Matthew Benson, Humanitarian Programme Manager

I lead DFID's engagement with humanitarian NGOs, as well as managing large humanitarian response and preparedness programmes focussing on collaboratively improving and developing NGO capability to better meet humanitarian need in some of the most difficult and complex areas of operations. Ultimately aiming to improve the overall international humanitarian system's ability to respond rapidly, effectively and in the most accountable way to the most vulnerable people affected by disasters.

Start Fund: responding to lesser known humanitarian crises

Matthew Benson, Humanitarian Programme Manager, 21 August 2015 - Humanitarian, Other

We all too often see in the media, news concerning large scale humanitarian disasters, like the earthquake in Nepal or Typhoon Haiyan in The Philippines. It is right that there is a focus on responding to the humanitarian need of …

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