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Tag archives for humanitarian aid
Lessons Learned a Decade after the Indian Ocean Tsunami
South Sudan’s People Deserve Peace
South Sudan: The Threat of Worsening Hunger
First Look at a New Hospital for Ebola Aid Workers: 10 Photos You’ve Never Seen
Facing Death, Six Days a Week
This is the third blog in our Daily Dispatches series in which we’ve teamed up with photojournalist Morgana Wingard, who is on the ground with USAID staff in Liberia documenting the fight on Ebola. Here she follows members of the Liberian Red Cross and Global Communities burial team, who spend their days confronting grief and the dead in order to save more lives.
René Van Slate: “I’ve pretty much done everything that terrifies me… except for Ebola”
This is the first blog in our Profiles in Courage series in which photojournalist Morgana Wingard compiles snapshots and sound bites from our USAID and Disaster Assistance Response Team staff on the front lines of the Ebola response. Here she talks to a veteran in humanitarian disaster assistance, René Van Slate, who serves as a liaison between the military on the ground and the U.S. civilian team.
Liberia Gripped By Ebola’s Many Tentacles
This is the second blog in our Daily Dispatches series in which we’ve teamed up with photojournalist Morgana Wingard, who is on the ground with USAID staff in Liberia documenting the fight on Ebola. These photos were taken in mid September and show the many ways that Ebola is impacting the lives and livelihoods of ordinary Liberians. They were provided courtesy of the United Nations Development Program.
Powering The Ebola Response: Monrovia’s Island Clinic
This is the first blog in our Daily Dispatches series in which we’ve teamed up with photojournalist Morgana Wingard, who is on the ground with USAID staff in Liberia documenting the fight against Ebola. Here she visits the newly opened Island Clinic, in Monrovia, where health care workers respond to the surge of patients needing care, and where USAID is helping “power” the response by providing much-needed generators to the operation.
Quiet Heroes Save Lives Daily in Syria
Since February 2012, USAID-funded health facilities in Syria have saved countless lives. Read more >>
