Why cash is king in emergency responses Isabel Gomes explains five ways why cash trumps donated goods in humanitarian disasters Read more Monday, February 13, 2023 - 09:15
5 things we have learned responding to earthquakes The lessons Isabel Gomes shares about responding to an earthquake are not what you might expect. Read more Monday, February 6, 2023 - 21:31
Back to school in Switzerland. What about the Sahel? Huge gaps in children’s education globally are hard to reconcile as Isabel reflects on the worsening situation... Read more Monday, September 7, 2020 - 20:35
What does it mean to be a humanitarian? On World Humanitarian Day, we talk to Isabel Gomes about the highs and lows of being an aid... Read more Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 20:10
COVID-19 needs to be a digital driver By Isabel Gomes, Global Director for Humanitarian Operations Exciting new opportunities to test, develop and expand the... Read more Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 23:00
As we welcome the UN Global Humanitarian Response Plan, much more still needs to be done Isabel Gomes, Global Director for Humanitarian Operations, analyses the UN's Global Humanitarian Response Plan and its efforts... Read more Friday, July 17, 2020 - 10:00
How COVID-19 affects children – and why we’re so worried As thirty million children’s lives are threatened by secondary health impacts of the virus, recognising humanitarian workers as... Read more Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 08:16
Coronavirus: Plans for a unique humanitarian response An unprecedented threat to children needs unprecedented action Read more Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 17:02
Every drop in the ocean matters: what 20 years as a female humanitarian has taught me Twenty years of humanitarian work later, I still could not imagine doing anything else. It has taken... Read more Monday, August 19, 2019 - 16:46