Yemen

Living conditions of displaced families in hosting sites is a key priority for the Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster team, led by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and its partners, including REACH. In order to do so, the Cluster has been working extensively to provide mapping on the state of services and gaps across sites hosting IDPs to allow for a targeted response based on the needs and vulnerabilities of IDP communities as reported by them directly.

IMPACT Initiatives, notably via its REACH, AGORA, and PANDA initiatives, is increasingly committing research efforts to inform the aid community on how to tackle climate risk. The objective? To identify evidence-based solutions that can be applied in fragile contexts to strengthen the resilience of communities. How? By conducting scientifically robust risk assessments, working with local actors to develop a better understanding of risk, and building local analytical and communication capacities.

Following the escalation of conflict and violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) since 7 October 2023, IMPACT has mobilized to support humanitarian partners and coordination platforms in their response. Within this framework, our teams are directly supporting humanitarian planning through secondary and primary data and Information Management (IM) support. For example, we […]

Northern Syria has experienced a surge in violence in recent days, exacerbating an already severe humanitarian situation after twelve years of conflict and a devastating earthquake in February this year. Both the eastern and western parts of the region have been hit by airstrikes and shelling, resulting in deaths and injuries, damage to critical infrastructures […]

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the western region of Afghanistan on 7 October 2023, affecting an estimated 12,000 people across five districts of Herat province. In the following week, two other major earthquakes and numerous aftershocks hit the region, each of them exacerbating pre-existing vulnerabilities. As multiple organizations prepared to conduct market assessments to inform […]

Launch Statement Promoting a people-centred aid system: IMPACT’s commitment to producing community-driven evidence for humanitarian decision making  In recent years, there has been growing momentum around putting people and communities at the centre of humanitarian action, packaged under a series of Accountability to Affected People (AAP) principles and commitments. This push for stronger accountability mechanisms […]

Between September 10th and 12th, flooding caused largescale destruction in northeastern Libya, particularly in the city of Derna after two dams broke upstream. Up-to-date post-disaster information on the scope and severity of needs is scarce, which is why IMPACT conducted a Multi-Thematic Rapid Needs Assessment (MTRNA) in collaboration with United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination […]