Schedule & Discussion Questions for “Getting in the Access Loop”
This is the schedule for “Getting in the Access Loop” and some of the questions and topics you have suggested for discussion (below). For biographies of the discussants, click here. 4pm BST (3pm GMT):...
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New CEO appointed for CBM UK, the overseas disability charity
Kirsty Smith has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer at CBM UK, the overseas disability charity. She will be leading a dedicated team at the charity based in Oakington, Cambridge which...
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Getting in the Access Loop: a Series of Reflections
Last month, the Humanitarian Centre successfully organized this webinar called “Getting in the Access Loop” – which explores how health research from Africa can have greater representation in...
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A Global Roadmap to Address Birth Defects at the Local Level
A pioneering resource to help tackle birth defects, particularly in low and middle income countries (LMICs), is now fully available free and online to health and policy professionals and patient...
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Grants take ‘Cambridge in Africa Programme’ to next level
The University of Cambridge’s wide-ranging and long-term strategy of engagement with African higher education institutions moved into its next phase following the recent announcement of a $1.2 million...
View ArticleWorld Humanitarian Day…She Was There
Today as part of World Humanitarian Day, CBM, the overseas disability charity, celebrates the life and work of Lyn Lusi, the founder of HEAL Africa. During a career that lasted from 1971 until her...
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Global Health Commercialization & Funding Roundtable Report
You can read the full report from the Global Health Commercialization & Funding Roundtable Report by clicking here. The conference podcasts are available here.
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Launch of the 2012 Cambridge International Development Report!
The 2012 Cambridge International Development report was launched on Monday 22 October at Murray Edwards College. ‘Partnerships for global health: pathways to progress” includes contributions from: Dr...
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The Poverty & Sustainability Year: what topics should be covered?
All of the Humanitarian Centre’s themed years are designed with input from the year’s stakeholders, to ensure that the programme of events is relevant, important and adds value to participants’ work....
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AidReversed – how can Europe learn from Africa?
Two Cambridge students launched the platform AidReversed (www.aidreversed.eu) to establish a collection of ideas on reversed development cooperation – and make it available to a broad community as well...
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2013 Focus on Food Security
Many thanks to everyone who attended meetings to help shape the agenda for the Humanitarian Centre’s 2013 focus on poverty and environmental sustainability. Based on the feedback from the planning...
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‘Enough Food for Everyone IF’ launches in Cambridge
(c) David Godwin, The Cambridge Student Last Friday representatives from charities Christian Aid and Partners for Change Ethiopia joined the Humanitarian Centre to host the local launch of the IF...
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New Blog Series: Social enterprise – innovation, development and a new way...
Manufacturingchange.org is a Humanitarian Centre member organisation that connects enterprising change makers in developing countries to volunteers that can support them in manufacturing and...
View ArticleSave the Date for the next Innovation and Development Hackathon
On March 16th, companies and NGOs team up with enterprising students and professionals for a week-long ‘open innovation’ event to find new approaches to development challenges. The Hackathon ends on...
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Osborne’s Big Budget – IF’s next challenge
On the 20th March George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will present his annual budget. This is the coalition’s chance to confirm its commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on aid – an...
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The public development discourse, the ‘rise’ of social enterprise and a...
In the first part of the blog series on social enterprise and development, Clara Marquardt speaks with the organiser of an innovative ‘donor education’ platform and an expert in development project...
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Introducing Crowd Aid Exchange
Richard Dent recently unveiled the design for a peer to peer social networking platform for disaster relief: Crown Aid Exchange. Below he writes about how Crowd Aid Exchange could revolutionise...
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Social enterprise in development, or for development?
Dr Alex Nicholls is University Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship within the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford In the second part of the blog...
View ArticleHackathon Challenges
The challenges for the Innovation & Development Hackathon are up! Registered participants, please read through all of the challenges, and then fill out the form below to let us know which...
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