In Rural Kenya, Escaping A Deadly Disease Sometimes Takes A Little Luck
Release Date:
09/11/2017
There are 400,000 new kala azar cases each year, but treatment is scarce.
International/Foreign Affairs
From the Ground Up
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Top-down development doesn't work. What's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and government agencies working together as equals.
What It's Like Aboard an NGO Ship Rescuing Hundreds of Migrants in the Mediterranean
Release Date:
09/08/2017
There are no sirens when the call comes in. No alarms or shouting. Just a calm voice over the radio in the darkness of the cabin: “All stations, all stations.”
Can Pope Francis Get Colombia to Reconcile After Decades of War?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Cheering crowds greeted the 80-year-old Argentine pontiff as he prayed for the country to heal the wounds of war — though some warned that forgiveness was hard after so much violence.
Will New Rockefeller Foundation President Break or Reinforce its Mold?
Release Date:
09/08/2017
Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, shared his vision for the New York-based foundation’s future, which includes the use of science and technology for inclusive growth and leveraging the foundation’s influence to create new public-...
More Than 10 Million Children Live In Caribbean Countries Threatened By Hurricane Irma
Release Date:
09/07/2017
More than 10.5 million children live in the countries that are likely to be exposed to the damage from Hurricane Irma, UNICEF warned today.
Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa
Release Date:
09/05/2017
Africa contributes only 4 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, while six of the 10 most affected countries by climate change are in Africa, warns a major agricultural research for development partnership, while stressing the urgent need to...
USAID Announces Over $90 Million In Additional Humanitarian Assistance To Ethiopia
Release Date:
08/31/2017
With concern expressed over deteriorating conditions from a second severe drought this year, USAID's 2017 contribution to the country comes to nearly $454 million.
More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer
Release Date:
08/30/2017
More than 1,000 people have died in floods across South Asia this summer, and as sheets of incessant rain pummeled the vast region on Tuesday, worries grew that the death toll would rise along with the floodwaters.
‘Grassroots Means No Brains': How To Tackle Racism In The Aid Sector
Release Date:
08/29/2017
Racism is at play when only 1% of humanitarian relief funds reach national or local organisations responding to earthquakes in Haiti or in Nepal, or fighting Ebola in west Africa, and when only 2% of humanitarian assistance overall goes to those...
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