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Convener, thought leader, and voice for NGOs working to eliminate poverty & promote peace.
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Joined April 2008
đ Next up on our Forum 2025 Speaker Spotlight: . âĄď¸Isam Ghanim, President & CEO, @ChildFund . âĄď¸Dr. Beena Kamath-Rayne, Senior Vice President, Global Health and Clinical Skills, @AmerAcadPeds . Don't miss their remarks! Buy your ticket today:
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Cuts to foreign aid have left Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan & Somalia at risk of running out of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food for malnourished children within three months, @SavetheChildren warns. Some clinics are turning to less-effective treatments.
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At least four African countries will run out of specialised life-saving food for severely malnourished children in the next three months due to shortages caused by aid cuts, Save the Children said on...
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Since 2015, 961 million people have gained access to safe drinking water, with coverage rising from 68% to 74%, according to a @UNICEF & @WHO report. But despite the gains, more than two billion people still lack access to clean water.
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More than two billion people worldwide still lack access to safely-managed drinking water, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that progress towards universal coverage was moving nowhere near...
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đ Next up on our Forum 2025 Speaker Spotlight:. @Shanna_Marzilli, President & CEO of @PlanUSA, will be joined by Anjali Singh Code, Chief Growth Officer at.@MalalaFund for an Expert Clinic. Don't miss it! Buy your ticket today on our website:.
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đ¨ Famine has been confirmed in Gaza by @theIPCinfo. Every hour that assistance is denied, more families are pushed beyond the point of survival. Gaza must be flooded with humanitarian aid. Airdrops and small-scale convoys are insufficient.
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Millions of drugs used to treat neglected tropical diseases risk going to waste after U.S. aid cuts. In Africa alone, ~1.6 million medicines have already expired, 8 million more are set to by year-end & another 90 million by May 2026, according to @WHO.
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Funding cuts threaten global fight against devastating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), putting millions at risk
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"The killing of every aid worker is an outrage. So is the death of every child stolen by starvation. Both are preventable.". For #WHD2025, @WFPChief urged a reversal of the "lethal erosion of humanitarian principles" to "ensure aid workers can operate in safety and security.".
They're not soldiers. They're not part of the conflict. They're part of the lifeline. A record 383 aid workers were killed last yearâsimply for the crime of saving lives. This #WorldHumanitarianDay, I'm reminding the world that humanitarians are #NotATarget. My article in @TIME.
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Reminderâ°: Nominations for the 2025 Disability Inclusion and Humanitarian Awards close on Friday. To submit an individual or organization for recognition at Forum 2025, please see the instructions in our recent blog posts:.
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In Kadugli, the provincial capital of South Kordofan, âroads have been cut off, supply lines have collapsed & residents are walking miles just to search for salt or matches,â said @mercycorps' Sudan country director.
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When rebels stormed into a village last month in Sudan, they gunned down civilians in their homes or as they tried to flee.
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Young women in Zambia face numerous barriers in continuing their education, undermining long-term social & economic development. @WorldVision, in partnership with @EAA_Foundation, is helping young mothers go back to school in the rural Namwala District.
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As int'l humanitarian law crumbles, aid workers are paying with their lives. Most are staff serving their own communities. Theyâre people like Mahmoud Mohammed Rassrass, Dr. Oleksandr Baranov & Dr. Olga Yakovlieva. @MitchMcQuate on #WHD2025.
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By Mitch McQuate
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"When I began this work three decades ago, aid workers were not seen as targets," writes @knudsenchr, sharing her thoughts on World Humanitarian Day. "Today, that consensus is being shattered everywhere we look.". #WHD2025 #ActForHumanity.
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By Christine Knudsen
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Next up on Forum 2025's Speaker Spotlight: @GMIngramIV, Senior Fellow for Global Economy and Development in the Center for Sustainable Development at @BrookingsInst. Don't miss his remarks at Forum. Only 6⣠early bird tickets remain!. Details below on how to register ⤾ď¸
Reminder! Early bird tickets are on sale for Forum 2025!. Save your spot now to join two days of conversation that will help drive this new era of foreign aid forward. Register here:
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âThe concern that I have, and some in our community have, is what is the recourse if we canât do it as private citizens and organizations, and GAO canât or wonât do it? Then there literally is no recourse,â Bos said. âAnd thatâs really, really concerning.â. From @NOTUSreports.
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A D.C. appeals court ruled that foreign aid groups lacked standing to sue the Admin for refusing to spend allocated funds. âThere is going to be a tremendous loss of money. that could have been used to get food to starving children," says @BosLisa.
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Organizations affected by an appeals courtâs decision are asking for a do-over, concerned that the separation of powers is at stake.
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Nominations for the 2025 Disability Inclusion and Humanitarian Awards close in one week! Honorees will be recognized at Forum 2025 in October. For more information, please see our latest blog posts:.
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Read writing from InterAction on Medium. Convener, thought leader, and voice for NGOs working to eliminate poverty & promote peace. InterAction.org
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