The Syria Humanitarian Crisis Enters a New Phase Mark Leon Goldberg February 3, 2016The United Kingdom plays host to a major conference this week intended to raise money and political support for the Syrian humanitarian disaster. There are now over 4.6 million Syrian refugees who have fled abroad, mostly to surrounding countries and 7.6 m...
Infographic of the Day: The World’s Most Neglected Humanitarian Emergencies Mark Leon Goldberg August 5, 2015Today's map comes from a UN entity called the Central Emergency Response Fund. It shows where some $70 million of funding for humanitarian relief operations were disbursed today. These eight emergencies are not necessarily the biggest in the w...
Infographic of the Day: Humanitarian Relief’s Scary Funding Gap Mark Leon Goldberg June 17, 2015The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released it's mid-year report of the response to humanitarian emergencies around the world. Taken together, these graphics do an excellent job of telling the story of a humanitarian system under enormo...
Meet the UN’s New Humanitarian Chief Mark Leon Goldberg March 11, 2015The British Parliamentarian Stephen O’Brien will replace Valerie Amos as head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. This is a key post in the UN system in charge of disaster response. “So far, the married father-of-three, who currentl...
Here’s How Much It Will Cost to Stop Ebola Mark Leon Goldberg September 16, 2014The UN releases a new funding assessment.
A Risky Humanitarian Relief Gambit Pays Off Mark Leon Goldberg August 26, 2014The Security Council's Syria gamble pays off, so far
2014 Breaks Records – Not the Good Kind Joel Jaeger August 12, 2014A record shattering year for humanitarian emergencies.
Map of the Day: Disasters Around the World Since 1996 Mark Leon Goldberg March 26, 2014A visual-historical study of world disasters over time.
These are the World’s 10 Most Neglected Crises Mark Leon Goldberg January 17, 2014A map from OCHA shows where the money is not flowing.
