Ground Truth provides humanitarian agencies with the tools to systematically listen and respond to the voices of affected people. We offer a light-touch way to integrate feedback from affected people into the design and implementation of programmes. The goal is to support better performance by grounding humanitarian aid in the needs, priorities and expectations of affected people. Our work includes projects with the OECD, DFID, IFRC, IRC, Danish Church Aid, Oxfam, MercyCorps, and others, across various countries including Austria, Ethiopia, Greece, Haiti, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Nepal, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Syria and Ukraine.
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📣 Nouvelles publications avec #IESCongo! Des membres des communautés à l’Est de la RDC nous partagent leurs recommandations pour améliorer l’aide humanitaire sur 4 thèmes prioritaires: 📌 partage d'information et les mécanismes de feedback 🔗 tinyurl.com/4745ad5a 📌 l'autonomie et la planification à long-terme 🔗 tinyurl.com/2p94f5mn 📌 la perception de l'équité 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3jmew9 📌 les risques de protection des communautés 🔗 tinyurl.com/z7bwc58t En 🤝 avec UNICEF et USAID.
Are you also sick of 'Participationwashing?' We gathered some innovators at #HNPW and asked how to break the cycle of tinkering at the edges of aid with 'participation' that only cements the status quo, and really ensure communities are driving decisions, even - especially - the tough ones like prioritisation. 💡 Suleiman Abdullahi pointed out the drawbacks of the top-down, supply-driven approach in humanitarian action and suggested better financial systems could make a huge difference. 💡 Layla Hasso told us how she tackled mistrust between humanitarian actors and communities in North-West Syria by shaking up coordination. 💡 Caroline Teti lamented the inefficiencies and wasted funds in the supply chain, re-emphasising the potential of cash. 💡 Onkala Adiwu shared her experience from North-East Nigeria in listening to requests for sustainable support even when they challenge mandates, and reminded us of the consequences when agencies ignore community feedback and stick to their original plans. 🎙 Listen to the full conversation here ➡ https://lnkd.in/dQpa5m5C A big thank you to our panelists and participants! See you again next year, #HNPW!
🪁Ready for what's next! This week, our team took a pause for introspection at our staff retreat, as we started to write our next chapter with a new strategy. Focused on amplifying people's agency and staying true to our mission, we challenged ourselves - with strong input from our incredible project partners and special guests from crisis-affected communities - to think about how to increase our impact in a changing world. We reminded ourselves how lucky we are to play a role in influencing change, at a time when many of us can feel so helpless, and the responsibility that comes with that. The coming years will be so important, and we want them to matter. Huge thank you to Melissa Pitotti for expertly guiding us through our thinking and keeping us on track. If anyone needs a facilitator for their big thinking, we cannot recommend Melissa highly enough! Stay tuned for updates - we'll be calling upon many of you for input as our strategy evolves.
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Today, Dr. Adiwu Talatu represented Fact at the GTS panel session on "participation washing" during Humanitarian Networks and Partnership Week (HNPW24). The discussion emphasized prioritizing communities in humanitarian aid amidst polycrisis. It underscored the importance of integrating community feedback into program planning and implementation for effective aid delivery. #HNPW2024 #Fact #GTS
Come say hi at #HNPW2024! 👋 If you are interested in community perceptions, young people’s recommendations, reconstructing AAP narratives, policy, and feedback mechanisms, we invite you to join sessions we will be hosting and participating in - check out an overview of sessions, connect online or meet us in-person! tinyurl.com/5b6z8jsr
⏰ Happening today at 11:00 CEST at #HNPW2024! Join Meg Sattler, Caroline Teti, Layla Hasso, Adiwu Talatu Onkala Talatu and Suleiman Abdullahi, in-person or virtually! We will be discussing how prioritisation can be better done at the community level, and the potential cost of not supporting this. Don't miss out on GTS' hosted session, 'An end to 'participationwashing' - why community prioritisation is critical in the age of the poly-crisis'. If you are participating virtually join us here 🔗 tinyurl.com/mupaf9v5 See you there!
Are you at Humanitarian Networks and Partnership week? GTS is hosting a session on 'participationwashing' - why community prioritisation is critical in the age of the poly-crisis? We will gather local thinkers, doers and disrupters to discuss how prioritisation can be better done at the community level, and the potential cost of not supporting this. Join us, with Meg Sattler, Caroline Teti, Layla Hasso, Adiwu Talatu Onkala Talatu and Suleiman Abdullahi. 📅 Monday May 6 @ 11 AM CEST 📍 Venue: Geneva International Conference Center, or virtually! 📝 Don’t forget to register here 🔗 tinyurl.com/44kscaav See you there! #HNPW2024
How do people in #Ukraine experience different types of cash assistance? How do humanitarian organisations complement social protection schemes? 🎥 Listen to Daryna’s experience registering for and receiving assistance and how she manages her household. To read more stories like Daryna’s, check out 'cash journeys' 🔗 tinyurl.com/4vy9a98f To find out more, read our full report on #cash assistance in Ukraine 🔗 tinyurl.com/59ra6hnd 🤝 CCD Network & Disasters Emergency Committee & Open Space Works Ukraine
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🕵️♀️ How can #AnticipatoryAction unlock ways to collaboratively drive more creative and impactful solutions? 📆Register for our HNPW session, Tuesday, 7 May, from 14:00 -15:30, to explore the answer to this question online or in Geneva 👉🔗 https://cutt.ly/Qeqxlgv9 The H2H Network has looked into what needs to happen to humanitarian Anticipatory Action - both to increase its uptake as a strategy by more actors, but also to unleash its creative potential for new models of action. In this panel discussion, you’ll hear from H2H Members about how they’re using anticipatory action in new ways and what needs to happen to further democratize anticipatory action, as well as from experts who will share their thoughts on opportunities for expanding anticipatory action for greater impact. The panel brings together speakers from Ground Truth Solutions, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, CLEAR Global and Insecurity Insight. With funding from USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, the H2H Network has been supporting members in investing in new ways to access anticipatory action and in the process of learning about what non-traditional actors need, how to replicate this in the future, and what bigger more creative solutions are possible. Learn more about how the H2H Network is enabling H2H Approaches for Anticipatory Action here 👉 https://cutt.ly/BeqxPWJr