ReliefWeb Lite - thinking about low bandwidth-countries Progressive Web App
Tags: mobile, labs UPDATE: In July 2018, ReliefWeb Lite was decommissioned and replaced by an enhanced mobile version of ReliefWeb. Mobile usage continues to grow across the world and browsers are...
View ArticleImproved Training section makes it easier to find the opportunities you are...
Tags: training, filter, search KEY POINTS We’ve improved our search filters to make finding training opportunities easier. New tabs allow you to discover free and online courses in one click. Revised...
View ArticleField usage and mobile access on the rise: ReliefWeb in 2017
Tags: Statistics There are stories behind numbers, and we can learn a lot by looking at ReliefWeb analytics trends in 2017. Throughout the year, more than 6,8 million users visited ReliefWeb, an 18.33%...
View ArticleBuilding Community Topics pages
Tags: Topics, refugees You ask, ReliefWeb delivers Since launching our Topics pages in 2013, we have refined and consolidated the section, concentrating on the key issues of the day, such as Fighting...
View ArticleHow we inform on humanitarian crises 24/7
Because humanitarian response isn’t only active from 9 to 5, neither is ReliefWeb. We actually monitor crisis situations non-stop. In reply to the question: “How do you make it work?”, here’s the...
View ArticleLearning lessons from ReliefWeb Labs
Tags: mobile, labs, API As another ReliefWeb Labs project - ReliefWeb Lite - is 'decommissioned', this post explains why that can happen, even with successful projects, and the benefits of abandoning...
View ArticleGoing mobile, version 2: Tell us what you think!
Tags: mobile, Survey We have just rebuilt the mobile version of our website. You may remember that a while back we launched ReliefWeb Lite in a bid to better meet the needs of users in low-bandwidth...
View ArticleAt global conference, students use ReliefWeb data to pitch to donors
Tags: training, data 110 participants. 20 minutes to prepare. 3 judges. 1.5 minutes to convince a donor on how to aid polio vaccination efforts in Syria. That was the challenge posed to student...
View ArticleHumanitarian icons 2.0: Visual tools for the aid community
As 2018 is drawing to a close, the release of a new set of humanitarian icons may well be OCHA’s end-of-year gift to all of us working in digital communications. From disaster types to clusters to...
View ArticleBecoming a digital humanitarian, one deployment at a time
Nine years ago, a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, and I was among many looking for meaningful ways to help, albeit from far away. That's how I became involved in the world of digital humanitarianism,...
View Article¿Cómo empezar una carrera en el sector humanitario?
Tags: jobs Algunas de las preguntas más frecuentes que recibimos a diario de los usuarios de nuestra bolsa de trabajo son “¿dónde puedo enviar una solicitud de empleo?” o “¿cómo puedo ayudar o...
View ArticleHow to launch a career in the humanitarian sector
Tags: jobs Two of the most frequent questions that we receive daily from users of the ReliefWeb jobs section are "Where can I send a job application?" and "How can I help or collaborate with you?" Many...
View ArticleRW Crises Key Figures now on ReliefWeb mobile site
Tags: mobile, data Imagine you are tasked with finding out how many refugees there are in Kenya, where they're from, and how the situation has changed from last year... Where do you start? Managing...
View ArticleFrom static to dynamic: OCHA’s Situation Reports moving online
Tags: #labs OCHA products are designed to help everyone involved in a humanitarian aid operation find the information they need to understand the context, organize an effective response and monitor...
View ArticleReliefWeb hit a new record in 2018
In November 2018, 977,000 users visited ReliefWeb - the highest monthly usage since the site was launched more than 20 years ago. On the day after an earthquake struck Iraq and Iran on 12 November, a...
View ArticleRecommended reading - more ways to find related content, ‘most-read’ and...
The number of reports published on ReliefWeb recently passed another milestone: 750,000. The archive has been built up since 1996, and the pace is increasing - more than 50,000 reports were posted in...
View ArticleFound in translation
Recent visitors to the ReliefWeb mobile site might have noticed a new feature... Tucked into the top-right-hand corner, there's now a language switcher. Click it, and you'll see two options, French and...
View ArticleReliefWeb da un paso más hacia el multilingüismo
Los visitantes recientes del sitio móvil de ReliefWeb habrán notado que contamos con una nueva herramienta… En la esquina superior derecha del sitio ahora está disponible un selector de idiomas. Dale...
View ArticleReliefWeb fait un pas de plus vers le multilinguisme
Les récents visiteurs du site mobile de ReliefWeb auront remarqué un nouvel outil... Un sélecteur de langue est maintenant disponible dans le coin supérieur droit du site. Cliquez dessus, et vous...
View ArticleReliefWeb subscriptions get a revamp
Many of you (more than 150,000 subscribers at the last count!) receive various updates from Reliefweb, including OCHA situation reports, disaster updates, jobs, training and other country-specific...
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