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Refugees fleeing Ukraine receive food from the International Red Cross and other organizations at the Vysne Nemecke border crossing in Slovakia on Sunday.

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How to help refugees when you've become one yourself

11:10am March 15, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The Ukrainian refugee aid organization Right to Protection is continuing to help displaced people as much as possible, even as its own staff members are forced to relocate to safer areas.

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In this photo taken on Jan. 20, a beach resort in Tonga, on the outskirts of the capital of Nuku'alofa, shows the impact of the tsunami that hit the island nation in the wake of an underwater volcanic eruption. Aid efforts have been complicated by the pan

Why Tonga is opting for 'contactless' humanitarian aid

8:53am January 23, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

It's a pandemic predicament. With only 1 recorded case of COVID-19 in their island nation, Tongans are desperate for help after the volcanic eruption — but eager to keep the virus out.

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Roqia Qasqari, right, who lives in Gero village in Afghanistan's Bamyan Province, inspects potatoes stored from a previous harvest. Snow was scarce over the winter, raising fears of a severe drought in 2021.

10 global crises to pay attention to in 2022, according to 'The New Humanitarian'

12:09pm January 14, 2022

by Joanne Lu

The New Humanitarian has compiled its list of the conflicts, disasters and threats to watch this year. Editor Josephine Schmidt discusses how they came up with the list.

Girls gather at a gender-segregated school in Kabul on Sept. 15. When older secondary students returned to classes, female students were told to wait.

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Aid Official Warns Of A Bleak Situation In Afghanistan As Winter Approaches

10:18am September 24, 2021

The head of Save the Children in Afghanistan says it has been difficult to operate under the Taliban and their restrictions on women. Without humanitarian aid, he predicts serious casualties ahead.

Joel Charny, who's been a humanitarian aid worker for 40 years, talks to students at a camp for internally displaced people in northern Sri Lanka in 2005. It's one of his favorite photos, he says, "because this is what I did hundreds of times: interview p

A Retiring Aid Worker Reflects On How To Repair The World — Without Wearing A Halo

7:00am September 06, 2021

by Malaka Gharib

Joel Charny, who worked in humanitarian aid for 40 years, speaks candidly about how humanitarianism has changed — and why people shouldn't treat aid workers as if they wear haloes.

Doctors administer the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to patients at the Wazir Akbar Khan hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan in July.

The Troubled History Of Vaccines And Conflict Zones

7:23am August 29, 2021

by Madeline Dexter

History has shown that it's possible to pause war and conflict to distribute lifesaving vaccines for diseases such as Guinea worm and smallpox. Can the world do the same for the COVID-19 vaccine?

A shipment of medical aid from the United States, including 50 ventilators, appears inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane Thursday at Vnukovo International Airport outside Moscow.

U.S. Sends Ventilators To Russia In $5.6 Million Coronavirus Aid Package

4:03pm May 21, 2020

by Charles Maynes

The U.S. government delivers 50 American-made ventilators on Thursday and will send another 150 next week.

Tetsu Nakamura (right) is pictured in 2008 during a memorial service for a slain aid worker. The Japanese doctor was among six gunned down in an attack Wednesday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.

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Widely Respected Japanese Humanitarian Among 6 Killed In Afghanistan Attack

1:32pm December 04, 2019

by Paolo Zialcita

Tetsu Nakamura, a native of Fukuoka, spent years working to improve living conditions in rural areas of Afghanistan. He was gunned down Wednesday along with five associates.

Women sit on the floor as they wait in a clinic at the al-Hol detention camp.

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Misery Grows At Syrian Camp Holding ISIS Family Members

5:30pm May 26, 2019

by Jane Arraf

In recent visits to the camp, NPR was told of babies dying of malnutrition, and found women collapsed by roadsides. "There's a lack of supplies and the numbers of patients are huge," a doctor says.

A Houthi soldier stands guard during a rally to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Yemen on March 26, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen.

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Houthi Rebels In Yemen Say They Have Begun Withdrawing From 3 Strategic Ports

4:40pm May 11, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The move would be the first step towards implementation of a ceasefire agreed to by the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces in December. The ports serve as a lifeline for humanitarian aid.