Daily Archives: August 1, 2008

Grave concern for civilians in Afghanistan

Posted By: Sarah Afghans are dying from bombs, missiles, explosive devices, police fire, beheadings, domestic violence… and the list goes on. The situation for them is becoming untenable. This, after many decades of war has ripped through their land. Over and over we’ve heard calls from President Karzai to stop the needless violence. In the…

BDPs and Problem of Lack of Info, Pt. 1

Posted By: Erica Below is the first of two separate reports on the information vacuum that exists when assessing the need for humanitarian aid to battle-displaced persons.  Both my report and the future report form Rebecca, our guest blogger, highlight the difficulty of properly assessing, delivering and evaluating aid to those harmed by conflict. KABUL…