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Language profile of five IDP sites in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria

Read the full report here. Other resources that might interest you: Language barriers in the humanitarian response in Northeastern Nigeria (language assessment) Information without understanding, rights without meaning (position paper) The power of speech (storymap)

Philippines Super Typhoon Mangkhut (“Ompong”) – Crisis language map

Philippines Super Typhoon Mangkhut TWB crisis language map

In the early hours of 15 September 2018, Typhoon Mangkhut struck the Philippines, with the eye of the storm crossing Luzon, the country’s largest and most populous island. The storm, locally known as Ompong, primarily impacted the northern Cagayan Province, including the towns of Baggao and Lasam, with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour […]

TWB’s Rohingya Zuban report

TWB’s Rohingya Zuban report

When surveyed in October 2017, a shocking number of Rohingya refugees said that they were unable to communicate with humanitarian responders. The issue of difficult communications in a crisis scenario is intensified by the fact that high numbers of the refugee community are illiterate. This rapid assessment shows how communication is a major barrier in […]

Response to the Rohingya refugee crisis [VIDEO]

Response to the Rohingya refugee crisis

A team from TWB has deployed to Cox’s Bazar to address the language barriers that are making the delivery of aid to the Rohingya population very difficult. During their stay in Bangladesh, they have developed language capacity by training local Rohingya speakers to work with them as interpreters in the refugee camps, as well as […]