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Tjada McKenna

@tjada.bsky.social
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CEO, Mercy Corps | Exploring humanitarian issues & innovative solutions that are shaping a world where all can prosper. www.mercycorps.org

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Tjada McKenna @tjada.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Keep your eyes on Sudan. The situation in South Kordofan is worsening by the day—violence spreading, markets emptying, families fleeing with nowhere safe to go. 🔗 www.mercycorps.org/press-room/r...
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Tjada McKenna @tjada.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Hard but essential read from @reuters.com on malnutrition in Kenya. Aid cuts aren’t abstract budget lines—they show up as empty shelves and closed clinics. 🔗 www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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U.S. aid cuts disrupt life-saving treatment for starving children in Kenya
Hellen Etiman, a Kenyan pastoralist, believed her severely malnourished son would soon recover after starting a course of life-saving specialised food. Instead, 4-year-old Peter Lokoyen relapsed in Ju...
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Tjada McKenna @tjada.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Just wrapped the Rockefeller convening on reimagining humanitarian nutrition security. Hard discussions—and urgent ones. With new IHME/Gates data showing child deaths rising for the first time in decades, the stakes couldn’t be clearer. We know what works. We need action.
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Tjada McKenna @tjada.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Humbled to be nominated for U.S. News 2025 Best Leaders. I share this recognition with our extraordinary Mercy Corps teams whose courage and dedication drive everything we do. Grateful to share this with them. www.usnews.com/news/leaders...
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Tjada McKenna @tjada.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Of #COP30 David Nicholson, Mercy Corps Chief Climate Officer, says: "For millions across a wide range of ecosystems and geographies, adaptation is not a long-term ambition. It is a matter of life or death..."
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Tjada McKenna @tjada.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
My thoughts are with all affected by Hurricane Melissa. A colleague in Jamaica told me, “People are scared… memories of Gilbert run deep.” Mercy Corps and our partners are ready with clean water, food, shelter & cash aid. 🔗 mercycorps.org/press-room/releases/monitoring-Tropical-Storm-Melissa
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Mercy Corps Preparing to Respond as Tropical Storm Melissa Threatens Haiti and Jamaica
Mercy Corps is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Melissa, which has already brought deadly flooding to Haiti an
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Tjada McKenna @tjada.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
What’s happening in #Sudan is unbearable. El Fasher’s been under siege for 500+ days. Civilians executed. Millions displaced. Famine spreading. We need urgent action to end attacks on civilians and open access. This is a test of our shared humanity. Every day we delay costs lives. 📷 CCS (May 2025)
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Tjada McKenna @tjada.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Freezing in the face of crisis is not an option. This is a time for radical change and renewal. I spoke about what that means for our work at Mercy Corps on the @rapidresponseshow.com podcast🎙️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKxi... #LeadingThroughChange #Humanitarian
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The cost of cutting foreign aid (with Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna) | Rapid Response
YouTube video by Rapid Response
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Tjada McKenna @tjada.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Hello Bluesky! I’m here to build community and discuss the humanitarian issues and solutions shaping our world. Stay tuned!
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Women’s bodies are war zones in Sudan, DRC, Haiti and beyond. Yet just 10% of funding to support survivors is provided. Sexual violence in conflict is not invisible - it is ignored. Our plea to donors: don’t cut money for survivors of these cowardly, pathetic men.
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