--- title: "Development and humanitarian sector | Nexus Observatory" description: "School connectivity, displacement sites, anticipatory-action hydromet nodes and health-facility monitoring. Point-to-multipoint wireless…" url: https://observatory.global/sectors/humanitarian/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-10-28 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Sectors](https://observatory.global/#lines) / **Development and humanitarian** # Data gaps close before the crisis. School connectivity, displacement sites, anticipatory-action hydromet nodes and health-facility monitoring. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Scenarios [The protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/specification/) **Scenarios**: 3 **Templates**: 3 17,358 open instruments in the hydrology domain **01** Deployment scenarios ## 3 ways the grid is deployed here. From the sector research, each with the observatory template that serves it where one exists. Template · school-observatory ### School connectivity with a school observatory Satellite or fixed wireless, school Wi-Fi, an open connectivity probe and an optional station. [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) · [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) · [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) Template · displacement-site ### Displacement-site connectivity and sensing Point-to-multipoint wireless, satellite backhaul, solar and water-point sensors with protection safeguards. [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) · [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) · [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) · [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) Template · gbon-gap-filler ### Anticipatory-action hydromet nodes Stations deployed through UN implementing entities of the systematic-observations financing pathway. [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) · [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/) **02** Proof ## What buyers ask to see. The evidence a procurement in this sector asks for, from the sector research. Each item is produced by the grid as a record, not written up afterwards. - UN vendor registration - Long-term agreement eligibility - Humanitarian standards alignment - Data protection - Local capacity transfer - Total cost of ownership **03** Participation ## Where communities can host the grid. [Community Join the communityOne account for every community, platform and the Nexus Observatory app.](https://observatory.global/register/) [Open data Use the open networksPublic observing networks on their own terms, ready to reuse.](https://observatory.global/open/) [Hosting Host a stationTell us about a site; we bring the survey, the design and the crew.](https://observatory.global/contact/) **04** Lines ## The lines that serve it. 5 of the nine enterprise lines carry the scenarios above, ranked by how many name their work. [3 scenarios Sensors & instrumentsMeasurements that carry their own proof.](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [2 scenarios ConnectivityPrivate 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) [2 scenarios Earth observation & GeoAIThe ground, measured and modelled.](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) [1 scenario Hardware & powerBuilt for the site, not the lab.](https://observatory.global/hardware/) [1 scenario Field servicesSurvey to decommission, one accountable crew.](https://observatory.global/field-services/) **05** Search terms and open work ## How the sector names the problem. The terms buyers and programmes use, and open projects in the space, named as factual references only. Naming a project is not an endorsement or a relationship. Search terms school connectivity refugee connectivity emergency telecommunications anticipatory action hydromet last-mile humanitarian connectivity Open projects, for reference - Giga open-source tools - 3D-PAWS - Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team - Mapeo **06** Other sectors ## Thirteen sectors, one grid. [5 scenarios Government and public safetyWarning starts with a measurement.](https://observatory.global/sectors/public-safety/) [4 scenarios CitiesThe street, measured block by block.](https://observatory.global/sectors/cities/) [5 scenarios Communities and ruralConnectivity and sensing, locally owned.](https://observatory.global/sectors/communities/) [5 scenarios IndustrialSites, ground and air, on one record.](https://observatory.global/sectors/industrial/) [5 scenarios AgricultureSoil, water and weather, field by field.](https://observatory.global/sectors/agriculture/) [4 scenarios Sports and eventsA temporary grid for a crowd.](https://observatory.global/sectors/sports-events/) [6 scenarios ScientificInstruments that outlast the grant.](https://observatory.global/sectors/scientific/) [5 scenarios Environment and climateEcosystems, observed without a gap.](https://observatory.global/sectors/environment/) [4 scenarios EnergyAssets, grids and weather, joined.](https://observatory.global/sectors/energy/) [4 scenarios TransportCorridors that report their own state.](https://observatory.global/sectors/transport/) [4 scenarios Defence-adjacent (civil dual-use)Civil sensing only. Nothing else.](https://observatory.global/sectors/defence-adjacent/) [3 scenarios EducationLearning to observe, on a real grid.](https://observatory.global/sectors/education/) ## Bring us the site. Survey, design, deployment and operation for development and humanitarian. The form names who receives your details. 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