aid groups

Aid Groups Wonder Whether To Stay Or Go As The Taliban Take Over Afghanistan

5:13pm August 26, 2021

by Joanne Lu

Now that the Taliban are back in power, aid agencies in Afghanistan are bracing for an uncertain future — and hope to maintain the progress they've made over the past two decades.

An N95 respirator — a critical piece of personal protective equipment. The U.S. is now restricting the ability of aid groups abroad to use American funds to buy PPE.

The U.S. Is Giving Vast Sums Of Money To Fight COVID-19 Abroad. But There's A Catch

4:04pm May 13, 2020

by Malaka Gharib

Aid groups are frustrated by a new restriction on using U.S. funds to buy personal protective equipment like masks and gloves. The U.S. says it's a way to ensure there's enough PPE for domestic use.

Medical workers transfer a patient from the Doctors Without Borders cholera treatment unit to the intensive care unit at the general hospital in Masisi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Aid Groups Say They've Never Faced A Challenge Like The Novel Coronavirus

4:59pm April 07, 2020

by Malaka Gharib

Humanitarian organizations are used to dealing with droughts, conflict and natural disaster. But the pandemic adds unprecedented layers of difficulty to their work.

FEMA disaster relief trailers in storage.

From Trailers To Tents: What Happens To Leftover Aid Supplies?

12:20pm February 26, 2019

by Joanne Lu

FEMA is now auctioning off trailers sent to Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. But that's just one way to deal with a surplus.

Health & Safety

Pakistan Ousts 18 Aid Agencies. Human Rights Minister Tweets 'They Must Leave'

4:47pm December 07, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

The groups asked to close down operations include Catholic Relief Services, World Vision and Plan International.

Disaster Recovery Centers In Guilford and Rockingham Counties Set To Help Tornado Survivors

11:14am May 22, 2018

by David Ford

Disaster recovery centers in Guilford and Rockingham counties are open. They have been established to help those whose homes or businesses were impacted by last month's severe storms.

A boy carries a sack of grain from a dugout canoe to shore in the village of Ambohitsara in eastern Madagascar, characterized as a low-income country by the World Bank.

We Asked, You Answered: What Shaped Trump's View Of Poor Countries?

5:53pm January 16, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

Is it fair to make a connection between the president's comments and the way aid groups and the media portray poverty? Our readers weigh in.

Your Turn: How Are Poor Countries Portrayed By Aid Groups And The Media?

8:55pm January 12, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

The controversy over President Trump's description of El Salvador, Haiti and African countries has global thinkers asking whether the aid community is partly to blame.

The latest Pakistani crackdown on aid groups isn't the first. Above: A policeman stands guard outside the office of Save the Children in Islamabad, which was shuttered by Pakistani authorities in June 2015 under suspicion of "working against the country,"

'Panic And Confusion' As Pakistan Orders Foreign Aid Groups To Shut Down

2:57pm December 18, 2017

Aid workers warn that the move will upend services to the country's neediest people and threaten hundreds of jobs. What's behind the government's decision?

Mourners carry the coffin of one of six Afghan employees of the Red Cross killed in an attack in a remote northern province in February.

In Their Own Words: Why Armed Fighters Attack Aid Workers

3:07pm September 14, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

In the first study of its kind, researchers ask members of al-Shabab, the Haqqani network and the Taliban to explain why they attack the humanitarians trying to help them.