Humanitarian Crisis Aid

YEMEN: What Does The Word Starvation Mean To You?

The Republic of Yemen is under siege, the people are starving to death, and they are running out of time. By its very definition, starvation is a process. Our bodies are not like vehicles which promptly shut down when they are out of gasoline. Starvation is defined as a severe [continue reading].

YEMEN: Interview With Founder of Mona Relief Humanitarian Aid

Fatik Abdullah al-Rodaini, a Yemeni Journalist and humanitarian worker

Question: Describe your background in Yemen. For example, do you have family there? Where are you from? What were you doing before the war began? How old are you? Answer: I am Fatik Abdullah al-Rodaini, a Yemeni Journalist and humanitarian worker based in Yemen’s capital of [continue reading].

Yemen: The Trip To Hell On Earth – By Founder Of Mona Relief

Our humanitarian NGO Mona Relief planned a short trip to Hareeb al-Qaramish district in Marib Governorate, where 10,710 people (including 6,426 children) live. The purpose of the trip was to conduct a survey to assess what relief aid the people there would need. Located in [continue reading].

Pakistan: Largest Mass Forced Return of Refugees In History

Pakistani authorities have carried out a campaign of abuses and threats to drive out nearly 600,000 Afghans since July 2016, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The returnees include 365,000 registered refugees, making it the world’s largest mass forced return [continue reading].

Iraq/Syria: Angelina Jolie Shames UN Leaders For Lack Of Protection

UPDATED on November 17, 2016: United Nations Special Ambassador for Children, Angelina Jolie is both an involved and outspoken supporter of refugees, women and child rights in war zones. Please take a moment to sign our petition, asking Ambassador Jolie to intervene, stand up to [continue reading].

Canada: Support Doctors Without Borders #NotATarget Campaign

Take the challenge! A Social Media Action in Solidarity Against the Targeted Killing of Civilians and Humanitarians. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada has launched a social media act of solidarity to stand up for the protection of civilians and [continue reading].

Canada: Amid Hospital Bombings – Rules Of War Ring Hollow

MSF Canada’s Stephen Cornish on why civilians are Not A Target By Stephen Cornish, executive director of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada The day was just beginning at the Ma’arat Al Numan health facility in Syria’s Idlib province on [continue reading].

Yemeni Children – Victimized By War, Exploitation And Disease

Yemen is the poorest country in the Arabian peninsula, with more than 40 percent of people living below the poverty line Reuters

According to a recent report by the United Nations more than 700 children have been killed, with more than 1,000 injured since last March (2015). Additionally, about 700 had been forced to become child soldiers. Children, who make up about half of the 2.3 million people in [continue reading].

Yemen: Mona Charity Brings More Than Relief – They Bring Humanity

Mona Relief has become a lifeline to the Yemeni families they reach; delivering more than physical aid, they bring with them a glimmer of hope; a reassurance that Yemen is not forgotten. Mona, the new face of humanity. Mona is feeding the little ones. Mona delivers school [continue reading].

Greece: Canadian Volunteers On Front Lines Of Refugee Crisis

A volunteer helps a Syrian woman that collapsed while her husband cries as they arrive aboard a dinghy after crossing from Turkey, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. (Petros Giannakouris/AP).

Several infants crying, families arriving in over-crowded inflatable boats cold, exhausted and wet. These are some of the sights and sounds volunteers on Lesvos island say they can’t erase from their memory. “Some days you can sort of block it out because you know that you [continue reading].

Yemen: Please Help Save A Yemeni Child Today

Mona Relief Charity on Go Fund Me makes it easy and safe to donate. No amount is too small, or too large.

In less than one year of civil war more than 21 million Yemeni people need some type of humanitarian assistance to survive – the equivalent of over 80 percent of the population; the life-threatening food, water and medical crisis is made even worse by the fact that [continue reading].

Part One: Humanitarian Crises – Increased Exponentially In 2015

Refugee-girl-cries-as-her-Central-American-shanty-town-is-destroyed-0714-by-Spencer-Platt

The growing humanitarian crisis of dozens of countries is more of a global concern than it has ever been – yet not enough people are acting on their concern. For many reasons, people living in countries far removed from a crisis – no matter how horrific the media [continue reading].