Our goal

Our goal is to help you understand and follow up the humanitarian crises around the world and document the Arab efforts. To do so, we examine the sites of international organizations and non-governmental organizations, governments, research institutions and the media for news, reports and press releases, appeals, and policy documents, analysis and maps related to humanitarian emergencies worldwide.
We provide the appropriate content on the Arab Humanitarian portal, and we deliver it through your favorite channels (RSS, e-mail, Twitter or Facebook).
Three offices were established in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates to ensure the updated gate around the clock. Wherever you are in the world, you can follow the humanitarian news by visiting the portal or through Twitter and Facebook. You can send your activities humanitarian via e-mail to submit@arabhum.int.

What is the Information Network for Humanitarian Affairs?

The Humanitarian Information Network (HIN) is a group of humanitarian actors governed by the humanitarian principles of information management. The HIN is the first Arabic-region information platform to focus on humanitarian issues. It provides an environment in which to exchange humanitarian information for a better response to emergencies.

Objectives

The Arab Humanitarian Portal centralizes and facilitates access to humanitarian information in the Arab region through a common portal. It coordinates information to identify gaps, and it promotes the dissemination of humanitarian analysis to help policymakers and field workers make sound decisions in a timely manner.

Portal and content

The Arab Humanitarian Portal builds communication bridges with humanitarian actors in the region, and facilitates a joint response to global humanitarian emergencies. The portal also aims to strengthen partnerships among humanitarian actors in the Arab region.

Specific objectives

• Advocate more structured, coordinated, well-organized, and efficient humanitarian work.
• Strengthen links between network members and national institutions, the UN system, NGOs and other humanitarian counterparts in the region.
• Widely disseminate humanitarian information and avoid duplication.
• Initiate joint humanitarian information projects to reduce costs and ensure sustainability and effectiveness.
• Provide emergency briefs and analyses to guide decision makers at national and regional levels.
• Identify relevant information developed by other partners and publish it on the portal.
• Share disaster management best practices in the field among humanitarian actors.

Headlines of the Portal

• News Center
• Reports and Maps Center
• Disasters
• Funding
• Humanitarian Profile
• Resources
• Events
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