Are there enough human translators and interpreters to help vulnerable communities? Short answer = no. multilingual.com/google-transla…

The world’s best work perch and they feed me Tibs!!!

"How aid is provided and who is providing the aid is much more important than the aid itself." At our event last week, Adelina Kamal explained why humanitarian resistance groups in Myanmar are so effective. 📺 Catch up on the full recording here: bit.ly/HPGAnnualEvent…

An honest take on #localization and #humanitarian #aid. "If the U.S. government were truly determined to localize its programs it would create the administrative and management systems necessary to do so." www-brookings-edu.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.brooki…

The groundbreaking UNSCR 2664 wouldn't have been possible without NGOs grinding it out for years, quiet, steadfast and unafraid of confronting a problem many thought unsolvable. This is a landmark moment for safeguarding humanitarian aid worldwide. reliefweb.int/report/world/m…

NEW: Nearly 8.3 million people across #Somalia face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse acute food insecurity outcomes; Famine (IPC Phase 5) is projected in three areas. Read the latest #FEWSNET report: ow.ly/pyfY50M2AyJ

We join international partners in condemning the March 17 attack on a World Food Programme convoy in Jonglei State in which two people were killed and several others injured. Read the full statement here: ss.usembassy.gov/statement-0317… #NotATarget #SSOT

Delighted to discuss the #RiskSharingFramework with @GrandBargain Principals. A milestone in ICRC’s close collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 & InterAction to enable principled & efficient humanitarian responses to the needs of people affected by conflict & crisis.

Today in the #GrandBargain, #KingdomNL, ICRC and InterAction presented the Risk Sharing Framework. Sharing risks means: 🔸more quality funding to affected people 🔸empowerment of local organisations.

Check out the Risk Management Scorecard (RMS), an innovative new tool to help NGOs better understand the effectiveness of their risk management efforts and identify improvement opportunities fit for rapidly changing contexts.

Jewish-American author Sari Bashi who taught international humanitarian law at both Yale Law School and Tel Aviv University:

My interview with ABC News Live for Mercy Corps on the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in #Gaza. No one can get out, basic services are cut off and little to no aid is getting in. We need safe access now to help the millions of people whose lives hang in the balance.

Humanitarian Chiefs will not participate in the establishment of any ”safe zone” in #Gaza that is set up without the agreement of all the parties, and unless fundamental conditions are in place to ensure safety and other needs are met. Statement #IASC 👉bit.ly/3SIThwz

We cannot abandon the people of #Gaza Decisions by various Member States to pause funds for #UNRWA will have catastrophic consequences for the 2.2 million people of Gaza. We appeal for these decisions to be reconsidered. #IASC statement 👉bit.ly/42iyMJQ

#Gaza: an entire population depends on humanitarian assistance for survival. Very little comes in & restrictions increase. A truck loaded with aid has just been turned back because it had scissors used in children’s medical kits. Medical scissors are now added to a long list of

Outraged by the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. All this talk about ceasefires, and still this war steals the best of us.

When there is no aid, no supplies, to distribute or services to provide aid workers give the last they can offer, their presence, their witness. It's called protection by presence. It should never have to reach this point. #notatarget

There’s nothing dignified about sending families back into the hands of their persecutors, nothing moral about chasing votes rather than upholding US and international law. hias.org/statements/hia…