In the past years, the aid sector has made broad commitments to transform the way aid is funded and delivered. These “localisation” promises have stalled, but local aid workers are already at the forefront in emergencies around the world.

The New Humanitarian commissioned our team to produce a 4-part documentary series that explores what local aid looks like on the ground.

The series profiles local responders at the heart of three very different crises: a doctor bringing a rare palliative care programme to Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps; a Syrian refugee helping out-of-school students get an education in Lebanon; and an aid worker trying to bring divided communities together in drought-hit northern Kenya.