The New Humanitarian

THE YEMEN LISTENING PROJECT Where Yemenis talk, and the world listens The people planning and funding wars, devising aid plans, and trying to negotiate peace all too often fail to talk to the people living at the centre of it all. Long before Gaza hit the headlines, the term “world’s worst humanitarian crisis” often referred to Yemen. Its devastating war and economic collapse, which began nine years ago, has left hundreds of thousands of people dead from violence, disease, starvation, and a lack of healthcare. Tens of millions more have been caught up in Yemen’s conflict, but its story has mostly been told by journalists, aid groups, and politicians. Until now. What has it really been like to live through all this? To find out, The Yemen Listening Project asked Yemenis one question: “How has the war impacted your life?” More than 100 Yemenis – from inside the country and across the world – answered. They sent emails and WhatsApp messages, voice notes, videos, poems, and pictures. They include testimonies of loss, life in exile, and what it is like to live through bombing and ground battles. But there are also tales of love, family connection, and personal and professional persistence in the face of impossible-seeming obstacles. When #Yemen does make the news, it's too often reduced to faceless narratives. Follow link below to look into the lives behind the headlines, and to listen to Yemenis as they tell their stories, in their own words, in Arabic and English. https://lnkd.in/eB7JwsPV

RSF atrocities in Sudan, Israel bans UNRWA, and Trump or Harris? The Cheat Sheet. A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues. https://lnkd.in/eFHQrS6v

Despite saying it has a “zero tolerance” policy for sex abuse, UN mission MINUSCA questioned survivor testimonies rather than supporting them: ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ebX7BgvC

'Israel just wants UNRWA to go away, hoping that that will undermine the whole claim of Palestinians having a right to return.' Read our March in-depth look at Israel's efforts to dismantle the UN's agency for Palestine refugees:

UNRWA – the largest aid organisation in Gaza – has been banned by Israel over allegations that it has violated humanitarian neutrality. Why does Israel want to end UNRWA and what would it mean? ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/exQWiueS

Israel's parliament has passed an UNRWA ban. Here is our in-depth from March exploring the reasons behind and the implications of UNRWA closure: ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4hlX7Wa

Flooding and landslides in the Philippines have killed more than 120 people after Tropical Cyclone Trami tore through the archipelagic Pacific nation, displacing almost one million people across Luzon, the Visayas, and northern Mindanao. Trami, the deadliest and most destructive storm to hit the Southeast Asian nation this year, made landfall on 24 October and put 6.7 million people at risk across 17 of the country’s 18 regions. The storm reportedly dumped more than two months of rain in a 48-hour period, with 160 municipalities declaring a state of calamity. Aid organisations say access to food in many areas is still limited due to the landslides and flooding. The Bicol Region, on the island of Luzon southeast of the capital, Manila, was one of the hardest hit, with at least 38 reported deaths. Trami is the eleventh storm to hit the country this year, and has already caused an estimated $16.98 million in damages. Losses to the agricultural sector were estimated at an additional $24.5 million. In a Facebook post, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr called the storm “horrific and one of tremendous loss”, while urging the authorities to exert all their efforts to assist those affected. “Help is on the way. It will come by land, air, and, even by sea,” Marcos said. After visiting affected communities, including evacuation centres, in Bula in the Bicol Region on Saturday, Marcos said Manila must find a long-term solution for such extreme flooding which he linked to climate change. As the storm bore down on Vietnam, authorities in the Philippines were still looking for more than three dozen people missing in the disaster More than a decade later, authorities are still trying to learn the lessons of Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda), which left more than 7,000 people dead and around one million homeless in 2013. But aid organisations also fear recent anti-terrorism laws are impeding the work of disaster response NGOs in the Philippines. For more, read our July 2024 report here: https://lnkd.in/eMEAiXRe

Flooding and landslides in the Philippines have killed more than 120 people after Tropical Cyclone Trami tore through the archipelagic Pacific nation, displacing almost one million people across Luzon, the Visayas, and northern Mindanao. Trami, the deadliest and most destructive storm to hit the Southeast Asian nation this year, made landfall on 24 October and put 6.7 million people at risk across 17 of the country’s 18 regions. The storm reportedly dumped more than two months of rain in a 48-hour period, with 160 municipalities declaring a state of calamity. Aid organisations say access to food in many areas is still limited due to the landslides and flooding. The Bicol Region, on the island of Luzon southeast of the capital, Manila, was one of the hardest hit, with at least 38 reported deaths. Trami is the eleventh storm to hit the country this year, and has already caused an estimated $16.98 million in damages. Losses to the agricultural sector were estimated at an additional $24.5 million. In a Facebook post, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr called the storm “horrific and one of tremendous loss”, while urging the authorities to exert all their efforts to assist those affected. “Help is on the way. It will come by land, air, and, even by sea,” Marcos said. After visiting affected communities, including evacuation centres, in Bula in the Bicol Region on Saturday, Marcos said Manila must find a long-term solution for such extreme flooding which he linked to climate change. As the storm bore down on Vietnam, authorities in the Philippines were still looking for more than three dozen people missing in the disaster More than a decade later, authorities are still trying to learn the lessons of Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda), which left more than 7,000 people dead and around one million homeless in 2013. But aid organisations also fear recent anti-terrorism laws are impeding the work of disaster response NGOs in the Philippines. For more, read our July 2024 report here: https://lnkd.in/eMEAiXRe

A malnutrition emergency is stalking northern Nigeria, driven by a cost of living crisis, the shambolic state of the country’s primary healthcare system, and staggering levels of insecurity, health workers warn. Close to 32 million Nigerians – roughly 15% of the population – are going hungry as a result of the government’s sudden removal of fuel subsidies last year. That sent food prices soaring, pushing inflation to a near 30-year high, with wages lagging far behind. But it’s in Nigeria’s rural north, where poverty is more deep-seated, that aid agencies have been reporting the most alarming increases in malnutrition. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ep4Fz5av

"Anti-migration fear mongering has tremendous political currency. But that does not mean we – as humanitarians and civil society actors – should accept this." https://lnkd.in/gVB3qEXQ