Essay: As interfaith leaders, we are united to protect foreign assistance
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rabbi DAVID SAPERSTEIN, senior adviser on strategy and policy at the Union for Reform Judaism, ANWAR KHAN, president of Islamic Relief USA, and Rev EUGENE CHO, president and CEO of Bread for the World, make a joint appeal…
Essay: When numbers reflect what we value
PETER KEEGAN, director of advocacy at Baptist World Aid Australia, responds Australia’s federal budget, handed down on Tuesday night…
Cash airlifts planned to bypass Taliban and help Afghans – sources
Brussels, Belgium/Frankfurt, Germany/Washington DC, US Reuters As desperate Afghans resort to selling their belongings to buy food, international officials are preparing to fly in cash for the needy while avoiding financing the Taliban government, according to people familiar with the confidential plans. Planning for the cash airlifts is going ahead against the background of a […]
Essay: Haiti – what aid workers can learn from the previous earthquake as they struggle to rebuild the country
In an article first published on The Conversation, DAVID ALEXANDER, a professor of risk and disaster reduction at UCL in London, looks at the lessons for aid agencies from the response to Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake…
Afghan economic meltdown would be “gift for terrorists”, says UN chief
United NationsReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for an injection of cash into Afghanistan to avoid an economic meltdown that would spark a “catastrophic” situation for the Afghan people and be a “gift for terrorist groups.” His remarks come after his special envoy on Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, warned the Security Council on Thursday […]
Afghanistan needs you, Red Cross tells other aid groups; UN official says women live in “incredible fear”
Reuters The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross appealed on Wednesday to other humanitarian organisations to return to Afghanistan and for the World Bank to unlock funds to support the tottering healthcare system. Peter Maurer made the comments in a briefing with reporters at the end of a four-day trip to Afghanistan […]
Taliban rule presents aid agencies with moral, fiscal dilemma
Washington DC, USReuters As foreign governments, aid institutions and companies scramble to evacuate staff from Afghanistan, a crucial question is emerging: should they engage with the ruling Taliban or abandon years of investment in the country and 38 million Afghans? The Taliban in the past week has pledged peaceful relations with other countries, women’s rights […]
Foreign aid trickles in to rural Haiti amid struggle to count victims
Cavaillon, Haiti Reuters A drip of foreign aid began to reach more rural areas of south-western Haiti on Thursday, arriving five days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,000 and flattened tens of thousands of buildings into rubble. Hundreds of people lined up to receive provisions from the UN World Food Programme at a camp […]
Micah Australia calls for increased Australian aid to help end global vaccine inequality
Sydney, Australia A peak Australian Christian advocacy group has lobbied federal politicians for a permanent $A1.3 billion increase in the foreign aid budget to help developing nations fight COVID-19. Micah Australia, which represents all major Christian denominations in Australia, have warned that 20 years of gains to alleviate poverty, famine and conflict in poorer neighbouring […]
Essay: Australian generosity to global neighbours ignored in new government budget
PETER KEEGAN, director of advocacy at Baptist World Aid Australia, says Australia’s Federal Budget, handed down on Tuesday night, contains nothing new to celebrate in terms of foreign aid…