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Emilie Poisson
@milipoisson.bsky.social
Director at IMPACT initiatives @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
Former Executive Director at Convergences
Former Aidworker #Africa (#DRC, #Chad, #SouthSudan & Regional) & #Calais & #Haiti
🚨 A revamped #Climate Dashboard for northern #Syria by @impact-initiatives.bsky.social now accessible without VPN, with high-res data, surface water tracking & AEZ insights.

Because local actors deserve local data. 🌍💧

🔗 Explore: dashboards.impact-initiatives.org/syr/climate_...

#HumanitarianData
July 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📉 Humanitarian data is under threat.
📊 Years of progress in building an independent, diverse, and adaptive data ecosystem risk being lost due to funding cuts.

We must not let the system go dark. Now more than ever, we must #KeepTheLightsOn

🔗 repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/imp...
June 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Cash assistance💸as Humanitarian Aid flexible, preferred but not always enough
👉 Let’s not just ask what works, let’s ask what works best, for whom & for how long.
🔗https://repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/impact/dfb958e9/REACH_UKR_MPCA-and-Sectoral-Outcomes-Assessment_Report_April-2025.pdf
June 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Are we really hearing from everyone in humanitarian research?

🧭 More inclusivity starts with better sampling.
🧩 Who we ask shapes what we know—and who gets helped.

To put it simply, better sampling = better data = better outcomes.
🔗Report ⬇️
#HumanitarianData #InclusiveResearch #LeaveNoOneBehind
May 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🚨 Over 7.8M have fled #Venezuela - 1 in 3 are #children. In #Colombia, youth shared what they need most:
1️⃣ Stronger family & community ties
2️⃣ Access to safe, quality education
3️⃣ Safer public spaces
4️⃣ Multisectoral support

Their voices must guide our response.
🔗 to full report below ⬇️
May 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#Uganda, the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, is home to 1.8 million refugees. Despite a progressive open-door policy, the response has been consistently underfunded, now worsened by global funding cuts.
🔗 Learn more about the consequences: repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/imp...
May 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Wondering how to improve applied research in crises? Here’s what we learned at @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
📅 Planning is crucial 🧑‍🏫 Training & monitoring ensure high data quality 🗣️ Regular & strong communication maximize efficiency and relevance
🔗 repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/imp...
May 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
After 2️⃣ years of war in #Sudan, the situation has escalated into one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises 🌍
⌛ It's time for the international community to step up. Ignoring Sudan's crisis is a moral failure and a strategic blunder.
🔗 IMPACT Initiatives's full brief: lnkd.in/dmhqx-XM
April 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🚶‍➡️After 13 years of conflict, the evolving political landscape in Northeast #Syria offers new opportunities for IDPs to return 🏠 but raises ⁉️ about conditions awaiting them. Up to 40,000 IDPs may return to their areas of origin within a year.
🔗 Brief repository.impact-initiatives.org/document/imp...
April 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🚨 In #SouthSudan airstrikes & clashes displaced 1000s into makeshift camps, where disease and hunger are rampant. Humanitarian efforts face stockouts, broken supply lines & access restrictions. @impact-initiatives.bsky.social's recent assessment reveals a worsening crisis
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April 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM