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24 Oct 2013 3 minute read

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The wrong kind of solidarity

If you erase power and class, you are left with a cosmopolitan elite lecturing on ‘global society’ to people suffering poverty...

G8 hunger summit provokes protest and praise

10 Jun 2013 3 minute read

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G8 hunger summit provokes protest and praise

Amy Hall joins the London climax of the IF campaign and finds herself musing the age old question – can you...

Radicalising philanthropy at the grassroots

13 Mar 2013 3 minute read

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Radicalising philanthropy at the grassroots

The Edge Fund aims to eliminate the barriers to financial backing faced by marginalized and radical groups. Michael...

Unfulfilled promises leave Haiti ‘sick and broken’

7 Feb 2013 3 minute read

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Unfulfilled promises leave Haiti ‘sick and broken’

Sokari Ekine sees hospitals without hope and women traders being swept from the streets.

4 Feb 2013 4 minute read

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Syrian diaspora leads aid effort

Saleyha Ahsan on the grassroots NGOs providing humanitarian care in Syria, despite lack of support from major...

Haiti: we want homes, not handouts

23 Jan 2013 3 minute read

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Haiti: we want homes, not handouts

It’s not surprising Haitians are angry, says Sokari Ekine.

Hunger and the 0.7% aid debate

14 May 2012 3 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

Hunger and the 0.7% aid debate

Poor people need aid but it needs to be targeted and the structures that perpetuate global inequality must also be tackled,...

1 Apr 2012 9 minute read

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The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions

Microsoft's former CEO has made massive donations to global health programmes but an investigation by Andrew Bowman...

Podcast: Mark Schuller on Haiti after the earthquake

3 Jan 2012 1 minute read

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Podcast: Mark Schuller on Haiti after the earthquake

Mark Schuller, an expert on the relief effort after Haiti's 2010 earthquake, talks about the positive and...

1 Jan 2012 12 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Haiti two years on: beyond relief, beyond belief

Haiti is not just recovering from the
earthquake but from the political and
economic interventions of recent...

1 Jan 2012 7 minute read

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Haiti: where did all the money go?

More than $10 billion was raised worldwide for Haiti after the earthquake. But, two years on, what have NGOs done with the...

Podcast: Sally Healy on the East Africa famine

15 Nov 2011 1 minute read

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Podcast: Sally Healy on the East Africa famine

Sally Healy, Associate Fellow of the African Programme at Chatham House, discusses the politicization...

Podcast: Sally Healy on the East African famine

14 Oct 2011 1 minute read

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Podcast: Sally Healy on the East African famine

An interview with ,<b>Sally Healy</b>, author of our 'expert's view' on the politicization of aid and the causes...

1 May 2011 2 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

Applause: Avaaz

Avaaz, the largest global movement on the web, is giving the world a voice.

The victim industry

13 May 2010 5 minute read

This article is almost 13 years old.

The victim industry

Sokari Ekine considers the politics of humanitarian intervention.

The fight for survival

27 Jan 2010 5 minute read

This article is more than 13 years old.

The fight for survival

Haitis women and children are suffering disproportionately in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.

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