Save the Children + DataKind + Microsoft
Generative AI Transforming Humanitarian Data Access for Crisis Response
10x
Faster Insights
The challenge
During humanitarian crises, data exists in abundance — but it is fragmented, inaccessible, and often too slow to act on. Save the Children’s responders struggled to translate raw data into timely, actionable insights in the field.
The solution
The Humanitarian Data Insights Project (HDIP) — a partnership between Save the Children, DataKind, and Microsoft — used generative AI to build a platform that synthesises crisis data streams and surfaces plain-language insights for humanitarian responders, dramatically cutting the time from data to decision.
Outcomes
- Generative AI reduces time-to-insight from days to hours
- Natural language querying of complex humanitarian datasets
- Validated and extended in a new phase launched in 2023
- Model for responsible AI use across the humanitarian sector
The pattern, applied to your business
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