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  • 1 month ago | theafricanmirror.africa | Will Worley

    This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. By Will Worley A brutal and coercive regime is the main obstacle to an effective response to Myanmar’s earthquake disaster, say aid workers and human rights activists, pointing to uniquely complex conditions that necessitate working with some non-state armed groups.

  • 1 month ago | thenewhumanitarian.org | Will Worley

    Republish this article A brutal and coercive regime is the main obstacle to an effective response to Myanmar’s earthquake disaster, say aid workers and human rights activists, pointing to uniquely complex conditions that necessitate working with some non-state armed groups. Critics have long attacked the UN – and other international aid actors – for working only with the permission of the junta, delivering aid mainly within territory it controls. With the 28 March earthquake disaster crossing...

  • 2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Will Worley

    April 17, 2025           “We have to be extra honest, this is a challenge; it’s not easy to find a solution.”From household health surveys on the ground to satellite images taken from space, the vast information networks that inform the humanitarian system are teetering on the brink of “collapse” as a result of the US Government budget cuts.

  • 2 months ago | thenewhumanitarian.org | Will Worley

    Republish this article From stockpiling tents and blankets, to trucking water and distributing food and medicines, logistics are at the core of emergency responses – but that work is now said to be at a “crossroads”, with decades of progress at risk of being squandered by Trump’s aid cuts. Logistical expenses – for supply chains, moving and storing goods – soak up around 70% of the costs of most humanitarian operations, according to Lila Ricart, deputy project manager of the Emergency Supply...

  • Mar 25, 2025 | thenewhumanitarian.org | Will Worley

    Republish this article From household health surveys on the ground to satellite images taken from space, the vast information networks that inform the humanitarian system are teetering on the brink of “collapse” as a result of the US government budget cuts. Some of the key services that act as the “eyes and ears” of aid responses – whose dependence on US funding has now been dramatically exposed – have already been degraded or closed. Both the specialists who run the information networks and...

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Will Worley
Will Worley @willrworley
22 May 25

You've never seen humanitarian storytelling like this ... The LEBANON DISPLACEMENT DIARIES explores what it's like to be uprooted by violence, and the effects that linger long after the bombs stop falling ... https://t.co/UxQtZEKD0R https://t.co/aa2hpBJcse

Will Worley
Will Worley @willrworley
16 May 25

Six weeks since a devastating earthquake Millions in need A purported ceasefire continually violated From aid going to armed groups to covert humanitarianism, #whatsgoingoninmyanmar ? https://t.co/zsnVfklm6a

Will Worley
Will Worley @willrworley
13 May 25

I remember a time when the Labour Party used to use my reporting on the Boris aid cuts to criticise the government https://t.co/gFnMovdWuS