Disaster Relief & Humanitarian Aid (10)

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The Poor You Shall Have Always

         Recently, I was engaged in a conversation with someone I had known many years ago, lost contact with and was reconnected to him. H…

by Jim Killon

2 Mar 8
Comment by Jim Killon

The Future of Humanitarian Aid

A very interesting report just came out from Reuters' AlertNet Service about the future of humanitarian aid in its challenges, distribution…

by Elliott Verreault

2 Feb 2
Comment by Elliott Verreault

Volunteer Match's Laura Weiss writes about Changes for New Hope

      The following article was written by Laura Weiss of Volunteer Match about Changes for New Hope and Jim Killon who founded the project…

by Jim Killon

0 Oct 4, 2011

Four reasons help is slow to reach Somalia’s famine victims

1. Al Shabab Al Shabab militants say it is better to starve than to accept aid from the West. With their threats and attacks, Al Shabab may…

by Elliott Verreault

5 Sep 25, 2011
Comment by Elizabeth Sinta Hapsari

A World Tearing Itself Apart

     Riots in England, American credit worthiness diminishing, Pakistani shootings into a crowd of demonstrators, a war continues after 10…

by Jim Killon

1 Aug 14, 2011
Comment by Sukma Wijayanti

Nominate your Humanitarian Hero of the Year!

The organisers behind AidEx, an event for the humanitarian aid community, are calling on individuals to nominate their Humanitarian Hero of…

by Julie Longton

0 Jul 19, 2011

Sponsor an African Spreadsheet?

Interesting isn't it? I think the use of data to generate more efficient and effective humanitarian aid is neat! If you're an engineer and…

by Elliott Verreault

1 Jun 13, 2011
Comment by Megan McAninch

Humanitarian work most dangerous in last 10 years

Interesting article on CNN. Check this out: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/04/12/un.humanitarian.workers/ Most of the violence ca…

by Elliott Verreault

3 Apr 24, 2011
Comment by Sukma Wijayanti

The importance of local sourcing & purchasing in humanitarian aid.

Neat social business working at facilitating local sourcing & purchasing in international aid. I came to know about it over the weeke…

by Elliott Verreault

0 Apr 20, 2011

As a humanitarian aid worker how would you support someone who suffered from a post conflict trauma? Or in other words what is the best way to counsel someone who suffered from post conflict?

Since most Humanitarian aid workers interact with people who suffered from post conflict violence or any other violence let's all share and…

by Marian Hassan

7 Mar 17, 2011
Comment by Marian Hassan

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