Al Jazeera English
| May 2, 2013
The famine in Somalia then ended last year killed almost 260,000 people, twice as many as previously thought, the UN says. Half of the victims were children under five. UN officials say the death toll was so high because early warnings failed to t...
Euronews
| Apr 5, 2013
The people of Gaza are facing yet more hardship after the United Nations' chief humanitarian agency suspended operations in response to protestors angered by aid cutbacks storming its headquarters. Around two-thirds of Gaza's population depends on...
Associated Press
| Jan 8, 2013
The harsh realities of winter have set in for the Syrian refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp, which has left many angry and frustrated by their current living situation. Heavy rain and bitter cold have already taken their toll on the refugees' fl...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 22, 2012
The United Nations launches a plan to eradicate cholera from Haiti, but Inside Story Americas asks if it is only a repackaging of aid money that had already been pledged to the disaster-racked nation. In addition, the UN continues to refuse that t...
Al Jazeera English
| Nov 30, 2012
The people of Africa are urged to be generous and donate their radiators to the poor, freezing Norwegians in a fake ad that parodies patronizing fundraising appeals. The Norwegian aid agency behind "Radi-Aid" says it aims to challenge stereotypes ...
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 20, 2012
Israeli naval forces early Saturday intercepted the Gaza-bound 'Estelle'. The pro-Palestine ship was carrying cement and other supplies in protest of Israel's ongoing naval blockade of the region. On board the ship were several members of European...
LinkAsia
| Aug 21, 2012
North Korea has signed a wide-ranging agreement with China that sets up a special economic zone on the Korean side of the border and expands aid from China. This comes two weeks after massive flooding killed over 170 people in North Korea and left...
— Feb 5, 2012 at 04:21 pm
...Iranian physicians provide treatment for the people. East African countries, including Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti, have experienced a...
— Jan 7, 2012 at 02:26 am
...United Nations has launched an emergency humanitarian effort, responding to a wave of violence in South Sudan that may have left thousands dead ...
— Mar 5, 2012 at 02:30 pm
— Mar 4, 2012 at 06:30 am
...report from key locations throughout Somalia and the global community of Somali Diaspora, contributing to news bulletins with in-depth reports o...
— Feb 23, 2012 at 11:39 pm
Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity. It may therefore be distinguished from development aid, which seeks to address the underlying socioeconomic factors which may have led to a crisis or emergency.
According to The Overseas Development Institute, a London-based research establishment, whose findings were released in April 2009 in the paper 'Providing aid in insecure environments:2009 Update', the most lethal year in the history of humanitarianism was 2008, in which 122 aid workers were murdered and 260 assaulted. Those countries deemed least safe were Somalia and Afghanistan.
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