Musikhjälpen: Swedish For Getting a Whole Country Interested in a...
Is it possible to engage a whole country, with humanitarians and broadcasters working together, in an international cause? Sweden thinks so. Now in its 8th year, Musikhjälpen (translated as MusicAid)...
View ArticleCan We Talk About Mental Health For a Minute?
The topic of mental health and humanitarian aid workers has been a recurrent one at the Humanitarian Coalition office lately. A catalyst was certainly our Rapid Response Network member Bell Media’s...
View ArticleWorld Humanitarian Summit…what can be expected?
After almost 2 years of multi-stakeholder consultations, involving more than 23,000 people in eight regional consultations as well as several thematic consultations and one global consultation, the...
View ArticleWhy MSF’s decision to pull out of the World Humanitarian Summit may not be...
After many months of discussions and planning, yesterday’s decision by MSF not to attend the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) was highly unprecedented and unexpected. Although this decision may bring...
View ArticleThe humanitarian system and its legitimacy crisis – the power of...
Less than two weeks before the World Humanitarian Summit, a lot of eyes are driven on Istanbul, waiting to hear what changes and what decisions will be taken to “repair” our “broken” humanitarian...
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