Emergency assistance will save lives and alleviate emergency emergencies. We will be in place when the need is greatest. Nevertheless, the humanitarian sector fails time and time again when it comes to the most. Why is it like that?
Sissel Overvoll works for MSF in war-torn Yemen: "We are constantly hearing air strikes and getting patients injured by bombing every single day," the Norwegian nurse says.
For five years, we have been following the civil war in Syria – from what was a beginning crisis, to the situation we are seeing now. The numbers from the crisis are disheartening. But there is still much that can be saved in Syria, and there are bright spots.
An ex-prostitute woman is traveling around the streets of Chicago. Using her own gruesome experiences as a means, she helps others out of inferiority and a life that lasts.
The new, transnational activism is often about expressing our own conscience, the authors of Advocacy in Conflict claim. It is never innocent – but always political.
Norwegian People's Aid says it is very rare that they have anything left of the money that is budgeted to be spent on welfare for asylum seekers: “As a rule, we spend everything and depend on volunteers and apply for extra money. , "Says Tom Hjertholm, unit leader for refugee and integration in Norwegian People's Aid.
After seven years of independence, Kosovo remains a society in crisis. A new book places the responsibility of a corrupt elite – and its Western allies.
Twenty years have passed since the signing of the Oslo Agreement, which was to signify the start of peace between Israel and Palestine. "It fills me with sadness to look back at the optimism that existed 20 years ago when the agreement was signed," says Jan Egeland, Secretary General of Norwegian Refugee Aid.
The world has never faced such serious challenges when it comes to children in conflict that right now – and the world community is doing too little to protect children from war.
BRAZIL: Many fear the lack of international orientering with President Dilma Rousseff will lead to Brazil losing the status the country has gained in recent years.
Inside Life tells from the inside about international relief, about the backstage game, and how it goes when aid organizations take part in a civil war.
The world has never had so many refugees since World War II. Fewer and fewer of them come to Norway. Several parties are now advocating increasing the number of quota refugees from Syria to 10 000.
