Access to Information as AID - Refugee Connectivity Program Europe (2015-2017)

1. Access to Information as AID -
Refugee Connectivity Program
Europe (2015-2017)
A Case Study
Isaac Kwamy
Senior Director
Global Programs, Humanitarian Disaster Management

2. Do You Have Wi-Fi?
Where am I?
Where can I charge
my Phone?
Where’s Germany?
Looking Back – As they Arrived in Greece

3. NetHope-led
Refugee
Connectivity
Alliance
Refugee Connectivity Current Status

4. All they Needed was to be Able to
Communicate…

5. RESULTS
Nimble deployment model
that reflected ground reality
with a minimum of wasted
effort
RAPID
ASSESSMENT
PRE-BUILT
KITS
APs & CHARGING
STATION LOCATIONS
RESULTS
Pre-configured network and
recharge kits maximized
available field time for
deployment teams
RESULTS
Equal share and access to
internet and power for all
Key Operational Considerations

6. RESULTS
600,000+ users at 81 locations
connected; all refugee networks
are cloud-managed and
monitored 24/7
OPTIMIZED
NETWORKS FOR CwC
SECURITY
STANDARDIZED
CONFIGURATION
RESULTS
Stopping advanced security
threats: 80,000 attacks/week;
Protecting 2.4 million DNS
queries every 24 hours;
Protecting 16,000 clients and 34
TB of data/week; ~85% of
threats from Android malware
RESULTS
Having standard configurations
made deployment decisions and
troubleshooting easier
Key Technical Outcomes

7. Why Providing Connectivity to Affected
Communities?

8. Do you think Communication is AID?

9. Thank you to NetHope Partners who Made
this Possible!