Over the last ten years, we have delivered the very best online learning resources to 1 million humanitarian and development professionals in 195 countries, at no cost. See how we got here.
2013
DisasterReady.org goes live with first 10 courses in English. 2,900 humanitarians register in year one.
2014
We release courses in English and French to support aid workers responding to the Ebola crisis in Africa.
2015
Tina Bolding is named Director of DisasterReady.
2015
We develop our first Crisis Response Page to support aid workers responding to the earthquake in Nepal.
2016
The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation and DisasterReady earns a grant from the U.S. government to develop the Investing in Syrian Humanitarian Action (ISHA) online learning program, in partnership with Mercy Corps and International Rescue Committee.
2016
We make the DisasterReady learning portal and learning resources available in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.
2017
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, DisasterReady releases its first set of online courses for U.S. volunteers responding to hurricanes and floods.
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2018
We launch Ready to Go Mobile Guides that provide short, mobile-friendly courses on high demand topics in partnership with aid organizations and U.N. agencies. Today we have over 50 in a variety of languages.
2019
We partner with HumanitarianU to make its popular Core Humanitarian Certification available for free, exclusively on DisasterReady.org.
2020
We partner with Project HOPE to rapidly deploy the first of two COVID-19 online courses for health care workers and humanitarians around the world.
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2021
We welcome our millionth learner to DisasterReady.org.
2022
We develop 10 mental health videos and 12 online courses in Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian, to support aid workers and volunteers responding to the war in Ukraine and refugee crisis in the region.
2021
DisasterReady partners with INSSA to release our second free certification program focused on Security Risk Management Professionals.
We are truly grateful to all our learners, partners from the humanitarian and development sector, and for-profit companies that have contributed to the success of DisasterReady. Most importantly, to have helped DisasterReady achieve its mission to enable humanitarian and development workers to continuously build their skills and increase their impact to crisis-affected communities around the world.
