Tammam Aloudat
@tammam.bsky.social
Physician, humanitarian worker, unhappy with the state of the world. CEO of @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
Read this story on Gaza by @arwadamon.bsky.social: With Israel’s expanding war and plan to take over aid, my colleagues and friends in Gaza fear a “death blow”: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
With Israel’s expanding war and plan to take over aid, my colleagues and friends in Gaza fear a “death blow”
People in Gaza fear being permanently corralled into an even smaller pen of misery where they have to beg their occupiers for a loaf of bread.
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The killing of the medics in Gaza by Israel was not an aberration. Read @newhumanitarian.bsky.social article by James Smith www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
Israel’s massacre of Gaza paramedics was not an aberration
The killing of 15 emergency workers in March was part of a pattern of systematic violence and impunity that James Smith witnessed first-hand.
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WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, sounds the alarm on Israel’s ongoing genocide operation in Gaza. Netanyahu has turned the strip into an open air concentration camp and is deliberately starving civilians.
Someone tell the Guardian there are multiple genocides concurring as we speak
Andrew Stroehlein@andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · last yr.The top story? Seriously, who cares?
I did not see any coverage on ICJ proceedings about Israel obligations in occupied Palestine on any major news network!!
With all the caveats about the UN weaknesses and biases, no other humanitarian actor I know of has talked about the Israeli genocidal war in Gaza with the moral and factual clarity of this statement. Still not enough but a step further than all others.
300,000 mines, unknown # explosive remnants: This is the danger Syrians, including those returning to #Syria, face. @ec.europa.eu should urgently support demining efforts, press authorities to set up civil-led mechanism to survey & clear land. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...
Mines: The deadly legacy of Syria’s war
As Syrians head home in large numbers, they are unearthing new dangers in mines, bombs, and other explosive remnants of war.
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The suspensions and reductions in ODA are disrupting all health system functions, with the most frequently reported impacts being on health emergency preparedness and response(70%), public health surveillance (66%), service provision(58%), humanitarian aid (56%), and health and care workforce (54%).
Countries are already experiencing significant health system disruptions – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) issues warning on health service disruptions reported in 70% of its surveyed country offices as a result of sudden suspensions and reductions in official developmen...
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A respected humanitarian. A troubling arrest. A death in custody. No explanations. More than 16 months after the death of Hisham al-Hakimi in Houthi custody, many questions remain. Our latest investigation unpacks what happened: ⬇️
What unexplained deaths in Houthi detention mean for aid work in Yemen
Given the level of risk, how should aid organisations balance their need to deliver lifesaving assistance with their duty of care to protect employees?
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Why the US aid defunding crisis threatens to trigger a full collapse for crucial humanitarian data.
The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse
Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.
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What happens when the institutions that hold power are in charge of reforms? 💴 Funding will not follow value 🤼 Organisations will compete to survive, contorting themselves to donor preferences 🇺🇳 UN agencies will out-compete nimbler frontline groups
Reforming humanitarianism can’t be left to today’s decision-makers
The problem isn’t a “humanitarian reset” but who is pushing the button. The leadership needed to revamp the system must come from elsewhere.
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With Israel stopping all supplies and humanitarian aid to Gaza today, is it time for humanitarian organisations to take an unequivocal stand against a government that is openly and shamelessly instrumentalising aid? Refuse to cooperate? Refuse to give them cover?
🧵News from #Ukraine that you're probably not seeing: Early this morning, Russian forces struck an @msf.ca-supported hospital in #Kharkiv. Four patients were injured and reportedly, over 50 patients had to be evacuated. #NotATarget
It was never an aid freeze for review, it was always going to be sadistic men depriving people of any hope of survival. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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I almost never get off a webcast and say, 'Damn, that was good.' But this was that. My key takeaway: No one cares about soft power, being good anymore. So the hard power orientation forces us to take sides-don't throw out the rules-based order but apply them equally, not following colonial patterns.
Tammam Aloudat@tammam.bsky.social · 2y agoJoin me and @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on Wednesday 19 February at 14:00 to discuss the aftermath of the aid freeze by the Trump administration in the US with Lata Narayanaswamy, Deborah Doane, Nidhi Bouri, and Abbas Sheikh. Register here www.thenewhumanitarian.org/events/if-no...
The Trump aid freeze isn’t the death of humanitarianism, but restoring funding alone won’t fix a broken system. What comes next? Opinion piece by @tammam.bsky.social
Why reform isn’t enough: From rethinking to remaking humanitarianism
The Trump aid freeze is not the end of humanitarianism. But simply restoring funding won’t fix what’s broken. What comes next?
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Wy reform (of the humanitarian sector) is not enough and why we need to start remaking humanitarianism Read my opinion article in @newhumanitarian.bsky.social www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025...
Why reform isn’t enough: From rethinking to remaking humanitarianism
The Trump aid freeze is not the end of humanitarianism. But simply restoring funding won’t fix what’s broken. What comes next?
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Join me and @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on Wednesday 19 February at 14:00 to discuss the aftermath of the aid freeze by the Trump administration in the US with Lata Narayanaswamy, Deborah Doane, Nidhi Bouri, and Abbas Sheikh. Register here www.thenewhumanitarian.org/events/if-no...
If not (US) aid, then what?
We hope this will be one conversation of many, as we reimagine the future of humanitarian aid in an era of mounting challenges and transformative opportunities. The event is moderated by TNH CEO Tamma...
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Solar power, in a country like Zambia with lots of sunshine, seems like a common sense solution to energy needs. But that overlooks the number of hurdles in the way. Read about it: ⬇️
How climate smart is solar in meeting Africa’s power needs?
The roll-out of large-scale solar projects is fraught with challenges over cost, efficiency, and an increasingly unpredictable climate.
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Over 100,000 homes have been destroyed across Myanmar, most in Sagaing Region. The Pyusawhti militia is at the heart of this destruction. Learn why: ⬇️
Why the name Pyusawhti is sowing fear in central Myanmar
Accused of extrajudicial killings and waves of violence against opponents of the junta, the militia has been forcing civilians to join its ranks.
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"The Trump administration placed several dozen senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave in response to what an official characterized as resistance to President Trump’s policy."
Trump Administration Puts Dozens of U.S.A.I.D. Officials on Paid Leave
An email to the aid agency’s employees cited actions “that appear to be designed to circumvent” an executive order by President Trump.
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It is shocking how many organisations members of InterAction accept such language to be put forward in their names.
Irwin@irwinloy.bsky.social · 2y agoAmerican humanitarian NGOs and staff: Is it your mission to advance US interests? Is China your adversary? This InterAction statement is saying a lot on your behalf: www.interaction.org/statement/in...
Abductions and enforced disappearances of dissidents by the Kenyan state are nothing new but have in recent months become a political lightning rod for William Ruto's administration, focusing public attention on a highly emotive: ⬇️
Kenya’s youth cannot stop state abductions on their own
The edifice that allows abductions to happen, from its colonial set-up to the complicity of Western actors, should be addressed and dismantled.
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Started reading Technicolonialism by @madianou.bsky.social on technology and innovation in humanitarian aid. Very good start.
NEW—CDC officially ordered by Trump WH to cease working with the @WHO, effective immediately. This is the first time in almost 77 years since WHO’s founding after World War 2. This is a dark day for America and the world. apnews.com/article/cdc-...
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
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"Never Again" should not be a lie from the mouths of war criminals and genocide enablers.
Suspending aid is going to be catastrophic to many humanitarian and development programmes around the world. This should be the trigger for aid agencies to detach themselves from donor who use them towards their political agendas. Aid should be about solidarity not hegemony
#Sudan withdraws from hunger-monitoring system ahead of report on famine... Many more people will be at risk of hunger.. rfi.my/BGVh.X
Sudan withdraws from hunger-monitoring system ahead of report on famine
Sudan has dropped out of the global hunger-monitoring system just as it was about to issue a report that is expected to show famine spreading across the country.
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