Mapping Population and Ecosystems
March 2nd, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation, Humanitarian
Rural populations in developing countries are rapidly increasing, threatening many of the planet’s highest biodiversity regions, reports a new study by WWF called Mapping Population onto Priority Conservation Areas.
The Priority Conservation Areas in the study are 10 of the 19 places that WWF has determined are prio...
Tags: Africa, biodiversity, Conservation, mapping, population, WWF
February 7th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley and Maryam Fejvai in Humanitarian
Neil Young is going to be honored as a Humanitarian Award winner at this year’s Juno Awards, reports the Toronto Sun. He co-founded Farm Aid, a 1985 benefit concert that raised $2 million to help family farm...
Tags: Award winners, Haiti, Humanitarian, Neil Young, Sean Penn
January 12th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
Using satellite images to watch for troops buildup or unusual movements is a new way of preventing humanitarian abuses, reports Radio Free Europe. The...
Tags: Google, Humanitarian, satellite, Sudan, UN
December 24th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
“We have an empirically verifiable story that actually unites us in common cause,” Canadian Memorial United Church’s Reverend Bruce Sanguin told me...
December 8th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
There’s an interesting article in JOM Magazine about some Iowa State University students who went on a two week humanitarian project in Mali, Afric...
Tags: Africa, energy, Humanitarian, remote communities, student, water
World Bank, Gender & Poverty
November 22nd, 2010 by Susie Hill in Humanitarian
The World Bank Group, along with various UN organizations, is attempting to make substantial progress toward gender equality, according to a recent study conducted by Heinrich Boll Stiftung North America. The ongoing 16th round of International Development Assoc...
Tags: equality, gender, poverty, UN, World Bank
Humanitarian Standards
October 28th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Humanitarian
Worldwide humanitarian responses to disasters such as the Pakistan flood crisis suggest that international law does not adequately protect those who are affected by internal strife, violence and emergency.
According to a Fact Sheet by the Internationa...
Tags: charter, disaster, Humanitarian, law, Red Crescent, Red Cross
Hungry Children
October 25th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
There are 195 million children in our world who are malnourished, Marilyn McHarg, General Director of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders Canada has told me.
Malnutrition is a preventable and treatable condition. More than just the result...
Crisis Overhaul
September 22nd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Susie Hill in Humanitarian
Valerie Amos, the United Nations’ new under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, is pushing for a new strategy in order to combat the mass disasters that plague the world.
As part of her major funding appeal fo...
Tags: crisis, flood, funding, Humanitarian, Pakistan, response, UN, Valerie Amos
Brazilian Indians Rally
August 12th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
Hundreds of Brazilian Indians from across the country are gathering to protest the killing of their leaders, the theft of their land for industrial projects, and other threats to their survival, reports Survival International.
The August 16th to 20th rally is expected to draw around 800 India...
Tags: Amazon, Brazil, dams, election, government, Indians, president, rainforest, rally, roads, Survival International, sustainable
Hearing Loss Solutions
June 30th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Susie Hill in Humanitarian
Recently, the potentially ear damaging noises of the new riot police siren (in North America) and the heavily blown vuvuzelas (at the World Cup Soccer) have been making the news. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization estimates that nearly 300 mil...
Wild Weather Solutions
June 3rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
Weather and humanitarian efforts are becoming more and more linked. The UN and its aid partners have appealed for $1.9 billion for this year for Sudan, Africa, which makes it the world’s largest humanitarian operation. Along with tribal and political...
Planning for Emergencies
May 22nd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
Following some conversations with friends about how NGO’s and governments should have better plans for dealing with emergencies, I was delighted to learn through Relief Web that the United Nations World Food Programme was thinking along the same lines.
On Ma...
Happy International Women’s Day
March 8th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th around the world, and is a recognized holiday in many countries including Vietnam and Russia, reports CARE Canada’s website dedicated to the Day.
The importance of the “role of women in internatio...
Good News for Haiti
January 26th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
The Hope for Haiti Now telethon has raised an awesome $58 million, a figure which is likely to increase as donations continue to pour in.
Today I spoke with Meredith Eves, Assistant to Director of Communications, of Partners in Health. Her organization ...
