• COVID-19 Readiness Workshops

    READY’s workshops aim to strengthen operational capacities and program adaptation frameworks among humanitarian NGOs to support a holistic, integrated response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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    Karma*, 9 washing her hands. Image credit: GMU

  • Webinars for the COVID-19 Context

    READY webinars feature experts from academic institutions and implementing organizations leading engaging, informative discussions relevant to COVID-19 technical areas, operations, and coordination issues.

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  • Featured Collection: Kaya COVID-19 Learning Pathway

    This open-access collection aims to enable humanitarians, including local responders, to be best equipped to respond to the global pandemic COVID-19. It includes online courses for strengthening technical capacity and soft skills and a “key documents” library including remote working guides and resilience support.

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    Ahishakiye, 64, says that these posters, distributed by Save the Children, will make it easier for the community to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image credit: Thacien Biziyaremye / Save the Children
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What is READY?

The READY initiative exists to augment global capacity to respond to major outbreaks of infectious disease with epidemic or pandemic potential—such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

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WEBINARS FOR THE COVID-19 CONTEXT

READY webinars feature experts from academic institutions and implementing organizations leading engaging, informative discussions relevant to COVID-19 technical areas, operations, and coordination issues.

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KAYA COVID-19 LEARNING PATHWAY

This open-access collection aims to enable humanitarians, including local responders, to be best equipped to respond to the global pandemic COVID-19. It includes online courses for strengthening technical capacity and soft skills as well as a key documents library for the COVID-19 context, including remote working guides and resilience support. (Image credit: Kaya / Save the Children)

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COVID-19 NGO READINESS WORKSHOPS

aim to strengthen operational capacities and program adaptation frameworks among humanitarian NGOs to support a holistic, integrated response to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on immediate readiness for rapid escalation of COVID-19 in a given geographic area.

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Inform READY’s Training Curriculum

READY is developing a technical training package for COVID-19 program implementers. Take a short survey (approx. 4 minutes) to inform the curriculum development process.

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Resources for COVID-19 Readiness

Karma*, 9 washing her hands. Image credit: GMU
Karma*, 9 washing her hands.
Image credit: GMU

Workshops

READY’s workshops aim to strengthen operational capacities and program adaptation frameworks among humanitarian NGOs to support a holistic, integrated response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health training in Uganda. Image credit: Save the Children Uganda
Health training in Uganda.
Image credit: Save the Children Uganda

Webinars

READY webinars are facilitated conversations relevant to COVID-19 planning and response, featuring experts from academic institutions and implementing organizations

Ahishakiye, 64, says that these posters, distributed by Save the Children, will make it easier for the community to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Image credit: Thacien Biziyaremye / Save the Children
Ahishakiye, 64, says that these posters, distributed by Save the Children, will make it easier for the community to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Image credit: Thacien Biziyaremye / Save the Children

Curated Collections

READY’s selection of websites and repositories of critical COVID-19 guidelines and materials

Coronavirus (COVID-19) awareness raising campaign in Shabelle internally displaced camps, Mogadishu. Image credit: Mohamed Osman / Save the Children
Coronavirus (COVID-19) awareness raising campaign in Shabelle internally displaced camps, Mogadishu. Image credit: Mohamed Osman / Save the Children

RCCE Toolkit

The COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Toolkit for Humanitarian Actors offers non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other humanitarian response actors guidance and tools they can use to rapidly plan and integrate RCCE into their COVID-19 response.

Grandmother Charity, Joanne and her daughter Phoebe outside their house in Omugo refugee settlement, Uganda. Image credit: Fredrik Lerneryd / Save the Children
Grandmother Charity, Joanne and her daughter Phoebe outside their house in Omugo refugee settlement, Uganda. Image credit: Fredrik Lerneryd / Save the Children

READY Discussion Forum

A community of practice space for humanitarian actors involved in outbreak preparedness and response, READY’s discussion forum includes webinar follow-up questions, workshop materials, and working group support.

Jojo*, a young child who survived the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Liberia, was cared for by health workers and her mother (right), also an Ebola survivor who was allowed to stay in the unit to care for her daughter.
Jojo*, a young child who survived the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Liberia, was cared for by health workers and her mother (right), also an Ebola survivor who was allowed to stay in the unit to care for her daughter.

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This website is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the READY initiative. READY (not an acronym) is supported by USAID’s  Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance,  Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)  and is led by Save the Children  in partnership with the  Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, the  Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs,  UK-Med, EcoHealth Alliance, and Mercy Malaysia. The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of Save the Children. The information provided on this website does not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, any or all consortium partners, or the United States Government, and is not official U.S. Government information.