Transparent relief

Published: July 27 2008 18:17 | Last updated: July 27 2008 18:17

Never in the field of humanitarian relief has so much been given to so many with so little scrutiny. In recent years, the UK’s Disasters Emergency Committee has co-ordinated the fund-raising and disbursement of hundreds of millions of pounds in donations to handle the [...]

WHO aid worker seriously wounded by Somali gunmen

MOGADISHU (AFP) – Gunmen in Somalia shot and seriously wounded an humanitarian official working for the World Health Organization on Sunday, witnesses and officials said.
Osmail Moalim Ahmed was shot five times by assailants in the southern Somali town of Dinsor, in the latest attack against aid workers in the war-stricken country that is facing an [...]

Relief Worker Attacks in Afghanistan, Somalia Prompt Aid Cuts

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By Chris Dolmetsch
July 29 (Bloomberg) — Attacks on aid workers are forcing humanitarian groups to curtail operations in Afghanistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka and other war-torn countries, and relief agencies say they may have to make wider cuts.
Killings, kidnappings and violence against aid workers have more than doubled in the past five years, according to a [...]

‘Humanitarian crisis brewing at Greek migrant camp’

ATHENS, July 28: Greece is locking hundreds of migrants in an overcrowded centre on the Mediterranean island of Lesbos without proper sanitation and medical care in what French charity Medicins Sans Frontiers branded a “humanitarian crisis”.
The migrants, most of them from Afghanistan, are kept in rooms clogged with stagnant water and only allowed outside for [...]

Turkish Red Crescent Sends Humanitarian Aid To Iraq

CIZRE – Turkish aid organization Kizilay (Red Crescent) has sent humanitarian aid to Iraq following the explosion in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar.
The convoy carrying 60 tons of humanitarian aid arrived in Iraq on Sunday.
Seven Red Crescent personnel will hand over four truckloads of foodstuffs to Iraqi Red Crescent officials and the Turkish [...]

U.N. admits “significant” Myanmar exchange rate loss

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The top U.N. humanitarian affairs official said on Monday the world body had suffered “significant” losses while delivering cyclone aid to Myanmar due to a distorted official exchange rate.
Earlier this month, the United Nations issued an appeal for more than $300 million in extra aid to cope with the effects of [...]