Years after a major humanitarian intervention in Haiti, many who donated to “help” after the 2010 earthquake are still wondering...
Billions of Aid Dollars Spent: Why Isn’t Haiti Ready for a Hurricane?
One Year After the Nepal Quake and Zero Houses Rebuilt: Why I’m Not Surprised
The Rights of Refugees in Turkey: Primary Resources
Syrian Refugees: Families Facing Years in Turkey
Documentation on the Nepal Earthquake
Lessons Learned from the Aid Work at Takara
Villagers in Cyclone-Ravished Takara Still Waiting for Their Good News
The Ecology of Aid: Lots of Organizations Play Complicated Roles
Photo Essay: Destroyed Vanuatu Rainforests Show Signs of Life
Why I Quit Moonlighting for Nonprofits, my interview on TinySpark
The Secret Language of Aid: This Is Why No One Can Track the Money
Haiti Tourism: Challenging, But Charming to Some
Drones, Google Glass and the Future of Humanitarianism: Q+A with Disaster Tech Lab
The IRD Scandal and My Ethics Clause
Photos of Refugees through History
Aid Worker or Journalist? Which job is more dangerous?
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As Hurricane Matthew barrels toward Haiti, millions of Haitians are at risk of death, displacement, injury or illness. Sustained wind...
1. Some international aid organizations are misleading donors to make it seem like they build houses. They don’t. We saw it...
Many of these documents are original source material for the story, “Closed Doors, Open Secrets: How the World Abandoned Millions...
This family of 9 lives together in a house with two rooms and a kitchen. The children in the picture on the right (L to R): Amira, 17; Yusuf, 11; Mehmet, 3 months old; Ahmad, 4; Esma, 13; and Mustafa, 16.
These documents can be used to assess and review the humanitarian response in Nepal. I included government lists of approved humanitarian aid and taxes. Please note this document set dynamically updates as I write additional stories and conduct additional research, so check back for new additions.
Peter Wilson is a proud Rotarian. He’d want me to say that up front. From March 25th to March 30 of this year, I traveled alongside Peter as he brought humanitarian aid to the people of Tongoa Island in the island nation of Vanuatu.
When Peter Albert came to me with concerns about the village of Takara, he also gave me an anecdotal list of who had visited. So I wanted to just confirm that. Ha!
What Happened to the Aid? Nepal Earthquake Response Echoes Haiti
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The Impact of Vanuatu’s Cyclone: It’s Bad, Very Bad
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5 Years After the Quake: Haiti's Rich Get Richer
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How Much Aid Is Going to Haiti? TONS. And That’s the Problem
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Closed Doors, Open Secrets: How the World Abandoned Millions of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
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