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Recent trends show that Colombians fleeing their homes to escape violence are seeking safety in urban areas of all sizes, ranging from major cities like Bogotá to small municipalities. As newly displaced people arrive, mid-sized cities like Popayán and Florencia are struggling to provide enough resources for critical humanitarian interventions like food assistance and housing.

HLP is crucial to crisis preparedness and response, peacebuilding, and development, yet it is often overlooked as a technical niche rather than an essential component of successful humanitarian assistance.

While humanitarian responses focus mostly on the emergency phase—like addressing lifesaving and immediate needs—addressing the impacts and risks of climate change is increasing in urgency.

“Localization is when [local NGOs] implement interventions and access funding at the same pace as [international NGOs]. It is when government services and community…

InterAction, the largest U.S.-based alliance of international NGOs and partners, is pleased to announce that it will submit a pledge under the umbrella of the…

Displacement, whether caused by disaster or conflict, is fundamentally connected to housing, land, and property (HLP) rights. HLP issues have the potential…

“Local organizations must continue to try to implement projects that generate self-sustainability [and] build more robust alliances, without losing the fundamental principles of humanitarian…

Although seen as a siloed sector within the humanitarian system, shelter and settlements assistance impacts every aspect of people’s lives. Shelters often serve as a…

Many people see “localization” as a key to providing quality humanitarian assistance in the face of decreased funding and increased need. However, most of the…

With increasing need in humanitarian aid but limited funding availability, the humanitarian system needs to consider creative and innovative solutions to provide support to populations…

While humanitarian shelter and settlements (S&S) stakeholders advocate to meet global needs, the sector lacks a method to measure its collective impact. Who is covered…

Localization isn’t a new concept for the global humanitarian community. After many years of debate and conversation, dozens of humanitarian organizations signed the voluntary and…