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Vision, Mission, Strategy
Social science in humanitarian action and the battle against Ebola
As the Ebola outbreak continues in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, evidence-based communication and community engagement activities are becoming ever more critical to curb the epidemic and prevent spread of the virus to neighbouring countries
Violence against women within the Rohingya refugee community
BBC Media Action carried out a small scale qualitative research study that sought to understand more about Rohingya men and womens’ understanding and attitudes towards child marriage, intimate partner violence and sexual exploitation and abuse. Here's what they found.
Community communication and engagement in the Central Sulawesi response
In December, the second edition of Suara Komunitas – Community Voices, was published by the community engagement working group in Palau, Indonesia. It brings together the feedback, questions and concerns of people who have been affected by the Central Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami.
Assessing systematic feedback from Rohingya communities three months on
In July of 2018, Ground Truth Solutions published the first of their reports summarising the feedback of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazaar of the aid they had received.Three months on, what has changed?
Sunda Strait Tsunami Response: tools for communications and community engagement
On December 22, the eruption of Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia triggered a tsunami that hit coastal towns along the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. Here's a list of resources to assist the integration of communication and community engagement into the response.
Communication is Aid
When disasters hit people need good information as well as food, water, shelter and medical care. What should they do to be safe, are loved ones alive and where can they receive help?
News from the Network
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Putting communities in control of evaluations: the participatory video approach
| Mon, 7 Jan 2019InsightShare partnered with ActionAid to explore how participatory video could be used to enable disaster affected communities to evaluate ...
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Building a disaster reporting app with communities in the Philippines
| Thu, 20 Dec 2018Q&A with Anna Zofia Leal, Executive Director, ICRED, one of 40 selected innovators supported by TUKLAS to strengthen disaster risk reduction...
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Communication and community engagement coordination in the Rohingya crisis: did it work?
| Mon, 26 Nov 2018The Real-Time Evaluation of Communicating with Communities Coordination in the Rohingya Response assesses how coherently, competently and ...
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Is a human-centred design approach to aid shifting decision power?
| Mon, 26 Nov 2018‘Human- or user-centred design’ is a concept directly lifted from private sector innovation and product development that features regularly ...
About the CDAC Network
The CDAC Network is a growing platform of more than 30 humanitarian, media development, social innovation, technology, and telecommunication organisations, dedicated to saving lives and making aid more effective through communication, information exchange and community engagement.
