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Kirsten Mildren, Head of Public Advocacy and Campaigns at UNOCHA

MEET KIRSTEN! 2020 was a year unlike any other, and its transformational tentacles reach well into this new year. Ongoing humanitarian crises and climate change merged with the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to wreak global havoc. At…
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Raphael: Relief Applications & Tech Innovation Coach

Meet Raphael! Raphael initially worked as a plane mechanic. Throughout his evenings he would help homeless people as a volunteer. He worked for the next 15 years responding to natural disasters and population movements. During an emergency…
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Laura de Franchis, Founder and Life Coach at The Alternatives Factory

MEET LAURA! The first place to start about Laura is that she is quite international. She is half-Italian and half-Dutch, married to a Frenchmen in a similar line of work (who's also a Hub member!). Her work required them to move around…
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James White, Director, Defense Innovation Greenhouse

James White’s colourful personality brings a lot of joy to The Humanity Hub. While he’s currently serving as the executive director of Defense Innovation Greenhouse (DIG), he’s done plenty of things in IT sector, yet always centred on the core themes of defence consulting around innovation.
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Marina Antunovic, Director at Mercy Corps Netherlands

She believes that all of us have gone through the same phases of “disbelief, panic, throwing ourselves at everything, and then slowly getting more and more organized, and henceforth finding areas where one can actually focus and do more to support the communities where we work”.

Livia del Conte, Policy and Project Officer at EUKN

“I really identified objectives I want to pursue with people of the Hub and reflect on ideas, there are so many ways you can be inspired by people working next to you!”

Charlotte de Jong, Policy Officer at the City of the Hague

“The crisis makes it clear that collaboration is even more important than it was before, especially learning from and growing with each other”.

Aleksandra Arcipowska, Climate Program at World Resources Institute

Welcome back to the Humans of the Hub series! This week we talked to Aleksandra Arcipowska, aka… Ola, Manager Online Data Tool & Visualizations for the Climate Program at World Resources Institute! MEET OLA! Ola works for the World…

Humans of the Hub: Meet Alexander Gunkel

Meet Alexander Gunkel! Alex founded Space4Good, an advisory organisation and innovation lab that uses the power of space technology to make real differences to projects on the ground. With a background in business and engineering, Alex…

Humans of the Hub: Loes Glas-Weijers

Welcome to this week’s Humans of the Hub post! This weeks’ innovator is Loes Glas-Weijers! Loes offers her expertise on smarter project management as an independent professional. Through her consultancy, Loes On Fire, Loes runs workshops…