News

05/04/16

United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016-2025 declared

A global chance to leap forward with urgent action to tackle child undernutrition

29/03/16

South Sudan: Data is the difference between life and death

Measuring catastrophe in Unity State, where more than half of the people in crisis are in conflict zones where humanitarian agencies cannot reach them.

22/03/16

World Water Day 2016

Goal 6.1 of the new Sustainable Development Goals is to "achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water by 2030". But, due to poverty, every year millions of people die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene.

25/02/16

Treating the invisible injuries of war

Until fairly recently, humanitarian organizations focused their efforts on meeting the most urgent physical survival needs of people affected by violence or disaster. But the humanitarian mandate to alleviate suffering should include mental health along with physical health.

11/02/16

Catastrophic Hunger Crisis Endangers the Lives of 40,000 in South Sudan

A newly released report indicates that 40,000 people are facing catastrophe and require immediate assistance in Unity, Jonglei, and Upper Nile states.

11/02/16

World Humanitarian Summit

World leaders must go beyond UN chief's report and create an accountability mechanism so World Humanitarian Summit commitments turn into action to end suffering and global goals can be met for all.