Aid Leap

A motley crew of international aid bloggers, practitioners, and critics. Interested in impact, poverty, evidence, and throwing things out of planes.

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

The #refugee crisis isn’t just a European phenomenon. With the current political situations in #Nicaragua and #Venezuela, #LatinAmerica has its own increasingly flow of displaced people https://t.co/y5nGXLa60Z

[duncangreenlse.bsky.social @fp2p]

Lant Pritchett's top six politically incorrect research findings in development economics ht Jake Allen
https://t.co/EbnXh506Gg

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

IDEA! When leaving a #supermarket, remove all #plastic packaging that you don't need & put it in the supermarket's bin. If we all did this, bins would still fill up and cause a real headache & a cost #peoplepower @Greenpeace @GreenpeaceUK @guardian @BoyanSlat #endplasticpolution

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

#Wakanda and #development dilemmas
Thanks @fp2p https://t.co/i0l5u3tfuE

[Thomas J Wheeler @TJAWheeler]

Progress isn't always linear https://t.co/3inBRgwau1

[Heba Aly @HebaJournalist]

Short thread with a few of my take-aways from @irinnews #MeToo #AidToo debate at @IHEID today. Full recording here https://t.co/fycHXd5U8j

[Heba Aly @HebaJournalist]

4. @Oxfam found itself in a storm in part b/c it documented its cases better than most. Donors shouldn't punish aid orgs for being transparent, says former head of @theOFDA @JeremyKonyndyk. In fact, orgs that report no incidents of abuse should raise red flags in donors' eyes.

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

Made me stop and think. Read and share your thoughts https://t.co/aLO0GG3oTA

[Marc DuBois @Humanicontraria]

New post up to follow on my thoughts re the aid sector's #MeToo and #AidToo discussions. https://t.co/0uTgsMzUXH Actual solutions proposed, but from an unlikely source.

[R Nic @Reiseal2]

@NRC_Egeland Another example of the profitability of conflict

https://t.co/a6zDD0Vu20

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

Deeply saddening https://t.co/yHEftAfQaz

[Josie Ensor @Josiensor]

David Nott, British surgeon who helped Syrian operations in Aleppo, 'hacked' to reveal location of hospitals which were then hit by air strikes https://t.co/kHBfbQ8PQg

[Tom Murphy @viewfromthecave]

“Aid is exactly the right kind of investment to make when it is patient, hands-off and sensitively applied,” argues Pablo Yanguas in Open Democracy https://t.co/nlfKOSq9C4 #foreignaid

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

We can't ignore those most in need. Not now. https://t.co/qa3oJwph8F

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

Only a massive aid effort prevented famine striking Somalia last year. Pulling aid out now is playing with fire. It risks hard-won gains and threatens the lives of countless Somalis https://t.co/btYjoS04pg

[The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian]

Overstretched: #Uganda hosts some 1.4 million refugees from its neighbors and the cholera outbreak is now affecting other aspects of the response to the refugee influx https://t.co/vxrrmDSjSf

[Norwegian Refugee Council @NRC_Norway]

BREAKING: #Somalia on edge of slipping back towards #famine if aid is pulled out. https://t.co/QvmFPEZ7BZ

[Jeff Crisp @JFCrisp]

An extremely high proportion of aid agency publicity draws attention to what they are doing for affected populations. Very little of it publicizes what people are doing for themselves. And when it does, it tends to be in the form of 'human interest stories'.

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

Attacking aid workers is never justified. Very sad news from #CAR https://t.co/fcwtzBfISb

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

They want it all and the cake . . . https://t.co/HiMlaPuKSn

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

We need this level of straight talking honesty. Thank you @NRC_Egeland and all those speaking the #truth https://t.co/5BCcMekIp6

[Vanessa Huguenin @VanessaHuguenin]

The message from humanitarian actors to the members of #UNSC is quite clear : “You are failing to help us help civilians in #Syria” @NRC_Egeland tells the press in Geneva

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

We have lost against our own standards.
Stand up and face the #truth Europeans.

And let's be honest, it's not just in #Syria . . . #Yemen, #DRC . . . .
@antonioguterres @MarkLowcock @NRC_Egeland @guardian @irinnews
https://t.co/nFCak8aSj8

[Aid Leap @aid_leap]

Every now and again you see something that makes you smile,
And gives you hope in humanity again
https://t.co/jsVaiBZLQq
#hopeinhumanity