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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 03/09/2026
Samaritan’s Purse Declines $300M From Trump Funding Package ministrywatch.com/samaritans-p...
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Samaritan’s Purse Declines $300M From Trump Funding Package - MinistryWatch
Samaritan's Purse has declined a $300M State Department funding offer. President Franklin Graham says the ministry will keep relying on "God, not government" for support, while remaining open to futur...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 01/09/2026
Government of Nepal Disaster Relief Fund moha.gov.np/en/post/ha-r...
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Official Disaster Relief Appeal
On Wednesday, 10 Bhadra 2083 (26 August 2026) at 8:40 AM, a massive flood in the Bhote Koshi River of Rasuwa District caused heavy loss of life and property. The flood severely impacted riverbank area...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 20/08/2026
World Humanitarian Day / Aid Worker Safety From 2025 chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
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The worst World Humanitarian Day
Tuesday the 19th of August was the 17th annual World Humanitarian Day. And, it was probably the grimmest one yet. Attacks on aid workers, respect for the Geneva Conventions, and feelings of internatio...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 20/08/2026
World Humanitarian Day / Aid Worker Safety From 2025 chrishouston.ca/stories-of-p...
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The worst World Humanitarian Day
Tuesday the 19th of August was the 17th annual World Humanitarian Day. And, it was probably the grimmest one yet. Attacks on aid workers, respect for the Geneva Conventions, and feelings of internatio...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A sad, recurring story in global health : those who need medicines the most are least likely to receive them www.science.org/content/arti...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 24/07/2026
Thanks, @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy for respecting our "Dogs on Video" policy. humanitarianassociates.org/dogs-on-vide...
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Dogs on video meetings policy – Humanitarian Associates
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 18/07/2026
Two months into the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC, intense transmission in Ituri is our primary concern. Health interventions alone will not stop this outbreak. Urgent political action is needed to secure access, protect health workers and scale up the response. Even a temporary ceasefire would help.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 18/06/2026
Latest edition of "Hunger Hotspots" by @wfp.org and @fao.org has just been released. docs.wfp.org/api/document...
Map of the world showing the hunger hot spots with Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria being in most need
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 16/06/2026
🚨 Humanitarian good news alert! 🚨 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: BBC witnesses celebration in the epicentre of the outbreak
There are glimpses of happiness in the Democratic Republic of Congo's fight against the virus that has killed more than 170.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 14/06/2026
The main reason I’ve become such a “air conditioning is an essential life saving technology” advocate is because I was horrified to find out how many people seem to think that letting millions die during heat waves without it is better “for the greater good” of slowing climate change.
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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 13/06/2026
I remember doing some analysis on priorities for funding humanitarian innovations, @ivangayton.bsky.social told me the biggest issue might be a need for cooling. (My side gig from the musuem is @humanitarianassociates.org) Ivan has a good track record of being ahead of the curve on such issues.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 10/06/2026
Oxfam has renamed its "MENA (Middle East and North Africa)" team to Oxfam in SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa).  The organisation explains that "The term 'Middle East' is steeped in colonialism." arabic.oxfam.org/%D9%85%D9%86...
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من نحن | أوكسفام بالعربية
أوكسفام هي منظمة عالمية تمثل الملايين من الأشخاص ممن يشاركون المبدأ القائم على أساس أن العالم غني بالموارد وأن الفقر ليس أمراً حتمياً. فمنذ نشأة منظمة أوكسفام كمؤسسة خيرية صغيرة في عام ١٩٤٢، تحت إسم "...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 27/05/2026
James Roberts is currently demonstrating the mOm Incubators at MaRS Discovery District, Toronto. @gccanada.bsky.social recent funded mOm Incubators to send incubators to Sudan for use in International Medical Corps healthcare locations. News on that: www.sudanspost.com/internationa...
Man on stage demonstrating an incubator
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Chris Houston @chrishouston.ca · 02/05/2026
The healthcare and wider humanitarian needs of Rohingya people are being overlooked just now - Anita Schug (founder of Rohingya Medics)
Dr Anita speaking
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 02/05/2026
The rapid withdrawal of international health aid by the United States (US) constitutes a public health emergency of international concern Via @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/us-withdrawa...
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US Withdrawal Of Global Health Funding Is 'Public Health Emergency Of International Concern' - Health Policy Watch
The rapid withdrawal of international health aid by the United States (US) constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), according
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 27/04/2026
canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/04/22/c... We are proud to support this work. Via @canadahealthwatch.ca
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Canadian support for newborns couldn’t come at a more urgent time
As Sudan's war wears on, infant mortality rates are entering a vicious feedback loop.
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
www.thewhig.com/opinion/john... “MSF has witnessed recurrent outbreaks of deadly, yet preventable, diseases across Sudan — from measles in Darfur to hepatitis E in Al-Jazirah state, and cholera in Khartoum and White Nile states,” reads an April 15 statement issued by the NGO.
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JOHNSTON: Humanitarian crisis in Sudan is the world’s worst
The outbreak of hostilities in Sudan has launched an ongoing conflict that has killed countless civilians.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 08/04/2026
Yesterday was World Health Day. We are proud to support the rollout of mOm Essential Incubators to meet the urgent healthcare needs in Sudan. www.sudanspost.com/internationa...
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International funding to support neonatal care in conflict-hit Sudan - Sudans Post
International funding has been secured to support neonatal care in Sudan ahead of World Health Day, aid groups said, as nearly three years of war continue to cripple the country’s healthcare system an...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 10/03/2026
HUMANITARIAN INNOVATION Stop prioritising AI-technology that puts barriers between humanitarians and communities. Local people know what they need. We don't need AI for needs assessments. Stop investing in tech that protects the power status quo @paulagilbaizan.bsky.social at #HNPW
a conference panel in Geneva
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 09/03/2026
Our latest research was published by Elrha
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Pathways to Scale in Rapid Responses
Pathways to Scale in Rapid Responses
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 30/01/2026
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reverses earlier stance. Won't share staff names with Israeli. A staff group known as *Decolonize MSF* had been advocating against the earlier decision: x.com/DecoloniseMsf www.msf.org/msf-statemen...
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MSF statement on sharing staff information and humanitarian operations in Palestine | MSF
Following many months of unsuccessful engagement with Israeli authorities, and in the absence of securing assurances to ensure the safety of our staff or the independent management of our operations, ...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 30/01/2026
Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain and UK "strongly condemn the demolitions by the Israeli authorities of the ...UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem, on 20 January 2026." www.canada.ca/en/global-af...
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Joint statement - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
“We the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom strongly condemn the demolitions by the Israeli authorities of th...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 30/12/2025
Israel says it’s suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules apnews.com/article/gaza... List in link includes -Action Against Hunger -CARE -Danish Refugee Council -Medecins Sans Frontieres -Norwegian Refugee Council -Medical Aid for Palestinians UK -Oxfam Quebec
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List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending
Israel says it's suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in Gaza.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 16/12/2025
"Premature births, congenital malformations, and low birthweight have become commonplace, as pregnant mothers face malnutrition and repeated forced displacement." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Is Gaza still a place for newborn life?
10 months after a warning that Gaza's maternal and neonatal health sector was sliding from crisis towards collapse,1 fresh field reports reveal an even starker picture. In the first 6 months of 2025, ...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 12/11/2025
Civilians trapped by massacres in Sudan www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
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Civilians trapped by massacres in Sudan - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Sudan is experiencing “the biggest and worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” Hanin Ahmed told Dahdaleh Community Fellow Chris Houston on November 2. Ahmed is a communication officer for Sudan’s gra...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 26/10/2025
AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies - @aishadown.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies
Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 21/10/2025
A million Syrians have returned home, but more support needed so millions more can follow - @unhcr.org www.unhcr.org/us/news/pres...
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A million Syrians have returned home, but more support needed so millions more can follow | UNHCR US
GENEVA – In just nine months, 1 million Syrians have returned to their country following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government on 8 December 2024. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling on the ...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 27/09/2025
Was a pleasure to meet so many at #CGI2025
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 25/09/2025
We’re in New York City helping mOm Incubators get funding to send more incubators to Gaza. It’s a great bit of kit that keeps premature babies warm. Easy to use, clean, move, and power. www.momincubators.com
Conference context. People looking at an incubator around a table.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 23/09/2025
We’re at the @clintonglobal.bsky.social in NYC tomorrow and Thursday. Say hi if you’re attending.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 18/09/2025
The U.N. refugee agency: governments around the world, especially in the Global North, which includes the United States and countries in Europe, are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers — even threatening its very existence. apnews.com/article/asyl...
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UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat
The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers even threatening its very existence.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 11/09/2025
The African Studies Program at the @utoronto.ca is hosting the event: The Making of a Crisis: Unpacking Sudan's Neglected War. Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Making of a Crisis: Unpacking Sudan's Neglected War. A panel with activist and co-founder of Sudan Bukra TV Husam Mahjoub, who will speak to the role of the UAE in the war in Sudan and Humanitarian Aid and Development Expert Iman Ahmed, who will speak to the humanitarian situation. This will be followed by a Q&A facilitated by student leaders from the Sudanese Student Union. See poster below for more details. 
The panel will take place on Monday, Sept. 22 at 6 pm at the William Doo Auditorium on the St. George campus. Delicious Sudanese refreshments and snacks will be served.
The event is free and you can register here to hold your place.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 02/09/2025
Terrible news from Afghanistan as an earthquake has killed over 800 people. Consider donating to Afghan Relief: www.afghan-relief.org/appeals/afgh...
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Afghanistan Earthquake – Afghan ReliefOwl Carousel with Zoom (Lightbox2) - 300x300 Images
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, Laghman, and Nuristan, near Jalalabad and the Pakistan border. The quake struck at a shallow depth, causing severe structural damage, landslides, and blocked roads in remote areas, isolating entire communities.
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The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 11/08/2025
Our CEO was on CBC National News last week talking about aid drops to Gaza. Gaza needs thousands of truckloads of aid per day. Canada's air drop of half a truckload once is insignificant. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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CBC News Network’s Natasha Fatah speaks with CEO of Humanitarian Associates Chris Houston
Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 07/08/2025
New report from @doctorswithoutborders.org: "This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing" #Gaza #GazaHumanitarianFoundation www.msf.org/not-aid-orch...
Testimonies from our patients describing their experiences at the GHF
distribution sites depict a level of dehumanisation and violence, both
indiscriminate and targeted, which is beyond disturbing. As described
by MSF’s medical coordinator, our teams were mentally prepared for
responding to conflict — but not to civilians killed and maimed while
seeking aid. They were not prepared for treating starving and unarmed
Palestinians who had been gunned down as if they were animals, often
while penned into metal-gated areas. The medical data is clear. This is not aid. It is orchestrated killing.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 07/08/2025
New report from @gccanada.bsky.social: Communicating Evidence for Humanitarian Innovations humanitariangrandchallenge.org/wp-content/u...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 06/08/2025
Canada’s aid drop of 10 metric tons of aid represented 0.02% of the aid needed daily to Gaza. It’s a photo-op, a stunt, and a distraction from addressing the real issues.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 05/08/2025
Our CEO @chrishouston.ca was on CBC News yesterday talking about the inadequacies of air drops to Gaza and the need for a lasting ceasefire. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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CBC News Network’s Natasha Fatah speaks with CEO of Humanitarian Associates Chris Houston
Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 18/07/2025
Big humanitarian organizations are continuing their relationship with Boston Consulting Group despite Gaza scandal @willrworley.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...
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Big Aid sticks with Boston Consulting Group despite Gaza scandal
While quick to condemn the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, many groups are unwilling to distance themselves entirely from BCG.
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IFRC @ifrc.org · 17/06/2025
The IFRC mourns the loss of four colleagues from Iranian Red Crescent. Our hearts go out to their families, loved ones, and every member of the Iranian Red Crescent. We urgently reiterate our call: Respect and protect humanitarian staff and volunteers.
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Lauren Turek @laurenfturek.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A Boston University professor of global health has done the math and created a website to visualize and track the effects of the Trump/DOGE dismantling of USAID. "As of June 15, the death toll for adults and children from aid funding cuts topped 340,000 and came out to 103 deaths per hour."
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The impact of Trump's cuts to humanitarian aid, by the numbers
Brooke Nichols, a professor of global health who models infectious diseases and used to work on a USAID-funded program herself, is crunching the numbers to quantify the impact of the pullback on U.S. ...
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 05/05/2025
South Sudan: @msf.org strongly condemns the bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei State Bombing of only hospital in Old Fangak puts healthcare of 110,000 people at risk www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
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South Sudan: MSF strongly condemns the bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei State | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan. The attack began at around 4:30am when two helicopter gunships first dr...
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Dre Joanne Liu @drejoanneliu.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Good news- Uganda declares end of #Ebola outbreak. A great achievement. www.afro.who.int/countries/ug...
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Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak
Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital Kampala.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 12/04/2025
OCHA, the UN’s emergency aid coordination arm, to cut staff by a fifth - @irwinloy.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/04...
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OCHA, the UN’s emergency aid coordination arm, to cut staff by a fifth
The agency is to lose 500 staff positions and restructure operations, as it grapples with a $58 million shortfall.
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 08/04/2025
Most of the world’s foreign aid comes from governments, not philanthropic foundations
A bar graph titled "More than 95% of foreign aid comes from governments, rather than private donors" illustrates the distribution of foreign aid in 2023. The left portion shows a large maroon bar labeled "Foreign aid from governments," reaching $232 billion. The right section features a smaller tan bar labeled "Foreign aid from private donors," indicating $11 billion. A note beside the tan bar states that 4.5% of foreign aid came from private philanthropic donors. The footnote specifies that "Private donors" refers to philanthropic foundations reporting to OECD and excludes many individual charity donations or private investments. The data source is attributed to OECD (2024) and indicates that the information is shared under a Creative Commons BY license.
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IFRC @ifrc.org · 30/03/2025
The IFRC condemns the killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent Society medics in Gaza. We are heartbroken. These dedicated humanitarians, killed while responding to the wounded, should have been protected. We mourn their loss and stand with the Palestine Red Crescent. Full statement: bit.ly/427LXxp
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
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‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.
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Humanitarian Associates @humanitarianassociates.org · 30/03/2025
"An American surgeon who's been working in two Gaza hospitals for the past three weeks has said that wounded Palestinian patients have died because of the lack of equipment and supplies." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Israel-Gaza war: Wounded Palestinians dying over lack of supplies, surgeon says
Dr Mark Perlmutter says doctors are working without soap, antibiotics or x-ray facilities, as Israel has resumed its offensive against Hamas.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Was speaking with a USAID person yesterday explaining how at any other time countless phone lines wld be buzzing, working groups stood up, go-teams and aid being dispatched to after the Myanmar quake. Now ... nothing.
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