#humanitarian-aid

#humanitarian-aid

Floods ravage villages, leaving thousands displaced in makeshift shelters with little aid. At just 20 days old, Muhammad Hafidz has already endured extraordinary hardship. He and his family are among hundreds of thousands displaced by devastating floods in Aceh Tamiang, where local authorities report all 300,000 residents have been affected by the disaster. Environmental groups attribute the severity to widespread deforestation, which has resulted in entire villages being washed away.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country is committed to "a real peace" and that "everything depends on whether Russia is ready to take effective steps to stop the bloodshed." In a post on X, he added that work continued "very actively on all components of potential steps toward ending the war." "The Ukrainian and European components are now more developed, and we are ready to present them to our partners in the US,"

No. Since the ceasefire began on October 10, Israel has broken it more than 590 times, killing at least 360 Palestinians, and sending the total death toll in Gaza from two years of attacks above 70,000. Under the first phase based on US President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan Israel was required to halt its genocidal war on Gaza, pull back its troops, allow aid in, and exchange hundreds of Palestinian detainees for the remaining captives still held in Gaza.

Michael VanRooyen has spent decades responding to emergencies around the world, with no choice but to stare straight ahead at suffering, destruction, and death. These experiences have taught him how to ease pain amid chaos, forced him to navigate moments of intense fear and danger, and given him the technical and emotional depth to support war-torn communities in their efforts to heal and rebuild.

This isn't because they don't want it. In our conversations with nonprofits, we've heard a consistent story: small teams know AI could help, but learning to use it sits at the bottom of an endless to-do list. And when they do consider adoption, the stakes feel high-these organizations serve vulnerable populations and handle sensitive data. They can't afford to get it wrong.

"We're looking at really going to the people that are needing it the most. We would like the money to get there as fast as we can, but we'd like to give it also to organizations that we can actually rely on," Manasan said on Monday. "It's really sad what's going on in the country right now. And I've been inquiring around which other organizations in Toronto are doing this fundraising efforts. And sad to say, there's really no concerted, co-ordinated effort that's happening right now."

BAE Systems announced record profits this year of more than 3bn, buoyed by increased defence spending linked to the Israel-Gaza conflict and Russia's war in Ukraine. The decision to scrap support for the aid aircraft is thought to have been made in order for the defence firm to pursue projects related to Nato members' 5% increase in spending on arms.

The panel of 11 judges said on Wednesday that Israel is forced to support the relief efforts provided by the United Nations in the bombarded Gaza Strip and its entities. list of 3 itemsend of list It includes UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which Israel has banned from operating in Israel after accusing some of its staff of taking part in the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack.

A little over a week has passed since the start of the US-proposed ceasefire aimed at ending two years of war. US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire remained in place and "we want to make sure it's going to be very peaceful." He told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday that Hamas has been "quite rambunctious" and "they've been doing some shooting." He suggested that the violence might be the fault of "rebels" within the organization rather than its leadership.

The United Nations estimates more than $70bn is needed to rebuild Gaza. From the air, it looks like a city erased. Entire neighbourhoods have vanished from the map two years since Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza began. What were once homes, schools, hospitals, factories and power plants have been reduced to debris and dust. Thousands of Palestinians are now returning to ruins or rubble in a place that has lost the very fabric of daily life. Economists estimate the cost of rebuilding at tens of billions of dollars far beyond the capacity of Gaza's shattered economy.