david brickeybloomer

asia based humanitarian/development aid professional; rights advocate; photographer; writer; all views are mine...

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

an estimated one out of six children worldwide must navigate war as part of their lives. https://t.co/v4Rg61lMJN

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

The annual global cost of #RefugeeEducation in low- and middle-income countries now stands at US$4.85 billion.
@Save_Children’s new report #ThePriceofHope shows how the international community can come together to close the funding gap: https://t.co/clRJi68Yc9

[Progressive Voice @PVamplify]

#ASEAN has repeatedly failed to resolve #Myanmar crisis. It has failed to listen to the people of Myanmar and consult w/ their representatives. Instead ASEAN govs are implicated in effectively financing the Myanmar military.
Weekly highlight: https://t.co/bbHstKY8Lz

[Aeon Magazine @aeonmag]

Your Mountain Is Waiting offers a gentle nudge towards embracing the what’s to come – while offering up some exquisite moving images. https://t.co/BnMw2E5Biq

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

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[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

1/5 of families in #Afghanistan are forced to send their children to work as incomes have plummeted in the past six months, with an estimated one million children now engaged in child labour, according to new Save the Children survey. https://t.co/5AKiPwibZh

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

@AnandWrites climate and the IPCC report; are coffins and crematoriums included in that infrastructure bill?

[The Alliance @CPiE_Global]

So many working together to launch the #CPMS in East Asia and Pacific this week! Coming together to learn about and apply the standards -- including the important #CPMS Standards to Work Across Sectors. This is how we do it!

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

Across Asia, more than 700,000 Rohingya children face wide ranging threats to their lives, protection, and safety. Read more
https://t.co/6TlmEHii4K safe haven plight rohingya children across asia ProtectAGeneration

[Jim Gaffigan @JimGaffigan]

Remember that time when all the GOP leaders stood up and reprimanded that dangerous GA Congresswoman who promoted baseless QAnon theories, absurd anti-Semitic conspiracies and violence toward her co-workers? Neither do I.

[ReliefWeb @reliefweb]

New figures from @save_children reveal that just over 18 million people in Afghanistan, including 9.7 million children, desperately need life-saving support https://t.co/qxK2dVzLvd

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

@VictorClemens We’ve known that teleprompter T.. is not the real T

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

@VictorClemens Sounds like Subterranean Homesick Blues. You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

[The New Humanitarian @newhumanitarian]

Suicide is far more common among men in most of the world, but in Afghanistan the opposite is true. Now, a crumbling economy may be pushing more women to self-harm:
https://t.co/63dQwBgihm

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

@withlove_bear

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

This is spectacular https://t.co/JSXdpGRvXi

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

#NotATarget

[UN OCHA Ethiopia @OCHA_Ethiopia]

🔴 Four humanitarian workers have been killed in #Tigray since November.

Humanitarian support cannot be delivered without a safe and secure environment.

We must reaffirm that humanitarians are #NotATarget.

[david brickeybloomer @davidbloomer]

Yes and all other state-sanctioned violence

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Abolish the death penalty.

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

#HumanRightsDay

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

On International Volunteer Day, we celebrate the commitment of more than 200 @UNVolunteers and local helpers who work on the frontlines with @WFP to achieve #ZeroHunger. We are so grateful for their service and dedication, today and everyday. #IVD2020