Humanitarian response
News, comment and features on humanitarian response and action, emergency aid and disaster relief
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First successful ship-to-shore drone delivery takes place in New JerseyDelivery of medical supplies to inaccessible locations during relief efforts could see ships deploy armies of drones ferrying supplies to and from shore
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Secret aid worker: 'We were there to win hearts and minds, but every war gets its own comedy'The plotline of the film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot will strike a chord with aid workers who surged into Afghanistan post 9/11, but reality was a little different
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WHO says military and militia hospital attacks claimed 959 lives in two yearsWorld Health Organisation identifies Syria and Palestinian territories among areas worst hit by atrocities that have disrupted public health services
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Drowning in paperwork: tell us your stories of bureaucracy in aidAs the humanitarian sector has become more professionalised, risk adverse, and concerned about accountability, how has this affected your work?
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Why we urgently need more collaboration to solve long-term humanitarian crisesIn a response to Marc DuBois’ article last week, Sarah Cliffe argues we need to rethink how development relates to humanitarian work
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World Humanitarian Summit: who to follow on TwitterPoliticians, aid organisations and civil society leaders are meeting in Istanbul on 23-24 May in an attempt to reform the humanitarian system. Here’s who to follow on Twitter to keep up with the discussion
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The humanitarian system: 'A mammoth machinery losing track of what it is for'Expensive, inefficient, unaccountable, with power concentrated in the hands of the few; what are the weaknesses of the modern aid leviathan?
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Children fleeing conflict deserve more than razor wire and border fencesThe world humanitarian summit must prioritise the protection of the 30 million children displaced by conflict and crisis
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The man who deals with disasters: 'If it was an impossible job I would not be trying to do it'Stephen O’Brien’s appointment as head of the UN’s relief organisation was controversial from the start. A year on and a week before a humanitarian summit, is he the man for the job?
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30 million children have lost their homes – they must not lose their educationAs the international community has fiddled, the education opportunities of a generation of Syrian children have burned. A new fund could help change that
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Live Q&A: What impact will the Istanbul summit have on humanitarian response?Join an expert panel on Thursday 19 May, 1-3pm to discuss the opportunities for change at the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit
Reshaping humanitarian action The diaspora groups bringing aid to Syria: 'This isn't a job, it's now our life'