Humanitarian Aid
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Who Cares for the Carers? Malnutrition and its Mental Health Toll
As severe acute malnutrition affects hundreds of thousands of children in northern Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders is addressing an overlooked crisis: the severe emotional and…
“Without medicine, what can the doctor do?”
Devastating global cuts to humanitarian aid have forced widespread clinic closures across Sudan, leaving millions without access to basic medicine, vaccines, and essential…
So Close to Gaza: Inside a Night the Gaza Flotilla Didn’t Reach Shore
In her new book Flotilla: A Journey of Conscience, Zukiswa Wanner recounts the harrowing final hours of a civilian flotilla intercepted while attempting to break the blockade of…
We cannot ignore the Sudanese civil war
Millions have been displaced, millions more are starving and hundreds of thousands are dead, but Africa remains silent
In a world of injustices, be Greta Thunberg
The climate activist also advocates for human rights, such as those of Palestinians being killed by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza
Gaza: South Africa must urgently return to the International Court of Justice
As humanitarian needs soar, provisional measures are needed for the full cessation of hostilities in Gaza.
Food drives from Jo’burg support KwaZulu-Natal’s citizens in need
Various charities and private groups are organising drives to provide necessities such as food, toiletries and medicine in areas heavily affected by looting
‘Not every day is perfect, but it’s a bit better’
Humanitarian assistance doesn’t always work right away. That doesn’t mean we should stop trying.
The price of aid: Who is watching whom?
When governments fail and health systems falter, aid agencies take over. But who holds them accountable?
gaza march of return casualties Israel targeting of civilians
There’s something distinctly cynical about Israel’stargeting of people’s legs in Palestine’s march for freedom.
The world ignores Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
The state is using famine as a weapon of war but SA abstained in a UN human rights resolution
As climate changes, so must aid
In a world of climate change, it is essential that social protection systems are designed with the capacity and flexibility to respond to shocks.
We need to act urgently about the health disaster in Nigeria’s Borno state
The extent of the crisis is only now becoming clear. Hundreds of thousands have been cut off from assistance, some for as long as two years.
Humanitarian aid system in need of substantial reform
A financing study commissioned for the World Humanitarian Summit in May urges an entirely new approach to help the rising number of poor.
NGOs speak: Their most pressing humanitarian priorities for 2016
Following a call from the UN for a record $20.1 billion, 15 of the world’s leading aid agencies were polled on their top humanitarian concerns.