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Filipino retiree turns home into free library

A retired accountant in Manila builds a lending library at home, inspiring children to read and fostering a love of books.

Al Jazeera

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From Gaza to South Sudan, private aid firms face questions

In the wake of the Trump administration's aid cuts, private firms are increasingly delivering lifesaving aid around the world, but critics argue they're sacrificing humanitarian principles like neutrality and, by extension, credibility w...

Reuters

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Georgia plant says USAID cuts threaten 'a lot of death' overseas

MANA Nutrition, a non-profit that says it has fed 10 million children across the globe since 2010 with packets of peanut butter paste, is in trouble due to deep cuts in federal programs targeting international aid programs under U.S. Pre...

Reuters

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Head of U.S.-backed Gaza aid foundation quits as strikes kill dozens

The head of a U.S.-backed foundation set to begin aid deliveries in Gaza resigned unexpectedly, saying it could not uphold humanitarian principles amidst war, as an Israeli airstrike on a school building killed dozens of Palestinians she...

France 24

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Donated sneakers are getting a second life abroad

According to a 2023 footwear survey, Americans will own more than 250 pairs of shoes in a lifetime. Cristian Benavides reports on the effort to give discarded shoes new traction.

CBS News

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Prince Harry faces bullying accusation after leaving charity

Prince Harry resigned last week from the charity he co-founded, Sentebale, citing a breakdown in the relationship between the organization's board and chair, Dr. Sophie Chandauka. In an interview with Sky News, Chandauka said she experie...

CBS News

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FireAid concerts held for Los Angeles wildfire relief

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and more took to the stage and performed at FireAid, two star-studded shows in Inglewood, California to support Los Angeles’ wildfire relief efforts.

CNN

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How sustainable farming is combatting hunger

Drought and crop failure are a pervasive threat in Guatemala where hunger and malnutrition run rampant, particularly in rural areas – a reality that international aid programs are trying to curb.

Reuters

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World Central Kitchen chef says aid workers were deliberately targeted

Celebrity chef Jose Andres told Reuters in an emotional interview that the Israeli airstrike that killed seven of his World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza had been deliberately targeted, and he rejected Israeli and U.S. assertions t...

Reuters

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U.N. Secretary-General urges nations to "flood" Gaza with aid

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid," calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease...

France 24

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Aid ship arrives in Gaza as Israel prepares Rafah attack

A boat full of aid and supplies has landed in Gaza shores for the first time since the latest war began. It is a pittance of what is needed by the desperate population of the territory because not enough aid is being allowed in.

CBC News

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Humanitarian ship reaches Gaza carrying food, aid

A Cyprus ship carrying 200 tons of aid has reached Gaza, aiming to feed 600,000 Palestinians amid severe blockade. The ship's arrival comes as Gaza continues to face dire humanitarian conditions due to the ongoing blockade imposed by Isr...

Al Jazeera

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Aid efforts intensify in Gaza as famine looms

Efforts grow to get more aid into the war-devastated Gaza Strip, where the U.N. warns of famine and desperate residents have stormed relief shipments. After mediators failed to reach a truce between Israel and Hamas militants for the Mus...

France 24

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Staffer killed by Israeli strike on U.N. aid facility in Gaza

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its staff members was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on a food distribution centre in war-hit Gaza. The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip had earlier said...

France 24

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First Gaza aid ship expected to depart from Cyprus soon

The first aid ship to use a new maritime aid corridor is expected to depart for Gaza this weekend, where aid agencies are warning that a famine is looming as hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians struggle to find basic necessit...

Reuters

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Gaza's Health Ministry says children are dying of malnutrition

Nearly five months into Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip and resulting mass displacement, acute shortages of food have led to what the United Nations is describing as a nutrition crisis, part of a wider humanitarian catastrophe. Gaza's...

France 24

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Nine killed by Israeli bombing of aid truck in Gaza

At least nine people have been killed and many others injured in an Israeli bombing of an aid truck in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, according to witnesses cited by the Wafa news agency. Israeli army also bombed residential bu...

Al Jazeera

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U.S. to airdrop aid into Gaza, Biden says

U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowd...

Reuters

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Aid agencies warn Gaza is on the brink of famine

Aid agencies are warning that the unfolding humanitarian crisis there will soon reach a tipping point. Palestinians across the strip are being forced to go days without food or water. And are struggling to fend off starvation, as Israel'...

Al Jazeera

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Israel bombs U.N.R.W.A. building in Gaza

Casualties are being reported from an Israeli bombing of a U.N.R.W.A. building housing displaced people in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli raid was targeting a Palestinian vehicle east of the camp at the t...

Al Jazeera

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Basic necessities in Gaza face severe inflation

Gaza's high costs and low income make diapers a luxury. With prices around $1 per diaper, many parents are forced to find alternatives, such as pieces of cloth. The situation is worsened by the lack of aid and basic hygiene products, mak...

Al Jazeera

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U.S. pauses funding for UNRWA over Hamas connection

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees fired a number of its staffers in Gaza suspected of taking part in the October 7 attack by Hamas and other militants on southern Israel, its director said. The move prompted the United States, the a...

France 24

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Foreign aid enters Gaza after Hamas-Israel deal

Desperately needed medicine and other humanitarian aid has entered Gaza. It was sent from Qatar hours after a deal was reached between Israel and Hamas to allow the supplies to be distributed.

Al Jazeera

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UNICEF: Afghanistan in crisis from October earthquake

96,000 Afghan children are in desperate need of support after last year's devastating earthquakes. That is according to UNICEF, which says the atmosphere in villages is "thick with suffering" as a bitter winter grips the country. At leas...

Al Jazeera

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Third convoy of international aid enters Gaza

At least 400 Palestinians have been killed in some of the worst overnight attacks on the territory, according to health officials in Gaza. Humanitarian aid continues to enter as hospitals are in dire need of medical supplies. Thousands o...

Al Jazeera

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U.N. warns Gaza's water supply reaching crisis point

The United Nations has warned about the lack of clean and safe water for the people of Gaza. The enclave receives its supply from pipelines from Israel, desalination plants and wells. But after the Hamas attack, Israel cut off its water,...

Al Jazeera

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WHO warns delaying aid to Gaza will cost lives

The WHO has asked repeatedly for critical aid, including medicine, to be allowed to flow from Egypt into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing, a top regional official says. 'If it is delayed, we are losing a lot of lives.'

CBC News

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WHO warns Gaza City evacuation is a "death sentence"

Asking health workers to move severely ill people out of northern Gaza is 'beyond cruel' and amounts to a 'death sentence,' says WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic.

CBC News

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Aid workers struggle to help civilians in Gaza

Civilians in Gaza are facing an increasingly dire situation, says Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council and former UN Special Envoy for conflict resolution. NRC is trying to find shelter and deliver cash aid to ...

CBC News

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EU suspends €700m in aid payments to Palestine

The European Commission puts its full portfolio of development aid to Palestinians, worth 691 million euros ($728.66 million), under review following the Israeli incursion. The decision means that payments are immediately suspended.

Al Jazeera