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On World Humanitarian Day, UN calls on international community to act for humanity

Serving through crisis: UN Women’s humanitarian workers on what keeps them going

For World Humanitarian Day, UN Women staff in the Central African Republic, Sudan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Ukraine share what it means to serve while surviving crisis.

World Humanitarian Day: CARE humanitarian worker shares life during war in Lebanon

On World Humanitarian Day 2026, CARE staff member Hiba shares what it's like to support families displaced by conflict in Lebanon while living through the same crisis herself. The...

Response must outpace spread of Ebola: UN relief chief

The world must move faster to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that is growing exponentially, the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator warned on...

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, World Vision says

But unlike conflict zones such as Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, they are generally not targeted by violence.

How responsible AI is changing the way organizations assess humanitarian needs

In a humanitarian crisis, good data is essential, but collecting it responsibly is as critical as collecting it fast. Our partner Kobo is using responsible AI to help field teams c...

Dubai Humanitarian Marks World Humanitarian Day With UN OCHA And Partners

In commemoration of World Humanitarian Day 2026, Dubai Humanitarian (DXBH) today hosted a gathering of the community, bringing together representatives from the humanitarian commun...

Humanitarianism is not collapsing. It is being traded and compromised

This is endangering the lives of humanitarian workers and the vulnerable communities they serve.

Washington destina más de 200 millones de dólares para fortalecer la respuesta humanitaria mundial de la Cruz Roja

La iniciativa busca disponer de recursos inmediatos ante nuevas crisis sin recurrir a procesos adicionales de contratación, aprovechando la infraestructura y presencia global de es...

Health response brings lifesaving care closer to thousands in Yemen

Thousands of people in some of Yemen's most conflict-affected communities are receiving lifesaving health care closer to home, thanks to funding from the UN aid coordination office...

Inside CARE’s response to earthquakes in Venezuela

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The World’s Aid Workers Must Be Protected

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 7 (IPS) - This summer, an ambush on a marked humanitarian convoy in Duk County, South Sudan, left 17 dead and five injured. While the UN called for an immed...

World Humanitarian Day — Protect Aid Workers Against Drones

UNITED NATIONS, August 20 (IPS) - World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often dangerous condi...

Sudan humanitarian crisis: When roads become impassable, help cannot wait

In South Kordofan, seasonal rains turn roads to mud and cut off entire communities from humanitarian assistance. Meet Hawa and the CARE Sudan team, determined to reach her anyway —...

Pakistan reaffirms commitment to humanitarian principles

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reaffirmed the country's commitment to humanitarian principles, h...

Colombia earthquake: UN joins national response

As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, UN agencies said that they stood ready to help “with everything we've got” if and when the request came f...

Ongoing Need for Humanitarian Assistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

UNITED NATIONS, July 27 (IPS) - On Monday July 20, a team from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) visited two displacement sites in Gaza...

Welttag der humanitären Hilfe: Hilfswerke prangern Angriffe auf humanitäre Helfer an

Die Vereinten Nationen würdigen den Einsatz von Helfer*innen. Die Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe verweist auf die großen Gefahren in Gaza und im Sudan. mehr...

URCS calls for unimpeded volunteer work during evacuation of civilians – statement

The Ukrainian Red Cross called on government authorities to facilitate the unimpeded work of volunteers during humanitarian tasks in frontline areas following an incident in Mykola...

84 metric tons of humanitarian aid arrive in Nepal in the wake of deadly floods

This represents just one aid intervention amid countless international organizations mobilizing to help.

Humanity must be more than a ceremony

There is a strange contradiction in the way the world observes World Humanitarian Day, falling on August 19. For one day, we pause to speak of compassion, dignity and solidarity. W...

Africa: World Humanitarian Day 2026 - Aid Workers Under Fire As Armed Drones Transform War-Making

[OCHA] (Geneva/New York, 19 August 2026): 2025 set another grim record for violence against aid workers, with 907 colleagues killed, injured or kidnapped, the Office for the Coordi...

Colombia earthquake: UN joins national response

As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, UN agencies said that they stood ready to help “with everything we've got”, in coordination with national...

Spain: Humanitarian and Rights Crisis in Ceuta

Click to expand Image Two of the migrants and asylum seekers who swam to Ceuta in July 2...