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humanitarian aid

People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, April 2, 2024.
Israel-Hamas war
Aid worker says they can’t operate after 7 World Center Kitchen staffers are killed in Israeli strike
A man carries an elderly woman as people continue to leave Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. 
Critical State
Managing the aftermath: Part I
Refugees who fled the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, Nov. 21, 2020. Huge unknowns persist in the deadly conflict, but details of the involvement of nei
Conflict
Tigray region faces deteriorating crisis 3 months into conflict
An empty water bottle lays on the dirt behind a string of barbed wire
Immigration
Crimes of compassion: US follows Europe’s lead in prosecuting those who help migrants
A man crouches in the dirt surrounded by others as they review a few maps.
Borders
An aid worker is on trial for helping migrants. But groups like his are still doing their work.
Civil defense members carry a casualty after an airstrike in the rebel held area of al-Sukari in Aleppo.
Conflict
A Chicago surgeon recounts a nightmarish journey through Aleppo
Taped-Nose Drone
Conflict
Efforts to deploy drones for humanitarian purposes are hampered by public fears
Workers unload emergency medical aid from Medecins Sans Frontieres from a plane at Sanaa airport on April 13, 2015
Conflict
Doctors Without Borders pleads: ‘Please allow the humanitarian actors to do their work’ in Yemen
A Syrian refugee woman stands near her tent at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 15, 2015.
Conflict
‘They told me they were going to melt me in acid if I continue the work I was doing’
African immigrants walk among rows of prefabricated container houses, which have replaced scores of tents, at the open centre for immigrants formerly known as "Tent City" in Hal Far, outside Valletta March 27, 2014. In 2013
Development
Refugee camps are surprising hot spots of innovation
A Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine drives along a road near the city of Yelets August 12, 2014.
Conflict
The convoy of Russian aid trucks is stalled on the road to Ukraine
Syrian health workers administer polio vaccination to a girl at a school in Damascus, in this file photo taken by Syria's national news agency SANA in October.
Health & Medicine
Polio adds one more heartbreak to a Syria wracked by war
Chasing Chaos - Jessica Alexander's new memoir -  offers an insider's look at the contradictions of relief work.
Development & Education
A novice humanitarian aid worker confronts mayhem in the field
Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes.
Development & Education
TOMS Shoes rethinks its ‘buy one, give one’ model of helping the needy
In Boston, Signs of the Homeless Get Colorful Makeovers
IKEA creates modular shelters for refugees
Global Politics
Commentator says fiscal cliff negotiators are leaving poor behind
Company in Prague turns to homeless people to show city’s less-seen side
Business, Economics and Jobs
Charlotte restaurant serves up free meals, jobs, fellowship for homeless
Global Politics
Detention and suspension rates in Chicago increase during end of month period, may be related to food stamps
Business, Economics and Jobs
Homelessness a growing problem in Greece
Development & Education
Drought ravages parts of East Africa
Development & Education
Somalia: What constitutes a famine
Three Cups of Tea: Can the good be saved?
Foreclosed homes for homeless families
Hunger in New York City
Sandy Leaves Tens of Thousands Homeless
Arts, Culture & Media
Invisible Grace
The Blossoms of Revolution: A Musical for Syria’s Refugee Children in Turkey
Global Politics
The Growing Number of Homeless in Greece
Lack of the Safety Net: Homelessness and America’s Tent Cities
Show Producer’s Blog: R2P
Global Politics
Greek Parents Losing Children to Poverty
Revisiting the Living Without Doorknobs Project
Majoring in ‘Homelessness’ at UCLA
Global Politics
North Korea Food Crisis
Global Politics
Severe Malnutrition Showing in North Korea
Environment
What Makes This A Famine
Arts, Culture & Media
Why One London Choir has Become a Refuge for the Homeless
Conflict & Justice
Refugees who want to return to Libya
‘Three Cups of Tea’ Author Under Fire
Rationalizing Humanitarian Warfare
Food Fright
Poultry Promise
Business, Economics and Jobs
Re-Defining ‘Poor’ in America
Environment
Pakistanis still homeless from floods blame government corruption
Global Politics
Obama administration: end homelessness within 10 years
Business, Economics and Jobs
New formula finds higher rate of elderly living in poverty
Environment
Chile earthquake: an update from the region
Global Politics
Takeouts: public option, B2B comeback, homelessness
Lifestyle & Belief
Homelessness rising as winter sets in
Business, Economics and Jobs
Is women’s empowerment the solution to world hunger?
Environment
The rules of engagement for snipers
Development & Education
Underhill, Vermont awaits return of hometown hero Captain Phillips
Lifestyle & Belief
The pirate’s life: The romantic allure vs. the grim reality
Global Politics
Captain Richard Phillips freed after fire fight with Somali pirates
Business, Economics and Jobs
Foreclosed Homes Offer an Alternative for Homeless Families
Health & Medicine
L.A. hospitals used homeless to defraud government
Business, Economics and Jobs
The number of homeless drops 30 percent in span of two years
Global Politics
Land deals of wealthy nations