For many, the Christmas festive season is a period to wind down and spend time with family. Many of us at MapAction are lucky enough to be doing the same. But natural disasters often don’t follow a schedule and that is why a team of MapAction volunteers deployed last-minute this Christmas to support the UN […]
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MapAction team deploys to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to support UN response to floods
Three members of MapAction, the humanitarian mapping agency, have had to cut short or postpone their Christmas plans as they drop everything to respond to the UN’s call for help in Kinshasa, DRC, to respond to deadly floods. Experienced MapAction members Mark Gillick, Andrew Kesterton and Daniel Soares have deployed to DRC – initially for […]
MapAction reinforces pivot towards early warning work after 20 years of focus on disaster response
By MapAction CEO Liz Hughes MapAction’s 2022 Annual General Meeting celebrated 20 years of humanitarian service. The event in early December also served as a platform to announce the organisation’s increasing pivot towards early warning work – to consolidate global resilience to the climate emergency, health epidemics and conflict. 20 years ago a small group […]
AHA Centre and MapAction partner to strengthen disaster management in Southeast Asia
PRESS RELEASE – The ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre), established by ten Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to facilitate cooperation and coordination of disaster management across the region, has entered into a formal partnership with humanitarian mapping charity MapAction. The Memorandum of Intent was […]