World Bank and Google
January 17th, 2012 by Alison Wheatley in General
On January 16th, the World Bank and Google announced an agreement aimed at improving the ability of developing countries to access a web-based community mapping tool and data to help better monitor public services, and improve disaster and humanitarian response efforts.
The World Bank suggests that most developing coun...
Tags: Google, Humanitarian, map, World Bank
July 18th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
CARE is one of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations and brings savings-led financial services to more people in Africa than any other intern...
Tags: Africa, CARE, Humanitarian
May 24th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
The Humanitarian Coalition is a network of Canadian NGOs determined to unite in cases of humanitarian crises. By eliminating unnecessary competition, r...
Tags: disaster, Humanitarian, Plan Canada
April 12th, 2011 by Racquel Foran in General
When we think about humanitarian aid workers, we have a tendency to think about the good work they do, and the personal sacrifices they make in their ef...
Tags: aid, Guardian, Humanitarian, UN
March 8th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Today is the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. It is being celebrated around the world through events and activities, with 463 events in...
Celebrity Humanitarians
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 farmers keep their land. He also recorded, with fell...
Tags: Award winners, Haiti, Humanitarian, Neil Young, Sean Penn
Humanitarian Satellite
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. They are being used to help deter any violence related to southern Sudan’s referendum between January 9th ...
Tags: Google, Humanitarian, satellite, Sudan, UN
Mali Humanitarians
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, Africa. Mali is one of our world’s ten poorest countries, and the students were helping a village work ...
Tags: Africa, energy, Humanitarian, remote communities, student, water
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
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
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...
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...
Ending Hunger
January 20th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
The response to the crisis in Haiti has been an outpouring of warmth and support from people all around our world as our hearts go out to the people there. Aid organizations have responded to the call to provide emergency aid to the devastated coun...
Adapting to Climate Change
January 5th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Climate Change
In the shadow of the climate changes that are occurring, and the lack of a binding agreement emerging from Copenhagen, some leading humanitarian groups are seeking ways that people may be able to adapt to the early stages of climate change.
Angie Dazé, Se...
