There is a very real and recurring challenge that almost always comes up during any larger disaster event and the subsequent response efforts. The challenge is when “regular people” bump into the professional responders. This is not always a problem. Most of the time, there is a way to minimize friction and get everyone working...
Over the recent months, we have been encouraged to meet with people from over 50 different countries – introducing the vision for relaunching IDRN this coming year as a registry focused on improving awareness. That awareness will be multifaceted including: awareness of those responding to a specific crisis event, awareness of various groups’ focuses...
When we need everything all at once – systems, explainers, websites, printed material, examples, stories – it can be difficult to know to do first. And then sometimes, it becomes very clear. We are meeting a lot of people at this current conference – more than we met in Africa in late January. It would...
IDRN seeks to minimize top-down and centralized approaches and maximize decentralization and peer collaboration.
This recently shared YouTube video is the epitome of the concepts upon which IDRN seeks to operate. We want to celebrate people who get it!