My name is Annie Brett and I am the Project Development Officer with Solidarites International in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I am from Northern Ireland and I have been working in the humanitarian sector for 3 years.

In September 2014 I had finished my undergraduate degree and had to start looking...

Fleet Management is the proactive management of an organization's vehicle assets and the people that use those assets. One of the recognized thought leaders in the field of fleet management is Fleet Forum – an interagency association guiding organizations in low- and middle-income countries to...

This is the first in a series of DisasterReady Learning Champion profiles. Recently, we invited a select group of DisasterReady learners from around the world to share their stories of how training in DisasterReady has impacted them personally or professionally. Our hope is these stories will...

Wherever I go and whoever I meet, explaining what I do for a living never fails to get people talking. Working on achieving gender justice and women’s rights for Oxfam captures everyone’s imagination – when it comes to gender we all have a stake and we all have something to say – women, men,...

International humanitarian and development work is often rewarding.  It can also be challenging, especially to the psychological health and well-being of aid workers. There is growing recognition of the need for international relief and development organizations to do more to protect and enhance...

As part of the recent World Humanitarian Summit, the UN Secretary-General appointed a panel of experts to explore the estimated $15 billion gap in humanitarian financing.  Their report, Too Important to Fail - Addressing the Humanitarian Financing Gap, identified three key aspects of the...