Essay: Myanmar’s military rule is crippling hope for young people like never before
In an article first published on The Conversation, NYI NYI KYAW says the impacts of the ongoing conflict on Myanmar’s youth will have consequences that will haunt the nation for decades…
Some malaria, HIV, TB program cuts reversed by US, groups say, but UN release emergency aid reserves after “brutal” donor cuts
London, UK Reuters Some lifesaving health projects that had their US funding contracts abruptly terminated last week have received letters reversing that decision, several of the groups told Reuters. The aid recipients said the decisions were promising, but that their work remains in limbo as funding for their projects from the world’s biggest donor had […]
Essay: Zomi Christians are the face of a refugee crisis we can’t ignore
ERIC CONSTANZO, executive director of Rising Village Foundation, says simultaneous cuts in humanitarian aid and refugee programs promise a disaster that will betray America’s values and promises to persecuted people around the world…
UN plans to halve rations to Rohingya refugees without urgent funding
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters The United Nations has warned it will have to cut monthly food rations to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from $US12.50 to $US6 next month, unless it can raise funds to avert a measure that would worsen hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement. “Yesterday, I was informed verbally, and today I received […]
US Supreme Court won’t let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups
Washington DC, US Reuters A divided US Supreme Court declined on Wednesday to let President Donald Trump’s administration withhold payment to foreign aid organisations for work they already performed for the government as the Republican president moves to pull the plug on American humanitarian projects around the world. Handing a setback to Trump, the court […]
UN refugee boss urges donors to fill gap left by Trump aid freeze
Brussels, Belgium Reuters The UN refugee agency has appealed to donors to bring forward planned payments after the Trump administration put hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of donations on hold as part of its foreign aid freeze, the organisation’s boss told Reuters. Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, said he had asked […]