Syria’s Lost Generation Mark Leon Goldberg March 12, 2013 The crisis in Syria is a children's crisis. Yet, for all our talk about helping suffering children the international humanitarian response has been truly pathetic.
PSA: Vote in the DAWNS-Global Citizen Humanitarian Reporting Contest Mark Leon Goldberg February 21, 2013 Read through 12 humanitarian reporting project proposals and select the stories you would like to see funded through a grant.
The North Korea Story No One is Talking About Mark Leon Goldberg December 22, 2011 Starving children in the countryside are not responsible for DPRK's nuclear ambition. We should not use this aid package as a wedge to drive nuclear policy. We should stop kids from staving. Full stop.
The Ill-Timed Death of Kim Jong-Ill Mark Leon Goldberg December 19, 2011 Even before the death of Kim Jong Il was announced on Sunday, North Korea was going to be on the front pages of every major global newspaper this week.
Libya: This is How International Intervention is Supposed to Work Mark Leon Goldberg August 22, 2011 Armed intervention should always be an absolute last resort, only to be used when all options fail--and when justified on moral and legal grounds. This could all unravel tomorrow if the Libya descends into anarchy. But for now, this is pretty much the platonic ideal of humanitarian intervention.
World Humanitarian Day – Time to Step Up Alanna Shaikh, MPH August 19, 2011 It’s time for everyone to be a humanitarian.
Will the International Community Have to Funnel Their Aid Through a Terrorist Organization? Chris R Albon July 19, 2011 East Africa is suffering its worst drought in 60 years and millions are streaming towards already crowded refugee camps. Al Shabaab has become an important interlocutor for the provision of humanitarian aid.
World Food Program sounds alarm on Kenya Mark Leon Goldberg August 25, 2009 A shortfall of rain in Kenya this year has lead to crop shortages that the World Food Program says has caused a food emergency there. From the UN News Center:Acute malnutrition rates among children under the age of five are over 20 per cent in some areas, well above the 15 per cent emergency threshold."Life has never been easy for the poor in Kenya, but right now conditions are more desperate than they have been for a decade," Mr. Oberle said. "WFP is aiming to help almost 1 in every 10 Kenyans to cope wit this serious crisis but we can't do it without money."The agency also hopes the influx of funds will allow it to expand its school feeding programme by 100,000 to reach almost 1.2 million children. The Kenyan Government provides schools meals to some 500,000 more young people through its own scheme.Across the Horn of Africa, WFP is facing funding shortfalls, including over $160 million for Somalia and nearly $100 million for Ethiopia.Here is how you can help.
