Will Worley

1 week 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.

3 weeks 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...

1 month ago | 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...

Jan 9, 2025 | thenewhumanitarian.org | Irwin Loy |Will Worley

Republish this article Whether it knows it or not, the humanitarian system is in a struggle to stake its relevance. Faith in multilateralism has fractured, if it ever existed at all. Last year, we said that humanitarians have ; this has deepened over the last 12 months amid double standards on Gaza, unmet promises, and imbalanced power and influence. The challenge in 2025 and beyond will be for humanitarians to redefine what they do and why it matters. Here are five humanitarian policy trends...

Nov 20, 2024 | theafricanmirror.africa | Will Worley

This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. By Will Worley HUMANITARIAN and climate policy are converging as crises overlap in a rapidly warming world. The pivotal COP29 climate summit offers a glimpse of the bumpy and bureaucratic road ahead. Amid a summit clouded by political turmoil, COP29 hosts Azerbaijan dedicated an entire day for sideline discussions on core humanitarian issues – from displacement and emergency response to peacebuilding and prevention.