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...
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Jan 6, 20222 min read
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 21, 20212 min read
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...
Dec 9, 20212 min read
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 10, 20212 min read
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...
Nov 4, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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...
Sep 29, 20212 min read
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...
Sep 10, 20212 min read
Delivering Dignity
Making critical items when and where people need them is what Field Ready does. People will always need medical and other devices,...
Aug 27, 20212 min read
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...
Jul 2, 20212 min read
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 10, 20213 min read
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, 20211 min read
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...
May 5, 20214 min read
Open Know-Where launched
April’s end bought the unveiling of a new model that can help people find what they need where they’re looking for it - Open Know-Where....
Apr 22, 20211 min read
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...
Apr 2, 20211 min read
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,...
Mar 25, 20212 min read
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...
Mar 18, 20213 min read
Syria: A heartbreaking milestone, but recovery continues
This week marks 10 years of conflict in Syria, which has created an unprecedented humanitarian disaster leaving millions of civilians...
Mar 11, 20212 min read
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...
Jan 15, 20213 min read
Moving forward with medical device repair in Syria
We began our medical device repair project in Syria last year with an eye on expanding it throughout 2020. The pandemic slowed our...
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