Do you speak COVID-19? – The importance of language for effective communication across the response
Also available in French and Spanish.
Language guidance for communicating about COVID-19 in Northeast Nigeria
What Matters? Humanitarian Feedback bulletin
BBC Media Action, Internews, and Translators without Borders are working together to improve two-way communication between the Rohingya refugees, the host communities, and the humanitarian actors. What Matters? provides a snapshot of feedback received from affected community members, to assist sectors to better plan and implement relief activities with communities’ needs and preferences in mind. […]
TWB glossary for Myanmar
This glossary includes terminology for Rohingya, Rakhine, Myanmar, and English. View and use the glossary here.
TWB glossary for COVID-19
We are identifying key terminology that people use to talk about COVID-19 as well as commonly used technical terms to develop a multilingual, plain-language glossary. The glossary is designed to assist field workers and interpreters engaging with communities to raise awareness about COVID-19. It aims to improve communication between responders and affected communities by providing […]
TWB glossary for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Clear information in the right language and consistent use of terminology helps minimize confusion and improves communication. This glossary will help anyone working on the humanitarian response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to communicate more effectively. The glossary contains health, nutrition, and bereavement terminology in French, Congolese Swahili, Lingala, Nande Mongo, Ngombe, Tshiluba, […]
Annual Report 2020
The TWB 2020 report highlights how the year 2020 brought unprecedented global crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and social and political upheaval. The need for credible and multilingual information became a matter of life and death, and the we expanded our work to meet this need. Our linguists, supporters, sponsors, partners, and advocates […]