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Our Humanitarian Of The Year
We give our Humanitarian of the Year Award – created by Field Ready’s governing board -– each year to an individual whose passion,...
Jan 3, 20212 min read


Tropical Cyclone Yasa Response
Tropical Cyclone (TC) Yasa made landfall over Vanua Levu, Fiji on 17 December, 2020. With its Category 5 intensity, this was the...
Dec 24, 20203 min read

Design competition winners make life easier with 3D
Great challenges can inspire great innovations. Even with the pandemic a constant threat over the last seven months, three Iraqi...
Oct 21, 20203 min read


Competing in 3D
While the pandemic has curbed people’s travel worldwide, it hasn’t slowed the inspiration of engineers, makers and innovators at our...
Sep 18, 20202 min read


Field Ready’s deep commitment to learning
Learning - and sharing knowledge - is at the core of what Field Ready is and does. Constantly evolving environments, the introduction of...
Aug 14, 20204 min read


Reducing disaster risk in the South Pacific
It can be hard to imagine disaster when considering the stunning, tropical South Pacific islands on a typical beautiful day. But storms...
Aug 13, 20203 min read


Ready for a healthcare rebuild in Syria
Nine years of conflict in Syria has created a humanitarian disaster, with millions of civilians displaced. But there is also another,...
Jul 22, 20203 min read

Building skills for the future
Field Ready helps many people learn new skills in all kinds of environments - in conflict- and disaster-affected areas, through workshops...
Jul 15, 20203 min read


Fighting hunger on the local level
Emergency situations make it extremely difficult to transport food long distances. So how to feed people in a disaster situation? Not by...
Jul 7, 20202 min read


Combat COVID-19 where you live: Taking local to the next level
COVID-19 outbreaks are now on the downswing in many countries - but the virus is raging again in the U.S., with more than 50,000 new...
Jul 6, 20203 min read


Getting shield ready
Face shields are an important piece of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health care workers. When a person coughs, many tiny,...
Jul 2, 20202 min read

Making sanitation easier in the South Pacific
For most people, life in the South Pacific calls up thoughts of stunning tropical vistas, a relaxed pace and exotic flora and fauna on...
Jun 1, 20202 min read


Helping to shield Chicago from COVID-19
When Jacquelyn Moore saw the devastation COVID-19 was causing in Chicago’s African American community, she put her problem-solving hat on...
May 14, 20203 min read

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


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

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


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


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
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