Humanitarian aid saves millions of lives each year and creates a safer world. Learn more about what it is, why it’s important and what you can do to help. 7 February 2025 Photo: Jacob Zocherman for the IRC Every day, millions of people worldwide face ...

The humanitarian crisis that has erupted in Gaza due to the Israel-Hamas War has placed renewed focus on the issue of aid in the region. Here's what you need to know. Throughout the Israel-Hamas War, the issue of humanitarian aid being allowed into Gaza ...

A controversial new American-backed organization, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has announced it will begin delivering aid to the besieged territory within two weeks and says it has Israel’s approval. The move would provide some relief for ...

At its best, humanitarian aid is a lifeline—keeping civilians alive in war zones, famine-struck regions, and disaster zones. But what happens when that aid, instead of alleviating suffering, ends up prolonging it? Recent history shows that humanitarian ...

The world faces unresolved conflicts, growing climate crises, attacks on aid workers, two famines, and diminishing political will—along with significant aid cuts. Altogether, 2025 has earned a grim

I was working on a project out of the MIT Media Lab called One Laptop per Child back in 2010. We were trying to get connected laptops filled with software designed specifically for creative learning into the hands of children in parts of the world where ...

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has collapsed, abruptly ending its operations as a new U.S. led military coordination body prepares to oversee and coordinate aid distribution in the territory. The U.S.- and Israel-backed relief effort that began operating ...

The Israeli military began a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day as part of a series of steps that it says would give the United Nations and other aid agencies secure land routes to tackle a deepening hunger crisis.