Logistics Update: Haiti Earthquake, 23 Aug
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Photos of Refugees through History
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Nepal Earthquake $422 million Humanitarian Response: Less than 1% will go directly to local organizations
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Cholera in Haiti: UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
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Billions of Aid Dollars Spent: Why Isn’t Haiti Ready for a Hurricane?
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How Much Aid Is Going to Haiti? TONS. And That’s the Problem
Haiti has no chance of long-term survival. The installation of water and sewerage systems would be nearly impossible due to the substrates of the island […]
Video: Understanding the Syrian Refugee Crisis and the EU Turkey Deal
This video gives a good understanding of the unfortunate reality refugees face, esp with regard to refugees stuck in Turkey. It's an indictment of how
VIDEO: Why Prevention Efforts in Humanitarian Aid Often Fail
After a very long time I watched a video on development sector in full. As the introducer mentioned riveting and fact based presentation. I have […]
After a very long time I watched a video on development sector in full. As the introducer mentioned riveting and fact based presentation. I have to watch it again a few times to analyse your points in a better way but a very good point I gathered was “we have to come up with a mechanism which outsmarts our hearts.”
I will think deeply about this but I can say that the appearances are important. And seeing people in distress has a deep impact on our minds. And probably our measurements for impact are biased . For e.g. one of the most distressing pictures I have seen is the kid who drowned while trying to escape to Turkey from Syria. And we then try to respond instantaneously. It becomes a very tough choice. I can only say this much now.