The picture of the little body of Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian refugee, which washed up on…
Category: Humanitarianism
Migration-Refugee Exodus: A World-wide Challenge by Rene Wadlow
During the summer of 2015, the international community has become increasingly concerned with the causes behind…
The Problem of Greece Is Not Only a Tragedy. It Is a Lie. By John Pilger
An historic betrayal has consumed Greece. Having set aside the mandate of the Greek electorate, the…
Xenophobia: Voices from the camps (VIDEO)
Nine-year-old Dolly, staying in a temporary camp, doesn’t understand xenophobia –…
How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes
Even as the group has publicly celebrated its work, insider accounts detail a string of failures…
Looking at Ebola from the perspective of one humanity
In response to the Ebola epidemic in Guinée, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the world noticed two…
Surviving scarcities in Bulengo: Women’s trial in displaced camps in North Kivu (D.R.Congo)
By Raïs Neza Boneza It takes us four hours to cruise on the…
US militarizes response to Ebola crisis while Cuba pledges medical aid By Abayomi Azikiwe
A team of eight experts and journalists visiting the southern region of the West African state…
The NGO-ization of resistance By By Arundhati Roy
A hazard facing mass movements is the NGO-ization of resistance. It will be easy to…
Letter from Gaza by Norwegian doctor, Mads Gilbert on 20 July 2014
Dr Mads Frederick Gilbert (centre) at Al-Shifa hospital on July 17th, treating a wounded Palestinian child,…
We Come as Friends 2014: interview with Hubert Sauper By Eric Hynes
Hubert Sauper is a very charming man. His methods of engagement—eye contact, attentiveness, enthusiasm, easy…
#InstagrammingAfrica: The Narcissism of Global Voluntourism.” BY LAUREN KASCAK & SAYANTANI DASGUPTA
(Photo: Twin Design/Shutterstock) Voluntourism is ultimately about the fulfillment of the volunteers themselves, not necessarily what…