Red Social Innovation goes to Substack !
A fresh start to keep in touch, learn and inspire social innovation leaders of the humanitarian sector.
In June 2023, during the last IFRC Global Innovation Summit in Nairobi, we listened to the 125 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies who attended the event. We gathered their precious feedbacks and we are preparing the development of more interactive features on the platform to make sure to answer to the collective challenges of tomorrow. If you have ideas to share, it’s the right time to get in touch with us!
Red Social Innovation started almost three years ago. Since then, we published more than 130 solutions and three reports :
How to foster innovation within social organisation | in partnership with the Stanford Social Innovation Review ;
Mental Health of older adults, how to prevent the risks of an ageist society | in partnership with the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support & EY Fabernovel ;
How blockchain can possibly improve humanitarian actions | in partnership with the British Red Cross.
We also launched 45 minutes, a bi-monthly webinar, focusing on the priorities of the social actors and gathering the solutions conceived by the International Movement of the Red Cross & Red Crescent, by external actors such as social startups and other associations.
🚚 Food & Medicine Delivery | The last mile of social aid during the pandemic ;
♻️ Climate change mitigation | How can we decarbonise social and humanitarian actions?
📱 Mobile for Health | How can smartphones improve the answer to medical and social needs?
🇪🇺 Social Innovation & civil society | How the Red Cross contributes to EU recovery
♀️ Women in Leadership | How to close the gap in the humanitarian sector?
Until now, we avoided to share monthly newsletter inviting you to subscribe to the notification system based on the keywords or tags you prefer. We wanted to avoid to spam and send you too many mails because we know that your mailbox is already full.
We decided to test Substack, where you will be able to subscribe and find the archives of the communication if and whenever you want. Let us know what you think and subscribe now 😉
Find below the latest highlights of the solutions we published online:
CO(mpensa)2, carbon offsetting through the restoration of intelligent ecosystems | The main objective of the platform +CO(mpensa)2 is to improve the efficiency of the Spanish Red Cross’ carbon footprint offset process. This tool enables the centralisation of the documentation associated with the projects of ecosystem restoration and carbon emissions offset, along with follow-up monitoring– using photogrammetry obtained by drone flights.
MRC Business Intelligence Dashboard | How the Mexican Red Cross created a system for collecting data during emergencies | The emergency control system is cloud-based and allows the operation control of ambulances and rescue vehicles of the Mexican Red Cross. It includes management algorithms, supervision, geolocation, management of personnel, vehicles, supplies and the registry of pre-hospital care (FRAP) in a digital format.
Hiveonline, the start-up that facilitates access to microcredit for African farmers | The start-up Hiveonline links unbanked and remote communities of African smallholder farmers to financial services and trade opportunities to improve their livelihoods and financial stability. We partner with off-takers and banks to build an economic ecosystem for fair trade and access to formal credit for these communities.
Women Social Entrepreneurship Institute of Mombasa | Nestled in the vibrant coastal region of Kenya, IOME001 is the brand new innovation centre of the Kenya Red Cross Society funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. Located next to the Mbaraki Girl Primary School, this innovation hub has been designed for the youth and the women of Mombasa and is made out of recycled and refurbished containers donated by the CMA-CGM foundation. IOME001 hosts the Women Social Entrepreneurship Institute, founded by the French Red Cross and the Kenya Red Cross Society. The final pitch in Mombasa of the first promotion of women took place on the 12th of September.
