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Ten humanitarian crises and trends to watch in 2022
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: Innovative Aid Strategy & Consulting
- Categories: Humanitarian, International, International Development
No CommentsIt’s no secret that COVID-19 has exposed massive inequalities within countries as well as between them. The beginnings of an economic turnaround in parts of the world in 2022 are only likely to make these divides even starker.
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Rethinking Humanitarianism | Does peacebuilding need a rethink?
- December 7, 2021
- Posted by: Innovative Aid Strategy & Consulting
- Category: Humanitarian
‘We need to ensure that we put communities in the driver’s seat of their peacebuilding efforts. We don’t stop and listen. How do they want to do this?’
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A new four-point plan to reform humanitarian aid
- October 8, 2021
- Posted by: Innovative Aid Strategy & Consulting
- Categories: Humanitarian, Innovation
‘The time is now for international actors to have a bit of rethink as to what their role should be.’
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Haïti: Earthquake
- August 18, 2021
- Posted by: Innovative Aid Strategy & Consulting
- Categories: Humanitarian, International
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on 14 August at 8:30 am local time. The earthquake occurred 13km southeast of Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, in the department of Nippes, about 125km west of the capital Port-au-Prince. At least 60,000 people were affected, around 1,300 have died, and over 5,000 were injured as at 16 August.
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Humanitarian Access Overview 2020
- December 17, 2020
- Posted by: Innovative Aid Strategy & Consulting
- Category: Humanitarian
Crisis-affected populations in more than 60 countries are not getting the humanitarian assistance they need because of access constraints.
Four new countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Eswatini, and Vietnam – have entered the ranking since the last ACAPS Humanitarian Access report, released in July 2020. -
Why the world needs a more innovative approach to humanitarian relief
- September 16, 2020
- Posted by: Innovative Aid Strategy & Consulting
- Categories: Humanitarian, Innovation
This has been a difficult year for humanitarian relief. Huge events have left indelible images. From a dead Syrian child washed up on a Turkish beach, to villagers trapped under rubble after earthquakes in Nepal and grieving families of Ebola victims in West Africa.
Why the world needs a more innovative approach to humanitarian relief
Why the world needs a more innovative approach to humanitarian relief?
Why the world needs a more innovative approach to humanitarian relief?
- September 16, 2020
- Posted by: Innovative Aid Strategy & Consulting
- Categories: Humanitarian, Innovation
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From World Economic Forum, published on 06 January 2016
This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation.
This has been a difficult year for humanitarian relief. Huge events have left indelible images. From a dead Syrian child washed up on a Turkish beach, to villagers trapped under rubble after earthquakes in Nepal and grieving families of Ebola victims in West Africa.
The tragic stories have tumbled in, transmitted around the world by 24-hour news channels and social media. Natural disasters and man-made conflicts have combined to produce a staccato rhythm of drama and horror packaged as one-off events – no matter how often they may re-occur. And so, our responses are piecemeal: when our awareness is pricked there are spikes in relief funding, donations and volunteer efforts.
Counting the cost
Overall, a staggering 200.5m people have been affected by natural disasters or displaced by conflicts in 2015 – an increase of more than 50m from the previous year. These figures include those who escaped disasters and crises from previous years but for whom humanitarian assistance is still essential. But immediate, conflict-driven emergencies displaced 59.5m people – the equivalent of 30,000 people every day. A further 19.3m people were displaced by natural weather-related crises.
The costs of responding to these crises have increased six-fold, from $3.4 billion just a decade ago to more than $20 billion today. The funding gap between the sums required to provide basic humanitarian needs and the amount raised through international appeals is also rapidly growing, and the shortfall currently is a staggering 40% (about $7 billion). According to OCHA, the full economic cost of lost income and growth from global conflict is estimated to be more than $14 trillion.
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