Auf schlaflosen Nachtflügen, beim tristen Warten auf ein Einreisevisum oder den verspäteten Anschlusszug entstanden Jürgen Liesers nachdenkliche "Randnotizen" aus dreißig Jahren Reisetätigkeit für Caritas international, dem Hilfswerk des Deutschen Caritasverbandes.
Nachdem der Schotte Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow und sein Bruder im Fernsehen einen Bericht über das vom Krieg zerrissene Bosnien-Herzegowina gesehen hatten, beschlossen sie, eine Woche Urlaub zu nehmen um zu helfen.
Wie aus einmal für immer wurde: Als die Kinderkrankenschwester Bettina Landgrafe vor zehn Jahren nach Ghana kam, um in einer Buschklinik zu arbeiten, ahnte sie nicht, dass diese Erfahrung ihr Leben verändern würde.
Die Botschaft von James Orbinski, dem ehemaligen Präsidenten von Ärzte ohne Grenzen, ist so einfach wie eminent wichtig: Die Kriege auf der Welt müssen aufhören.
Despite the tens of billions spent each year in international aid, some of the most promising and exciting social innovations and businesses have come about by chance.
Despite the tens of billions spent each year in international aid, some of the most promising and exciting social innovations and businesses have come about by chance.
The Aid Triangle focuses on the human dynamics of international aid and illustrates how the aid system incorporates power relationships, and therefore relationships of dominance.
The Aid Triangle focuses on the human dynamics of international aid and illustrates how the aid system incorporates power relationships, and therefore relationships of dominance.
Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties.
It was long assumed that the Soviet Union dictated Warsaw Pact policy in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America (known as the 'Third World' during the Cold War).
It was long assumed that the Soviet Union dictated Warsaw Pact policy in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America (known as the 'Third World' during the Cold War).
Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties.
Aid workers commonly bemoan that the experience of working in the field sits uneasily with the goals they've signed up to: visiting project sites in air-conditioned Land Cruisers while the intended beneficiaries walk barefoot through the heat, or checking emails from within gated compounds while surrounding communities have no running water.
Aid workers commonly bemoan that the experience of working in the field sits uneasily with the goals they've signed up to: visiting project sites in air-conditioned Land Cruisers while the intended beneficiaries walk barefoot through the heat, or checking emails from within gated compounds while surrounding communities have no running water.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, droughts, disease outbreaks as well as conflicts are all crises that result in death as well as profound disruption to those left behind, and to those communities who shelter them.
The LEGS process grew out of the recognition that livestock are a crucial livelihood asset for people throughout the world - many of whom are poor and vulnerable to both natural and human-induced disasters - and that livestock support is an important component of emergency aid programmes.
As the number of people affected by disasters has risen, so have the expectations placed on humanitarian agencies by donors, the public and the affected populations themselves.
As the number of people affected by disasters has risen, so have the expectations placed on humanitarian agencies by donors, the public and the affected populations themselves.
The growth and spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at local and international levels has attracted considerable interest and attention from policy-makers, development practitioners, academics and activists around the world.
