Standby Task Force is celebrating its 7th year! Since 2010, we have achieved great results, collecting data and providing information to support disaster management around the world. This has only been possible thanks to the support of the SBTF volunteers, …
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Ecuador earthquake: end of 3W Deployment. Volunteers please stand by.
On Saturday 16th April, a powerful earthquake hit Ecuador. On the 18th, the Standby Task Force Core Team agreed to self-activate to start collecting data for a 3W report that could support humanitarian actors coordinating an efficient response strategy. For …
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SBTF is self-activating to collect information on the Ecuador EQ
On Saturday 16th April, a 7.8 earthquake hit Ecuador around 7pm local time. The Core Team of the Standby Task Force is in touch with various organizations on the ground, as well as with the international responding communities. There seems …
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End of our Refugees in the Balkans deployment
Our work to support Internews in investigating services and information flows for refugees traveling along the Turkey – Balkans – Germany route is now at an end. Helena, the whole Core Team and I would like to thank every single …
Update #6 on Refugees in the Balkans deployment
This is the sixth update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. I will keep it short, I promise. Our deployment ends 18:00 UTC, September 23rd, 2015. This means that we are in the final stretch now. It’s …
Update #5 on Refugees in the Balkans deployment
This is the fifth update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. Have you met Helena? She’s one of the Leads of this deployment, and she’s our contact with Internews. She is also one of the very first …
Update #4 on Refugees in the Balkans deployment – IMPORTANT
This is the fourth update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. Standby Task force has agreed to support Internews in investigating services and information flows for refugees traveling along the Turkey – Balkans – Germany route. Internews …
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Update #3 on Refugees in the Balkans deployment – IMPORTANT
This is the third update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. As you may have read, the current “migrant crisis” is something that will be remembered in the history books. To give you an idea of the …
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Update #2 on Refugees in the Balkans deployment
This is the second update on the deployment for refugees on the Balkan route. As many of you already know, a powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck Chile on Wednesday. The Core Team is currently monitoring the situation, and we will keep …