Leveraging technology to enhance community disaster preparedness and response
In Vanuatu, the adoption of Kobo Collect, a mobile data tool, proved vital after the December 2024 earthquake. Despite challenges, trained locals swiftly gathered real-time damage data, aiding Disaster READY partners to coordinate an effective response.
Pacific Humanitarian Makerspace begins production of locally-made disaster resilience and accessibility items
With the support of Disaster READY, Field Ready has opened the Pacific region’s first humanitarian makerspace in Suva in 2019.