Somalia's plan to break free from aid dependence | Rethinking Humanitarianism

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Grassroots aid is here to disturb the system | Rethinking Humanitarianism

For Fanta Toure, community-led crisis response efforts like mutual aid are not an emergent movement as some in the international aid system see it, but rather a return "to the way things are supposed to be". Toure, along with Hajooj Kuka of Sudan's emergency response rooms (ERRs) ...  Show more

Will big donors "smell the coffee" or get left behind? | Rethinking Humanitarianism

Less than a year ago, Colum Wilson left his position at the helm of the humanitarian department in one of the world's largest donor governments. After more than two decades with the UK government, Wilson concludes that "the world's become a colder and crueller place where realpol ...  Show more

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