
humanitarian agencies — like the Red Cross in
Kenya, the U.N.’s International Organization for
Migration in Djibouti, or Terre des Hommes in
Gaza — became part of the Maker Movement
as well by building makerspaces or FabLabs to
support their educational activities. I particularly
admire Habibi Works which supports Syrian
refugees in Greece.
The global Covid-19 pandemic brutally but
clearly made the case for the local manufacture
and supply of aid. The aid community really
struggled to operate during the pandemic. It
highlighted just how expensive, slow, and fragile
our globalized supply chains really are. Major
aid agencies started approaching ...