Our vision is to create the leading international platform for communication, coordination and partnership between aid agencies, UN organisations, business and government. This is to enable effective humanitarian aid response and relief leading towards sustained development on a global scale.

Haiti: End of mission for TSFAfter having responded for more than one month to the cyclones in Haiti, TSF’s mission is now over. In September, Haiti was hit consecutively by 4 hurricanes: Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike. The main affected area is Gonaïves, a northern city of 300,000 inhabitants already affected in 2004 where at least 250,000 people needed immediate assistance. Les Gonaïves soon became the main humanitarian hub for aid agencies (both UN and NGOs) with overall coordination in the capital Port au Prince.

ShelterBox exclusive from Myanmar: Persistence from Day 1 has yet again proven to have helped hundreds of innocent people in times of disasterShelterBox, a grass-roots humanitarian aid organisation supported by Rotary worldwide, has just received extraordinary photography and exclusive information from response team member Mark Pearson in Labutta, Myanmar. The pictures depict that the swift operations and clear cut decision making from day 1 has yet again proven to have helped hundreds of innocent people in times of disaster. Through the sheer persistence and hard-work of ShelterBox the delivery and distribution of vital aid continues.

Télécoms Sans Frontières Celebrates 10th AnniversaryPau, 3 July 2008 – Ten years ago, Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), the first humanitarian organization specialized in emergency telecommunications was born.

Africa Progress Panel demands action on global food crisis “reversing decades of economic progressPanel of world leaders mandated to evaluate progress on Africa warns the G8 that it is failing to deliver.
London – 16 June 2008: The Africa Progress Panel, chaired by Kofi Annan, is today demanding international action to deal with the urgent threat of world food prices, while also calling for G8 leaders to take immediate steps to get their commitments to Africa back on target.

Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance

Transparency International (TI) has undertaken a project to address the issue of corruption in humanitarian assistance starting in 2006.

The final report, titled Preventing Corruption in Humanitarian Assistance: Final Research Report, provides details of the research working in partnership with seven of the leading INGO humanitarian providers to ascertain the views of both headquarters and field staff on the risks of corruption they encountered in their work, the impact of such risks on their mission, the systems they currently use to prevent and detect corruption, and potential improvements in such systems. 

OCTAGON EUROPE LTD AND SAINT GOBAIN BUILDING DISTRIBUTION TEAM UPOctagon Europe Limited, the UK-based provider of sustainable systems for shelter solutions and housing, is working in the UK with R K Timber and Saint Gobain Building Distribution, one of the world’s top 100 industrial corporations, to develop demonstration CoreHouse™ units for use by international aid agencies.

CoreHouse™ is based on ReBUS™ technology, an innovative modular system developed by Octagon Europe that offers fast, efficient housing and shelter construction in emergency rehabilitation situations and for poverty relief programmes. The CoreHouse™ system is multi-functional, easy to assemble, lightweight and strong, offering affordable and secure accommodation made from sustainable materials for up to eight people.

Baylis Next Generation energy-free productsTrevor Baylis Brands plc (TBB) has announced the launch of its ‘Next Generation’ range of practical eco-friendly consumer products. Trevor Baylis, the President of TBB, is the well known inventor of the original Wind-up Radio that was developed fifteen years ago. Since then a new generation has grown up in a world of sophisticated electronic consumer products but who are increasingly keen to take advantage of the world around them with activity sports and travel. The versatile ‘Next Generation’ range of products meets the needs and aspirations of this market.

Danimex Communication - distributing communication equipmentDanimex Communication is a global distributor of communication equipment.

The Development Executive Group partners with Aid + TradeThe Development Executive Group is an Aid + Trade Event partner as well as an exhibitor at the Aid + Trade Geneva (January 29-30, 2008), where guests can learn more about The Development Executive Group’s business intelligence and recruiting services for companies, NGOs and individual professionals working in foreign assistance and global health.

SATLYNX becomes a General Electric CompanyFollowing the recent closing of a transaction between GE (a diversified technology, media and financial services company) and SES (the world’s pre-eminent satellite group), Satlynx is now a subsidiary of GE. The transaction has resulted in an exchange of GE’s entire shareholding in SES for a company, GE International Holdings, which includes Satlynx.

In the circle of creation: education and wisdom of native peopleCogeme Onlus Foundation, actively involved in the spread of the educational principles of Earth Charter since many years, promotes some appointments which are part of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).