From October 3-5, HumanSurge attended the South Summit Conference in Madrid, which hosted hundreds of innovators, businesses and startups. Marketed as a startup festival, there were multiple stages throughout the arena for attendees to choose which talks and presentations they wanted to go to. Additionally,...
On pretty much any humanitarian mission, there are some aspects that will make you want to return to a normal life - we will call them centrifugal forces – while other elements will make you want to stay and continue to serve – we will...
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...
We know we have mentioned it before. Probably more than once. And we want to help make localization happen. Simply because we believe it is important to promote a hiring practice that fits the sector we work in. A hiring practice that is as ethically...
From Humanicontrarian (March, 2017): MSF used to run an ad: “The world is our emergency room.” Snappy, no? Raises an eyebrow or two if wiped over a photograph, say, of dusty civilians shouldering a wounded neighbour, or starving children swallowed by their swaddling. It also raises...
By Emma Campbell Human Resources coordinator with Medecins Sans Frontieres. Like any organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres’ ability to function rests entirely on the strength of its team. But given our teams are made up of multiple nationalities, living together in extreme conditions, the importance of successful HR...