Melissa Gaju Fundira

Skinny Ankles, Big Heart
Podcast producer @newhumanitarian
Co-host #RethinkingHumanitarianism
Personal: melissa(dot)fundira(at)gmail(dot)com
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[The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian]

Can power shift, one conversation at a time? @newhumanitarian and @cftchange’s new podcast hopes so. Listen to people on both sides of the power spectrum discuss how to do humanitarian aid better. 🎙️Episode one is out now. #powershift https://t.co/Q0ctkgHZbn

[Irwin Loy @illied]

“If you can’t see it for the circus it is, you’re part of the problem.” From COPtimist to sceptic, @willrworley reflects on the dysfunction that was #COP29 – and tries to scrub away the sense of “being somewhat unclean for having participated” at all. https://t.co/klNkJZsNx9

[Logic(s) @logic_magazine]

Tomorrow is the priority deadline for our Palestinian Journalists Fellowship, in collaboration with @ArabReform_ARI!

Apply ⬇️
https://t.co/uRSGczJKtq

[Josephine Murphy @JosyMurphy]

The community gathered after the viewing and church service to honor Erixon’s life and legacy. His parents spoke lovingly about him, sharing how sweet and kind he was, always smiling—a quality that earned him the nickname “Gentil,” meaning sweet or kind in French. This gathering is a powerful reminder of the love and unity he inspired. We will forever remember his warmth and gentle spirit as we continue to seek justice for his untimely loss. #JusticeForErixon #CommunityUnity #WeWantAnswers #HonoringHisLegacy #GentilForever

[Madeleine Thien @madeleinethien]

I have written to the @gillerprize to request that my name, image and work be removed entirely from the their website and all related material and videos. My work will no longer be submitted. I thank them in advance for respecting my wishes.

[gathara @gathara]

When prominent South Africans who spent a good deal of their lifetimes fighting apartheid tell you that what they see in Israel's dealing with Palestinians (including its own Palestinian population) is apartheid, you should listen.

[Melissa Gaju Fundira @MFundira]

"Do I want to imagine a world beyond aid? I'd much rather imagine a world beyond cruelty" @akrishnan23 on 'If not aid, then what?' panel hosted by
@newhumanitarian @cftchange & @RefugeesIntl on the sidelines of #UNGA79 https://t.co/pS92jVMv2L

[Irwin Loy @illied]

Happening now: If not aid, then what? Gaza, Sudan, and the limits and future of humanitarian aid. A discussion hosted by @newhumanitarian & @RefugeesIntl on the #UNGA79 sidelines

[Melissa Gaju Fundira @MFundira]

"The emergency response rooms have already started building the future of humanitarian aid." -- Sudanese activist Hanin Ahmed when asked what she thought about a future beyond aid.

HAPPENING NOW: https://t.co/pS92jVMv2L

[The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian]

Beyond aid: what’s next? Can the sector move past its colonial roots, or is a new approach needed? @sabanadine

[Melissa Gaju Fundira @MFundira]

"If in 10 years from now, organizations were not bold enough to make changes, we would have failed our organisations, but especially those we are meant to serve." — Nadine Saba on our @newhumanitarian panel w/ @cftchange & @RefugeesIntl happening now: https://t.co/pS92jVMv2L

[The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian]

"There can be no advocacy without accountability, and if there are no consequences for abandoning or sabotaging diplomacy or mediation, we can expect all efforts to inevitably fail." Thaer Ahmad, MD, Palestinian-American emergency medicine physician @RefugeesIntl @newhumanitarian

[The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian]

"No on really cares about what is happening to volunteer humanitarians on the ground" says @HaninA21 of Emergency Response Room volunteer and Sudanese activist.

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

A reminder that Black people are 7x more likely to be wrongly convicted of murder than white people and since the late 1980s, Black folks make up more than 50 percent of exonerations.

[gathara @gathara]

Israel is now targeting Lebanese journalists after paying no price for targeting Palestinian journalists.

[Melissa Gaju Fundira @MFundira]

You can read the full article ("Debate in nuclear-armed former colony fails to reassure global community") here: https://t.co/hM0cQw7rL4

[Melissa Gaju Fundira @MFundira]

Nothing like #BreakingNews from @gathara

[gathara @gathara]

My latest dispatch on the US election for @AJEnglish
https://t.co/mvyIGm76wE

[Palestine Info Center @palinfoen]

“Students from all around the world have started school, except for us. We're collecting water and standing in food lines.”
After 11 months of unrelenting Israeli bombardment, this is what children in Gaza’s lives are like.
#Trump2024
#KamalaHarris

[Melissa Gaju Fundira @MFundira]

Can’t wait for “I have concepts of a plan” to become an ADHD/procrastination meme

[gathara @gathara]

A scary thought: When the genocide in Gaza eventually ends, we will still have to live in a world where those who perpetrated, armed, financed, justified and shielded it will present themselves as the face of a "humanitarian" response and expect us to politely engage with them.