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the indispensable short-term volunteers in their goal to have as much positive impact as possible while they are in the field.
“Collaborating with Human Aid Now has given us as “team KPMG” the unique opportunity
to contribute, in addition to the regular projects we do, to a great, small initiative
that has already managed to create a lot of social impact in a short period of time. It was
a privilege to help Human Aid Now take the next step in its organizational development with our team. We look forward to a continued collaboration!” – Michiel van Goozen, Strategy & Operations Consultant @ KPMG.
Innovation steps towards impact
In 2022, Human Aid Now aims to start deploying their solution to larger audiences. “First we want to focus on Europe. Our biggest pool of users that we have contact with is in Greece, so we will probably start there. but we’ve also tested with people
that are in Bosnia, for example.” By setting out such an ambitious target, Human Aid Now has demonstrated the potential value of a well-thought-out innovation process, including a clear challenge articulation, outward perspective, and willingness to test assumptions in the field.
Want
Facilitate knowledge gathering and transfer
in a way that is easily digestible and seamlessly integrated with the volunteers’ routine
Human Aid Now identified a gap: there is no structured and simple way to share all of the knowledge that the thousands of volunteers have gained and are gaining each and every day.
FInd
KPMG & many more partners
Many different actors provided Humas Aid Now with input throughout the accelerator.
The partners come in different shapes and forms, ranging from design studios to other grassroot organisations, from big international NGOs to universities.
Get
The Grassroots Daily
is a compilation of messages that get to the coordinators every day
We learnt that every day for 5 days is perhaps too frequent as users couldn’t adsorb and share as much. We also learnt that it was not inclusive enough as we focused mainly on volunteers from Western countries. One big lesson was that we needed to think more about community engagement through a suggestion bos or perhans some kind of a forum. We are keen on exploring this option further.
Scale
Increase the income of the nomadic camel farmers
In 2022, Human Aid Now aims to start deploying their solution to larger audiences.
Humad Aid Now has demonstrated the potential value of a well-thought-out innovation process, including a clear challenge articulation, outward perspective, and willingness to test assumptions in the field.
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Humanitarian Impact Re-imagined