation with a Prime foundation
As we help rural Fijian communities improve their sanitation, we often get assistance from government volunteers - members of the...
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- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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