humanitarian aid

Mohammad Sultan stands outside the locked door of a children's clinic in Gaza City. Sultan ran the clinic for World Vision, which temporarily closed the center after its Gaza director was accused of diverting humanitarian assistance to Hamas.

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Gaza Needs Aid, But Israel Says Some Has Reached Hamas Militants

6:51am September 03, 2016

by Nick Schifrin

An aid official in Gaza is accused of illegally diverting funds to the Islamic militant group, which runs the Gaza Strip. Aid groups fear new restrictions but Israel insists it wants aid to continue.

Syrian women and children stage a protest against the government's siege of Daraya, outside Damascus, on March 9. The protesters demanded that President Bashar Assad's government allow humanitarian aid into the city.

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The Siege That Keeps A Rebel Town In Syria Desperate For Food Aid

7:08pm July 12, 2016

by Alice Fordham

Rebels have controlled Daraya, outside Damascus, since 2012. The Syrian government has responded by barring aid from reaching the increasingly desperate town. Some accuse it of using aid as a weapon.

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Performers at the opening ceremony of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey on May 22.

The World Promises To Do A Better Job Aiding Refugees From Violence

10:38am May 24, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

But it's one thing to make a pledge. Will the participants in the first U.N. World Humanitarian Summit deliver?

The health workers of Sierra Leone — like Dr. Komba Songu M'Briwah (on the phone) — were dedicated to fighting Ebola. But they had a huge handicap. A government report reveals that some of the money allocated went to pay "ghost workers."

If You Know Where The Missing $6 Million Is, Please Tell Sierra Leone

6:17pm April 02, 2015

by Thomas K. Grose

Funds allocated to fight Ebola have vanished into thin air. That kind of funny money business happens all too often when disaster strikes and donations roll in.