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Google is raising funds for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Google’s surprising choice for Hurricane Harvey donations

29 August 2017

Google is fundraising for Hurricane Harvey with a charity few have heard of. Why?

Feature

Same old problems for Kenya’s newest refugee settlement
29 August 2017
Where has it all gone wrong for Kenya’s new model of refugee camp? http://www.unhcr.org/ke/kakuma-refugee-camp
News

This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
25 August 2017
Which humanitarian topics are on IRIN’s radar and should be on yours? Check out our curation of upcoming events, topical reports, opinion, and quality journalism:

No food, #NotATarget, and what next in Zimbabwe: The Cheat Sheet
18 August 2017 News
Aid workers at risk on World Humanitarian Day
18 August 2017 Feature
A war without end: Neighbours carry the burden of South Sudan’s fleeing millions
17 August 2017 Analysis

Feature

Cathedral becomes refuge of last resort for South Sudan’s displaced
15 August 2017
The largest church in South Sudan has thrown open its doors, but those fleeing war need food as well as a safe place to sleep
Analysis

New order on the border: Can foreign aid get past Syria’s jihadis?
15 August 2017
After jihadis seized northwestern Syria, foreign donors are reconsidering their aid strategies
News

This week's humanitarian outlook
11 August 2017
Which humanitarian topics are on IRIN’s radar and should be on yours? Check out our curation of upcoming events, topical reports, opinion, and quality journalism:
Analysis

Young guns: Cameroon's Boko Haram problem
11 August 2017
Jobless youth have been an easy target for Boko Haram. Now young people are organising to resist recruitment
Analysis

Black flags over Idlib: The jihadi power grab in northwestern Syria
9 August 2017
Syria’s largest opposition-held region is now in extremist hands. It could get worse still.
Analysis

The battle over the future of US food aid
8 August 2017
Can US food aid help shipping companies, farmers, defeat terrorism AND feed the hungry?

Pakistan’s new NGO tax will hurt those most at risk, say humanitarians
8 August 2017 News
South Sudan: Time for humanitarians to get tough
7 August 2017 Opinion
Mind the gap: Why Zimbabwean researchers need to work with farmers
4 August 2017 Feature
Fighting violent extremism – humanitarians beware
3 August 2017 Opinion
Somalia’s impossible fight against cholera
1 August 2017 Feature
Tensions between China and India, elections in Kenya, talks on Libya, and more: The Cheat Sheet
28 July 2017 News

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