If you have been following our newsletters recently, then you might have an idea of what our pilot project on expert remote support is about. But who, exactly, were the first people to embark on HumanSurge's idea of launching a project on expert remote support?...
Can we strengthen the humanitarian response if we connect aid workers with each other on a remote bases, to share experiences and knowledge, and complete tasks online? That was the question we asked ourselves when we started our pilot. The project is still ongoing and enables...
This week we wanted to share a guest blog post with your from one of our partners in Madrid, the Social Change School. SOCIAL CHANGE SCHOOL AND HUMANSURGE Hi, I’m Matias Rodriguez and I am very happy to introduce you the Social Change School and its new...
The SOCAP 2018 Conference took place in San Francisco, California, and for the second year in a row HumanSurge was able to attend the event with other startups and innovators. Since this was our second year in attendance you could say we are veterans, but...
This is Part 2 of a series titled “More Than Numbers.” In this series, we will share personal stories and photos from people who have worked in the humanitarian field. We are doing this in an effort to highlight humanitarian action and to humanize those...
We've had questions from some of you about ways to use and utilize your account. In this post, we will answer those questions and give you advice for the best ways to use the HumanSurge platform. If you have a question that isn't listed in...
After the recent cave rescue of a football team and their coach in Thailand, the public has now been able to gain insight into the huge number of individuals and their concerted efforts that made the rescue a success. While the Thai Navy SEALs, international...
In August, Loek Peeters (one of our founders) went to the Singularity University (SU) summit in San Francisco. This was a gathering of over 1400 participant discussing how converging technologies can help humanity progress forward. The event was incredibly visionary and the type of out-of-the-box...
It takes two to tango. So, for this new blog we decided to have a joint interview with both a recruiter and the professional she recruited through HumanSurge. A great example of real-time on-demand connections which enhance surge capacity, boosting emergency response operations. It is often the...
It’s exciting to see that HumanSurge (HS) is now going into a second year. Over 5.000 professionals, in 22 countries, have registered and 34 organisations use our site to look for people to fill their vacancies. As a result, we want to start with more...