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RW Crises Key Figures now on ReliefWeb mobile site

By Andrew Footner

Imagine you are tasked with finding out how many refugees there are in Kenya, where they're from, and how the situation has changed from last year... Where do you start?

Managing information about a crisis is difficult and time-consuming. More so when the information is buried deep in pdfs, when the figures vary from day to day and source to source.

To make it easier to quickly grasp the extent of...

Posted
26 Mar 2019
Tags
  • data
  • mobile

At global conference, students use ReliefWeb data to pitch to donors

By Yuan-Kwan Chan

110 participants.

20 minutes to prepare.

3 judges.

1.5 minutes to convince a donor on how to aid polio vaccination efforts in Syria.

That was the challenge posed to student delegates representing 27 nationalities and 56 higher education institutions recently in Bangkok, Thailand. The participants, selected to attend the 2018 University Scholars Leadership Symposium (USLS), learned about ReliefWeb and...

Posted
23 Oct 2018
Tags
  • data
  • training

ReliefWeb Data Snapshots: RW usage analysis powered by ReliefWeb API and Google Analytics

By Miguel Hernandez Rivera

**PLEASE NOTE the Data Snapshots have been discontinued. Learn more about the reasons for decommissioned project on our Labs Page

ReliefWeb received, on average, about 1.3 million visits a month in 2016. Our users visit the site to search for the latest crisis information, job announcements and opportunities to brush up their skills and knowledge. They access the site from the field and...

Posted
19 Dec 2016
Tags
  • API
  • data
  • filter
  • jobs
  • labs
  • mobile
  • Statistics
  • training
  • Trends

ReliefWeb API documentation revamped

By Miguel Hernandez Rivera

Do you want to use real-time ReliefWeb content and data directly in your app or page? We are happy to announce the public release of a new version of the API documentation.

The first version (version 0) of the API was launched in 2014. After some years of increasing use, it evolved to the actual version and now, it is receiving more than half a million requests per day.

With this new update to the...

Posted
28 Jun 2016
Tags
  • API
  • data
  • labs

Comprehensive El Niño humanitarian updates with one click: ReliefWeb’s new El Niño topic page

By Andrew Kobylinski

** PLEASE NOTE this topic page is not maintained anymore

In 2016, millions of vulnerable people globally may be affected by the effects of El Niño, including drought, floods and food insecurity. Already Ethiopia is experiencing its worst El Niño-related drought in 30 years, leaving 10.2 million people in need of emergency food aid. Tens of millions of people across east and southern Africa, the...

Posted
22 Dec 2015
Tags
  • data
  • El Nino
  • hdx
  • Topics

ReliefWeb Labs Launches Humanitarian Data Exchange

By Andrew Kobylinski

In October 2013, ReliefWeb and OCHA ran a survey to understand the data needs and perceptions of the humanitarian community. Almost 3,500 people responded, with the majority based in Africa and working for an NGO.

The survey found that ReliefWeb users regularly do analysis with humanitarian data, but the data is hard to find, difficult to compare and not always trustworthy or timely.

To address...

Posted
24 Feb 2014
Tag
  • data

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