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In several humanitarian response areas, are blessed with diverse climatic conditions for almost all crops (cereal, fruit and vegetable crops), besides ample opportunity to grow high value vegetables as off season in certain zones and pristine climatic niches as well production of certain fruits and vegetables seedling in low, high and walk in tunnels. 

Moreover, there is also immense scope of growing short duration vegetable in three successive seasons i.e. summer, winter and autumn such as tomato, broccoli and potato. The small farmers in general are neither aware of the opportunities of effective utilization of their physical , financial and human resources nor know the ways and means to utilize their available resources. Thus they follow the hit and trial rules to grow crops which often incur heavy losses to them. 

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At time of emergency and development programme, agencies need to respond sending relief items asap to respond the immediate need.  The delivery goes various phases and handled by various service providers till it reaches the beneficiaries.

In case of medical items, the tracking is crucial, considering the sensitivity of the medical items and the need some times to recall these items???, so how to find it where it is and who are the beneficiaries??

An app, or an innovative tool needs to be in place to help tracking the medical items from supplier level to beneficiary level.  This will include information referring to the PO, reference upon delivery to the local health partner, till it is finally delivered to the beneficiaries??.

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People with disabilities face numerous barriers to accessing humanitarian aid.  There are a number of reasons for this: a lack of information about the services available, difficulty accessing these services because they are too remote, unsuitable or physically inaccessible.
 
Existing standard relief items might need to be re designed to meet disabled beneficiary needs.  Improvements can often be made by applying basic common sense, for example, when you see toilets or water supplies with steps in refugee camps it is obvious that a wheelchair user cannot access them.

Standard procedures such as rapid assessments and registration processes often do not include collection of information specific to the circumstances, needs and presence of refugees and IDPs with disabilities. In cases of armed conflict or natural calamity, this ‘invisibility’ can be of drastic impact.

Addressing the specific needs of persons with disabilities in an emergency context requires that agencies have appropriate tools and training to recognize and record various types of disabilities, in order to fulfil their most basic rights to protection, health and dignity.

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“Coordinating Digital Health Promotion” – How can health NGOs work together to provide coherent unified health messages (including disease awareness information, information about how to manage disease outbreaks and information about health clinics/where to get help) using digital channels like social media platforms?

Context:
As mid‐low income countries get more and more connected with mobile access, internet access and access to apps like Facebook that are automatically installed on their phones in places where big tech have partnered with all major telcos, NGOs need to adapt how they roll‐out health promotion messages. Health promotion messages can include information about disease outbreaks, information about how to manage a health condition, or information about where to get health care (i.e. where their nearest health clinic is). A coordinated approach to digital health promotion between major health NGOs could mean that health information is more complete, a unified message instead of splintered messages would be more beneficial to make sure health messages are understood and retained. This could stop health issues from worsening and could help arm people with the health information they need to lead healthier, happier lives.
Challenge Statement: How might we create a platform or way of working that will enable NGOs to collaborate on digital health promotion?