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Open defecation raises risk in typhoon-hit areas
TACLOBAN 19 December 2013 (IRIN) – Health officials and aid workers have expressed concern over increased levels of open defecation and a higher risk of disease in typhoon-affected areas of the...
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Typhoon survivors celebrate uncertain Christmas
GUIUAN 24 December 2013 (IRIN) – Typhoon survivors in the Guiuan area will celebrate an uncertain Christmas as aid workers and authorities struggle to provide shelter and livelihood assistance more...
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Conflict in Yemen’s north threatens political transition
HARADH 24 February 2014 (IRIN) – At least seven months of stop-start clashes in northern Yemen are hampering aid delivery and raising fears that conflict here could derail the country’s political...
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Aid workers keen to return to tense western Myanmar
YANGON 01 April 2014 (IRIN) – International aid workers forced to flee western Myanmar after being targeted by Buddhist mobs last week say they need to return to Rakhine State to help with food and...
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Bigger, badder – the challenge of urban disasters
MANILA 16 April 2014 (IRIN) – Responding to the devastation wrought by disasters in cities requires relief workers to adjust to the unique constraints and demands of specific urban settings, experts...
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Combating food insecurity and displacement in drought-hit parts of Afghanistan
KABUL 22 April 2014 (IRIN) – Ghor is one of the Afghan provinces most severely affected by consecutive droughts over the past few decades, creating alarming food shortages and displacement....
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Safety fears as people drawn to Afghan mudslide site
ABI BARIK (BADAKHSHAN PROVINCE) 07 May 2014 (IRIN) – Government officials and aid workers are worried about the safety of people drawn to the site of a catastrophic mudslide in northeastern...
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Bleak outlook for 96,000 Kachin IDPs three years on
WINEMAW 27 May 2014 (IRIN) – Nearly three years after renewed fighting erupted in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State, aid workers say the humanitarian situation is deteriorating. Tens of thousands of...
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Libya insecurity forces aid workers to leave
DUBAI 07 August 2014 (IRIN) – Libya’s deteriorating security situation has led to an exodus of aid workers and suspension of development programmes, leaving tens of thousands of displaced and...
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Intimidation, uncertainty mar aid work in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
SITTWE 19 September 2014 (IRIN) – Nearly six months after international aid workers fled Myanmar's Rakhine State when Buddhist mobs attacked their offices and accused them of aid bias, international...
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Pakistani polio campaign under threat
PESHAWAR 04 March 2015 (IRIN) – As Pakistan arrests 470 parents for refusing to vaccinate their children from polio, aid workers are describing increasing hostility to the jab. See the original post...
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Scale of Vanuatu cyclone disaster complicates aid response
NAIROBI 16 March 2015 (IRIN) – The scale of Vanuatu’s cyclone disaster is matched only by the complexity of the required humanitarian response, according to both the government and aid workers...
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Fewer aid worker attacks. That’s good, right?
BEIRUT 13 July 2015 (IRIN) – Attacks on aid workers declined last year but were still the second highest on record, new data shows. Are aid organisations getting smarter or more risk averse? More...
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Memento Mori
LONDON 13 July 2015 (IRIN) – It is easy to laugh at aid workers, but every year, hundreds are killed, kidnapped or injured doing their jobs. We need to do more to honour them. More here: Memento Mori
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Does the aid industry have a sexual violence problem?
LONDON 17 September 2015 (IRIN) – Anecdotal reports of sexual assault within the aid industry suggest the sector has a systemic problem. But the official data says incidence is incredibly low. So how...
View ArticleWho in the world is Millie Wonder?
The July rape of aid workers in South Sudan made headlines around the world. The incident was brutal but not uncommon – one in three women are sexually or physically assaulted in their lifetimes. It’s...
View ArticleHow aid agencies should protect their staff from sexual abuse
Only 16 percent of aid agencies have proper policies dealing with sexual assaults on staff, and just one in 10 cases of sexual abuse are reported and then properly handled, according to a new report....
View ArticleAid workers at risk on World Humanitarian Day
We mark World Humanitarian Day with a selection of articles about the risks faced by aid workers Read more: Aid workers at risk on World Humanitarian Day
View ArticleFrom evacuee to humanitarian: aid goes local in conflict-torn Marawi
Homegrown aid workers are on the front lines of crises in the southern Philippines. Now they want to play a larger role, but they need more help to do it Continued here: From evacuee to humanitarian:...
View Article2018 in Review: Local aid
Local aid workers are the backbone of humanitarian responses around the world, but they’re frequently overshadowed when crises hit Follow this link: 2018 in Review: Local aid
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