Humanitarian aid, rather than being distributed according to need, was used as a reward for those who supported the mission. Moreover, the attempt to arrest Muhammad Farah Aydid, the most powerful warlord in the country, was not a neutral act. The ruling warlords profited greatly from the ...
Critique of Aid The Prosthetic Breast of Humanitarian Action March 18, 2024Leave a comment SPARKED BY OUTSIDERS 1.Sometimes I am struck by artists and other creators who seemingly grasp humanitarian action better than I. This realization comes with a modicum of envy. They seem to breathe the ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office and Hamas both denied reports Monday of a temporary ceasefire in Gaza to enable humanitarian aid to come in and foreigners to leave at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. "There is currently no ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaz...
I made the choice to stay, unlike Annika Hampson, humanitarian worker based in Afghanistan, who wrote about this aid worker’s dilemma and the reasons why she herself made the choice to leave.Check out her article on The New Humanitarian. Totally understand her point of view, and agree that...
Aid and Relief Materials Countries affected by crises of such magnitude, especially economically weak nations, may not be equipped to meet such unpredictable disasters that invariably lead to famine and the spread of diseases. What they need under such situations is shelter, food, clean drinking wat...
Somalia continues to be a challenging operational environment for humanitarian organizations. Conflict, insecurity, bureaucratic constraints and limited logistic infrastructure hamper aid delivery. Further, remedial measures are needed to address targeted violence against entities with political, development and ...
"No assistance from local or international organizations can reach the residential areas that are besieged by the ongoing (fight) particularly around the Presidential Palace," said the official on condition of anonymity. "Even the transport of medical or food aid to the trapped families is now und...
corporate social responsibility, disaster management, development aid, public policy) but need to have a logistics and/or supply chain focus. JHLSCM publishes state of the art research, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative approaches, in the field of humanitarian and development aid logistics an...
the European identification with the classical Hellenic tradition and the appeal of Christians oppressed by the infidel. Philhellenic aid societies in Western Europe sent large sums of money and even volunteers to Greece during the war. Russian threats of unilateral action against the sultan eventually...
This enabled an early response to take place into the locations that were likely to be at greater risk, and which also may have become cut off when the flooding reached its peak, meaning that aid would have been further delayed until after flooding had receded. This was particularly the ...