The humanitarian impact of 20 years of the Barrier – December…

The humanitarian impact of 20 years of the Barrier – December 2022 via u/sabbah Key facts In 2002, the Israeli authorities started to build a Barrier with the stated aim of preventing violent attacks by Palestinians inside Israel. Most of the Barrier’s route is located within the West Bank, rather than on the 1949 Armistice …

The Weeknd Was Honored With The Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award

Getty Image The Weeknd can now add another award to his extensive collection of accolades. Today, The Slaight Family Foundation awarded the pop icon with their coveted Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award. The Humanitarian Spirit Award is given to one Canadian artist, duo, or group each year, recognizing their social activism and philanthropy, as well …

Lil Baby Was Honored With The Humanitarian Award At Black Music Action Coalition’s Music In Action Gala

Getty Image / Leon Bennett Last night, Lil Baby received the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award at Black Music Action Coalition’s second annual Music in Action Awards Gala. At the ceremony, which was held at Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Baby was honored for his work in the realm of social justice. For the past three …

‘Where is all that humanitarian aid?’: Aid worker shows empty shelves in Ukrainian grocery store in viral TikTok

A TikTok video showing what appears to be empty shelves in a Ukrainian grocery store has gone viral amid the ongoing invasion from Russia. In a video from the TikTok account Ukraine Defense Fund, Andrey Liscovich, a former Uber executive who traveled to Ukraine to assist the country with logistical issues, showed how grocery stores …

WHO Responds to Growing Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine

March 3, 2022 — The World Health Organization has called on top-level officials involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine to ensure access for delivery of essential medical, surgical, and trauma supplies to help the Ukrainian people and refugees in neighboring countries. A shortage of oxygen, insulin, cancer therapies, and other essential supplies will continue …

‘I Just Came Across Kindness’: Humanitarian Paul Farmer Dies

Feb. 22, 2022 — Paul Edward Farmer, MD, a renowned infectious disease specialist, humanitarian, and health care champion for many of the world’s most vulnerable patient populations, died suddenly in his sleep from a cardiac event Monday in Rwanda, where he had been teaching. He was 62. Farmer co-founded the Boston-based global nonprofit Partners in …

Megan Thee Stallion Dedicates A Houston Humanitarian Award She Won To Her Late Grandmother

Getty Image This past weekend was busy for Megan Thee Stallion. The rapper graduated from Texas Southern University and celebrated with fellow classmates and administration at the HBCU, as well as her rap peers and fans online. “Meg Thee Graduate I know my parents are looking down on me so proud,” she wrote in an …