Every now and again you see something that makes you smile, And gives you hope in humanity again twistedsifter.com/2018/02/ghana-… #hopeinhumanity

We have lost against our own standards. Stand up and face the #truth Europeans. And let's be honest, it's not just in #Syria . . . #Yemen, #DRC . . . . António Guterres @MarkLowcock Jan Egeland The Guardian The New Humanitarian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We need this level of straight talking honesty. Thank you Jan Egeland and all those speaking the #truth x.com/vanessahugueni…

They want it all and the cake . . . x.com/owenbarder/sta…

Attacking aid workers is never justified. Very sad news from #CAR unicef.org/media/media_10…

An extremely high proportion of aid agency publicity draws attention to what they are doing for affected populations. Very little of it publicizes what people are doing for themselves. And when it does, it tends to be in the form of 'human interest stories'.

BREAKING: #Somalia on edge of slipping back towards #famine if aid is pulled out. ow.ly/tFSO30iIfaW

Overstretched: #Uganda hosts some 1.4 million refugees from its neighbors and the cholera outbreak is now affecting other aspects of the response to the refugee influx irinnews.org/news/2018/03/0…

We can't ignore those most in need. Not now. x.com/NRC_Egeland/st…

“Aid is exactly the right kind of investment to make when it is patient, hands-off and sensitively applied,” argues Pablo Yanguas in Open Democracy bit.ly/2DEXk2A #foreignaid

Short thread with a few of my take-aways from The New Humanitarian #MeToo #AidToo debate at IHEID today. Full recording here youtu.be/utKmqCFF_kc

4. Oxfam International found itself in a storm in part b/c it documented its cases better than most. Donors shouldn't punish aid orgs for being transparent, says former head of @theOFDA Jeremy Konyndyk. In fact, orgs that report no incidents of abuse should raise red flags in donors' eyes.

Deeply saddening x.com/josiensor/stat…

Jan Egeland Another example of the profitability of conflict mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opi…

Made me stop and think. Read and share your thoughts x.com/humanicontrari…

Progress isn't always linear x.com/oldpicsarchive…

#Wakanda and #development dilemmas Thanks duncangreenlse.bsky.social oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/africas-f…

IDEA! When leaving a #supermarket, remove all #plastic packaging that you don't need & put it in the supermarket's bin. If we all did this, bins would still fill up and cause a real headache & a cost #peoplepower Greenpeace International Greenpeace UK The Guardian Boyan Slat #endplasticpolution

Lant Pritchett's top six politically incorrect research findings in development economics ht Jake Allen econlog.econlib.org/archives/2018/…

The #refugee crisis isn’t just a European phenomenon. With the current political situations in #Nicaragua and #Venezuela, #LatinAmerica has its own increasingly flow of displaced people theguardian.com/world/2016/oct…