Placement Algorithm became inactive following this stage
education
EdTech Global Landscape Analysis
The research identified six EdTech innovation trends that represent patterns of approach we observed across many individual global projects. Accompanying each innovation trend are 2-3 case studies that illustrate how...
economic-wellbeing
Local Manufacturing of Medical Supplies in Northwest Syria
Northwest Syria
Open source designs, local manufacturing, and business support can enable a localized supply chain of critical medical equipment while also supporting the market and providing income to families in economic...
empowerment
Service Delivery for Mobile Populations
Jordan
As people displaced by the Syria crisis begin returning to their homes, new approaches will be needed to deal with the unprecedented scale of returns.
empowerment
Urban Housing
Jordan
Rapid urbanization in many parts of the world has led to a great deal of challenges ensuring the availability of adequate housing. In the Middle East, this is coupled by...
This project became inactive following the Design Research phase
innovative-finance
Crisis Risk Finance
Global
IRC’s work on crisis risk finance seeks to develop a blueprint for how organizations can reorient more of their resources and processes to be better prepared for, and how the...
innovative-finance
Defining and driving innovative finance
Global humanitarian budgets are not keeping pace with our clients’ needs and aspirations. Airbel is designing and testing new approaches to raising finance, and impactful new ways to use funds...
innovative-finance
Financing Refugee Crisis Response
Together with the Centre for Global Disaster Protection, Airbel is working to assess the potential to use risk-based financing approaches to respond to refugee influxes.
This project graduated following the Generate Solutions phase
education
Humanitarian EdTech Innovation Toolkit
The toolkit is developed for organizations in the humanitarian sector seeking to improve the education access and quality for crisis-affected communities via technology-enhanced solutions.
empowerment
Information Flows
Jordan
Displaced people live in challenging circumstances where accurate information can become difficult to obtain. Strengthening information flows can aid in decision-making and make their circumstances easier to manage.
This project graduated following the Generate Solutions phase
empowerment
Placement Algorithm
United States
Airbel is piloting and scaling an innovative machine learning algorithm developed by the Stanford University Immigration Policy Lab that matches refugees in areas where they are likely to thrive when...
This project became inactive following the Generate Solutions phase
economic-wellbeing
Trade Accelerator
Focused support for Jordanian businesses to foster rapid growth and help them tap into the European market and hire refugees to do so.
This project became inactive following the Generate Solutions phase
health
Virtual Baby
This portable game would let children earn points for raising a happy baby, teaching them about sexual health and nutrition.
This project became inactive following the Generate Solutions phase
empowerment
Ask Laila
A hotline, SMS, and web-based service to help resettled refugees get quick answers from a trusted local source - in their own language.
This project became inactive following the Prototype phase
education
Audio-Class System
Colombia
The Colombian education system is struggling to support an unprecedented influx of students in the midst of a global pandemic. To respond to the crisis, the IRC created an innovative...
health
Dela
Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo
Dela aims to be an open-source mobile application that connects community health workers and their supervisors with a consistent channel of communication, to improve the quality of services delivered through...
empowerment
Games for Diversity and Inclusion
Airbel worked closely with colleagues in the Asia Region to prototype approaches to increasing diversity and inclusivity in our workplaces through mechanisms with wide appeal, that can be easily integrated...
This project graduated following the Prototype phase
health
Medicine Bank
Jordan
People with low income in Jordan often struggle to access the medicine they need. This solution is aimed at making supply chains more efficient to reduce the cost of pharmaceuticals....
health
InforMH
Jordan
Leveraging people’s existing practices to bridge the information and stigma gaps that prevent people from seeking mental health and psychosocial support.
health
Sprout
Niger
Over 16 million children under the age of 3 are afflicted by severe acute malnutrition. To pinpoint the most impactful prevention methods, Sprout is experimenting with 3 distinct approaches.
This project graduated following the Prototype phase
education
Spark
Tanzania
Spark creates alternative learning spaces outside of refugee camp schools to practice play-based learning and social-emotional skills with primary school children.
This project became inactive following the Prototype phase
empowerment
IRC Connect
United States
In partnership with Twilio.org, Airbel is developing an SMS-based system to streamline communication between caseworkers and newly-settled refugees as they adapt to their new lives in the United States.
This project graduated following the Pilot phase
education
Coach Erevu
Tanzania
Coach Erevu is a virtual teacher coaching program designed to empower teachers to learn and practice social-emotional learning activities that they can use in their classrooms.
This project graduated following the Pilot phase
health
Low-Literacy Malnutrition Tools
South Sudan
In hard-to-reach areas local community health workers are key to treating malnourished children. Commonly used tools for diagnosing and treating malnutrition have been adapted to meet the needs of workers...
This project graduated following the Pilot phase
health
Micronutrient Condiment
Kenya
Two billion people are affected by micronutrient deficiencies worldwide. One third of them are children. We aim to introduce an affordable product inspired by existing porridge preparation practices for sale...
education
PlayMatters
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda
PlayMatters is an IRC-led consortium funded by the LEGO Foundation that cultivates holistic learning and wellbeing outcomes for refugee and host-community children aged 3-12+ in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda through...
education
Pop-Up Class Tanzania
Tanzania
Pop-Up Class Tanzania is an after-school digital learning program where children learn on personalized game-based learning software called onecourse and Kitkit School.
education
Pop-Up Learning Tanzania
Tanzania
With more students out of school around the world due to COVID-19 than ever before, we need solutions that ensure the hardest-to-reach children receive quality education. The IRC is delivering...
innovative-finance
Resettlement Revolving Fund
In this new model for refugee resettlement finance, a self-sustaining fund provides countries with finance for refugee resettlement, and is replenished as refugees fuel economic growth.
This project graduated following the Pilot phase
economic-wellbeing
Seed Security Solution Package
Syria, South Sudan, Pakistan, Niger
This package of three solutions leverages contests, prizes, field experiments, and peer-learning to identify and multiply high-yielding and climate-adapted seed varieties, increase seed quality and availability, and ultimately enhance the...
education
Tunakujenga
Tanzania
Tunakujenga is a family learning program designed to empower caregivers to engage in nurturing and playful parenting to support their children’s social and emotional development.
This project graduated following the Pilot phase
education
EmpaTeach
Tanzania
EmpaTeach is a project that aims to reduce corporal punishment in low resource settings by helping teachers learn positive discipline methods, change destructive thought patterns, and plan ahead for positive...
This project graduated following the Rigorous Evaluation phase
safety
Real Man Challenge
Liberia, Uganda, Peru
The Real Man Challenge is a mobile messaging campaign that engages men with an aspirational and positive masculine identity to prevent intimate partner violence. It sends WhatsApp messages to men...
education
Pop-Up Learning Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Pop-Up Learning is a tablet-based computer-assisted learning program, aimed to mobilize quickly and efficiently on the onset of crisis.
safety
Becoming One
Uganda
Becoming One is a counseling program designed to bring couples closer and prevent intimate partner violence. The program is delivered in partnership with local faith leaders, who guide couples through...
health
ComPAS: Combined Protocol for Acute Malnutrition Study
South Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Mali, Chad
The current malnutrition treatment is inaccessible for 4 out of 5 acutely malnourished children globally. A new combined approach is simpler, less expensive, & offers more comprehensive treatment, with the...
other
Dioptra
Dioptra simplifies the process of conducting cost analyses, helping humanitarian and development actors make use of limited resources in a transparent and effective way.
economic-wellbeing
Match
Jordan
Working to counter the high rates of unemployment that follow mass displacement, the Match project in Jordan is testing a set of new innovations for placing vulnerable populations and refugees...
education
Ahlan Simsim
In this historic effort, IRC and Sesame Workshop have partnered to help children whose lives have been uprooted by the war in Syria to build brighter futures.