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The Praekelt Foundation & Connecting Africa
In an article published last year, The Stanford Social Innovation Review referred to Africa as the newest “mobile continent,” citing the new-found prevalence of cell phones. Mobile device usage has...
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World Humanitarian Day
“One person can make a difference and every person should try.” - JFK On Aug. 19, World Humanitarian Day is celebrated by hundreds of thousands of people around the world, recognizing the struggle and...
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IMA World Health
IMA World Health is a faith-based organization that is dedicated to providing health services in order to create sustainable and long-lasting healthy communities around the world. The organization...
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European Parliament Defends Aid
“If we don’t have the money, people die. Member states must realize that sound financing is not only morally proper but that it is in their own interest to bring down the flames,” said Kristalina...
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Episcopal Relief and Development Celebrates 75
In 1938, in the midst of the Second World War, Episcopalians around the country raised money to help European refugees. In 1940, the Episcopal Church formally founded the Bishop’s Fund for World...
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Transparency International Reveals Global Corruption Levels
History has shown that government and institutional corruption can greatly hinder progress in developing countries. A new study by Transparency International reports that countries with faster-growing...
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USAID Fights Poverty, Addresses Criticism
For over fifty years, USAID has been addressing the needs of those living in extreme poverty overseas, promoting stable, self-sustaining democracies and advancing security and prosperity on a global...
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Relief International Provides Emergency Assistance
Relief International, or RI, is a humanitarian nonprofit committed to serving the world’s most vulnerable by providing emergency relief, rehabilitation, development assistance and program services....
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World Concern Makes an Impact
World Concern is a nonprofit organization devoted to transforming the lives of deeply impoverished people. Founded by pharmacist Jim McCoy and Doctor Wilbert Saunders in 1955, the organization was...
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The Responsibility to Protect, Evidence from Syria
The Responsibility to Protect doctrine, also known as R2P, was created by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty in response to the genocide in Rwanda. R2P argues that the...
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Malnutrition in Lesotho
Like many countries in Africa, Lesotho faces a multifaceted humanitarian crisis in which issues are intertwined and often exacerbated by each other’s presence. The Lesotho government estimates that...
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Humanitarian Aid and How to Help
With all that happens in today’s philanthropic world, definitions can get muddled. Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to promote human welfare, often after natural or man-made...
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What is Soft Power?
In this ever-advancing world, many nations are fighting to bring the strongest minds into their own borders in an attempt to increase their overall productivity. This is not something that will ever...
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Who Are the Biggest Philanthropists in the World?
We all know how great giving back feels. Donating, whether it’s time, money or other assets, puts a spring in our step and breeze through our hair. But who are the most philanthropic people in the...
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Gentlemen, Here’s Your Summer 2015 Guide to Ethical Beachwear
It’s the summer, and that means going to the beach. Finding ethical choices that look good may be difficult, but purchasing ethical clothing is also a highly important act in the war on poverty. So...
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In Transit: The World’s Fleeing Refugee Crisis
On July 1, 2015, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guteress, addressed a congregation of international humanitarian organizations in Geneva about the escalating challenges his agency...
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UN introduces ‘Humanitarian Data Exchange’ Platform
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, has developed an open digital platform for data sharing, called the Humanitarian Data Exchange, or HDX. In collaboration...
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How to Make Humanitarian Aid More Effective
The “specter of the well-fed dead” is an image associated with wasted global aid; the dead bodies have full stomachs but no hope for a better future, exposing the limited, transitory nature of...
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The State of Healthcare in Yemen Today
The conflict in Yemen, which has been raging for the past three months, has led to a humanitarian catastrophe that has caused 2,800 deaths, displaced over a million people, and caused 21 million...
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King Salman Humanitarian Center
In May 2015, Saudi Arabia launched a new, unified government humanitarian aid organization called the King Salman Humanitarian Center (KSC) — named after the nation’s new monarch. Saudi Arabia is...
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