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NEAR is a network of local and national NGOs from the Global South working to reshape the top-down humanitarian and development aid system.

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@NEAR_Network
Network for Empowered Aid Response
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Today was @NEAR_Network's first Townhall of 2025. It was a moment of appreciation, solidarity, and endurance. ๐Ÿ†• Please read our latest blog here for more:
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๐ŸŒ Tomorrow, @NEAR_Network hosts our first Member-wide Townhall of 2025 bringing together local and national orgs from across the #GlobalSouth to connect & strengthen our shared movement for locally led humanitarian action. Stay tuned for what emerges from the conversation.
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RT @globalcmrpt: RT @NEAR_Network Shifting the Power: Lessons from INGOs Transitioning Leadership to Local NGOs Webinar, June 25 https://t.โ€ฆ.
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RT @jeannefrangieh: Honored and proud! Jeanette Frangieh, took part in the ECOSOC HAS in Geneva, where she engaged in high-level consultatiโ€ฆ.
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โ€œ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ; ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ,โ€ stated @jeannefrangieh from HDA & member of @NEAR_Network in her closing remarks at #ecosochas #ECOSOC2025
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๐Ÿ†•๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ #๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€“๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„ @NEAR_Network welcomes @UNOCHA @UNReliefChief's statement and calls for ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ & ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ future of aid.
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RT @cha_germany: The moment we saw the #FundingCuts happen, very few people were talking about the communities that were gonna suffer; youโ€ฆ.
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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜: 5 ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Co-authored by Anita Kattakuzhy @NEAR_Network w/ Dustin Barter (HPG) & Ruby Johnson @Purposeful_org in @newhumanitarian .Read:
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thenewhumanitarian.org
Values, systems, the UNโ€™s purpose, ownership, and funding: Five ideas for real change, beyond the humanitarian reset.
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Powerful speech from Amjad Shawwa @PNGOnetPS & @NEAR_Network member, in his remarks at the opening session of #ecosoc2025 Humanitarian Affairs Segment - Economic and Social Council. Watch here:
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Join @NEAR_Network @ the launch of @ALNAP 2025 Global Humanitarian Assistance Report tmrw.
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Join ALNAP as we unpack the reportโ€™s key findings and explore urgent questions facing the sector on 18 June.
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The worldโ€™s biggest humanitarian agencies will gather in Geneva tmrw to discuss the #HumanitarianReset by @UNOCHA's @UNReliefChief . ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ. Read the words of Hibak Kalfan, ED of @NEAR_Network .
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On 17 June, the heads of the worldโ€™s biggest humanitarian agencies will gather in Geneva to discuss the future of the humanitarian system. On the agenda: what comes next in the โ€œhumanitarian resetโ€,...
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Today, ALNAP released the ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ 2025. ๐Ÿ“‰ Despite improved tracking, the needle is moving ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด on commitments made nearly a decade ago. Read ALNAP's full report here:
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Arabic ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ : Espaรฑol:
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๐Ÿ†•Blog: ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅโ€™๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€, Coauthored by ๐™๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ, w/๐™‰๐™€๐˜ผ๐™โ€™๐™จ ๐™‡๐™–๐™— ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ & ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™จ.
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๐Ÿ“ฃ @NEAR_Network invites you to the webinar, โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ: ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž๐˜–๐˜ด ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜•๐˜Ž๐˜–๐˜ด,โ€ on 25 June at 12:00 PM GMT+3. ๐Ÿ“… Register & for more info:
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๐Ÿ†•New Statement from @NEAR_Network:. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid model is not humanitarianism. We reject it. We stand with @pngo1. We stand with Gaza. Read full statement: #HumanitarianAid #Gaza #LocalLeadership #NEAR #Solidarity #Palestine
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RT @cha_germany: Many thanks to Hibak Kalfan @NEAR_Network for a frank conversation with CHA members on the so-called humanitarian reset afโ€ฆ.
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@NEAR_Network
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@NEAR_Network's brief delivers a roadmap based on 3 priorities:.๐Ÿ”„ย Decentralise powerย to those closest to crises.๐Ÿ’ฐRedirect resources to local/national actors as directly as possible.โš“Anchor accountabilityย in communities, not distant HQs. READ HERE:
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๐Ÿ†•ย @NEAR_Network's Brief on #HumanitarianReset . The @UNOCHA Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has called for a #HumanitarianReset โ€“ but will itย finallyย shift power to those closest to crises?
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