The need for a greater transparency on how the aid spreads around the world has been long debated. A new index (the pilot index was launched last year) has been developed to rank every major aid donor for their openness, on a wide set of criteria. The report published under Publish What You Fund’ umbrella … Continue reading
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent a strong message to the rich at the Clinton Global Initiative Monday, on day two of a three-day conference that aims to tackle the world’s most pressing problems. She criticized in her speech business people who don’t contribute to building their countries infrastructure, which is vital to economic … Continue reading
The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Peace is celebrated on September 21 each year to recognize the efforts of those who have worked hard to end conflict and promote peace. The International Day of Peace is also a day of ceasefire – personal or political. In 2002 the General Assembly officially declared September … Continue reading
The Russian government has given the US agency for international development (USAid) until 1 October to stop all operations in the country. The agency helps fund a number of pro-democracy and human rights groups that have provoked the Kremlin‘s wrath amid an unprecedented opposition movement against the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. The government presented as … Continue reading
The United Nations and its partners appealed for $7.7 billion for its 2012 humanitarian aid projects, at the agency’s annual appeal event in Geneva, Switzerland. The impact of climate change, economical and political crises, insecurity over food and water, urbanization, migration and rapid population growth have been the root of emergencies situations which affected millions … Continue reading
Terrifying pictures and statistics on malnourished children. Almost 16,000 children die every day from a hunger-related cause.
Poverty is not an isolated ‘disease’. It is an omnipresent issue. More than 5 million Romanians live under the poverty line. It is a huge number and compared with the entire country’s population the situation looks even worse. Caritas Confederation Romania (www.caritas.org.ro) launched a campaign titled ‘A million stars’ than aimed to stimulate the entire … Continue reading
The three aid workers kidnapped in Yemen have been released shortly after their abduction. A French national and two Yemenis, belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross staff, were released on November 25, after two days of captivity in the hands of members of a secessionist group seeking greater independence for southern Yemen. … Continue reading
The three Red Cross employees who were abducted while travelling in the governorate of Lahj, Yemen, include a female staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross, her Yemeni driver and an employee of the Yemeni Red Crescent. At the moment of their abduction, the three were delivering food to refugees, said Marcal Izard, a Geneva-based ICRS spokesperson, the … Continue reading
