More than 29,000 children in Gaza have been left orphans read that again, and let it sink in.
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Every donation means food & safety for my kids
Im on a boat bound for Gaza sailing, scrubbing and warding off sea sickness all so we can break Israels blockade Naoise Dolan
...while continues to attempt to push the entire population of into the sea, in hopes they will burn starve AND drown ...(as if just one form of death isnt enough after a lifetime of trauma and terror, but okay)....i have a huge knot of anxiety in my gut for the cos the danger they face on this vital ...is/real
The next step in the fight is a legally untested maneuver in which the admin would cancel another $4.9 billion in foreign this time without congressional approval. The gambit, known as a , involves the White House eliminating the spending unless votes to stop it by Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.
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Trkiye evacuates passengers after Global Sumud Flotilla ship breaks down
ANKARA A Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Sept. 29 continued to sail on the final leg of its route,
Dockworkers in Italy threaten a total block on trade with Israel.
The dockers have designated the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid to Gaza as a kind of tripwire for threats of further action.
After Hurricane Helene swept through North Carolina in September 2024, the Hill family fought hard for every federal aid dollar available to rebuild. They were displaced by the deadliest inland hurricane on record.
Watch their journey to return home:
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This is such a sad read. Trumps aid cuts are a tax on girls in places such as the DRC, Uganda and Mozambique. When families lose aid, many take girls out of school and/or marry daughters off. HIV treatment after rape & contraceptives are also scarcer now.
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love to see that: a TTRPG funraiser, but instead of being for a new system system or yet another 5e module, this one is for the World Food Programme that does actual, effective aid in places like Yemen and Gaza.
Power Word Meal: Save Lives with the TTRPG Community
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The Green Party is advocating for government subsidies in the form of vouchers to support household services, encompassing cleaning, cooking, care for family me...
Income isnt supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some N.C. counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are crammed in a slim slice of sandy land with no healthcare or sanitary facilities in al-Mawasi, he noted.
Griffiths said of the minimum 500 trucks of humanitarian aid needed, only about 80 are entering the Strip daily: Its a trickle.
The U.S. Supreme Court sided again with President Donald Trump, allowing his administration to withhold about $4 billion in foreign aid.
Aljazeera - 'Why have Spain and Italy sent ships to assist the Gaza Sumud flotilla
Spanish and Italian decisions to send ships to assist Gaza flotilla sign of increased pro-Palestinian sentiment in Europe.'
Also video from Greta Thunberg
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
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The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMAs response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noems big donors make the ask.
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A senior lawmaker from the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Andreas Schwarz, has expressed support for proposals put forward by conservative leader Friedrich Merz...
A senior lawmaker from the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Andreas Schwarz, has expressed support for proposals put forward by conservative leader Friedrich Merz...
German automotive suppliers are facing increasing strain, prompting calls for government support to ensure stability during the industry's transition to new tec...
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Spain joins Italy in deploying a navy ship to assist the Gaza aid flotilla.
Following Italy's decision, Spain now also announced it will send a navy ship to assist the flotilla to the famine-stricken Gaza, set to break Israel's longstanding blockade of the Strip and deliver crucial aid.
The decision comes in light of recent attacks on several of the convoy's ships.
The - 1. Largest historical contributor to 2. Continues to promote 3. Stopped to countries4. Stopped from poor countries - reduced 5. Tariffed poor countries - reduced foreign revenues
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3. Stopped to countries
4. Stopped from poor countries - reduced
5. Tariffed poor countries - reduced foreign revenues
6. Now denying climate change
When do experts label this as what it is - - at a global scale
Italy's defense minister condemned a reported overnight drone attack on the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which was attempting to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. The flotilla, which includes several boats off the coast of Crete, was carrying aid to Gaza, and the attack is believed to have inv...
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In the midst of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, humanitarian aid has become a deadly race for survival. One such story is that of Abdullah, a 19-year-old who was tragically shot while waiting for food distribution. His father, Diaa, describes how he sent his son to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GH...
bashes who are recognizing a .
He moves on to , without dealing with the issues of s efforts to take over , & without talking about his past promises to bring in more & .
On Ukraine, Trump again blames his predecessor, .
He names & as funders of the war in Ukraine by their purchases of .
I'm not sure I agree with Michael's blog.
Yes, the Security Council ignores the General Assembly, and big rogue states like the U.S., China, and Russia have never really bought into multilateralism, but if you step past the idealism of a (presumably liberal) world order which was never likely you still have, for example OCHA coordinating the international response to humanitarian crises, agencies like UNHCR and IMO supporting millions of displaced people, ICAO setting the training and facility standards that make international civil aviation practical, and on and on.
The key is to ignore the circus and look at the supposedly "boring" stuff, which has a much bigger impact on people's lives than pompous speeches from diplomats at the G.A. If we abolished the UN, we'd have to replace all the quiet-but-important stuff we've spent 80 years building up, and there would likely be a huge human cost before the replacements started working smoothly (if they ever did).
The greatly expanded work requirements for people receiving & shifted significant costs to , giving them new incentives to reduce . Throughout the debate, advocates warned that those changes could increase . But without the report, it will be much harder to know.
Not publishing the numbers is going to hide the impact of the bill, said Crystal FitzSimons, president of the Research & Action Center.
She added: It is highly respected. It has well-validated questions. In no way does that reflect the view of anybody who works with the . That is completely a pretext for eliminating data that can point out problems.
The report was especially useful during the , Waxman said, when it found that stayed flat in 2020 despite a huge loss of jobs. Researchers credited the outpouring of government .
Two months after pushing through the largest cuts in the programs history, the admin has canceled the governments annual report measuring household .
The move by the Dept strips the of its main gauge of Americans ability to access adequate meals, & will impede researchers efforts to track the coming in .
This is crazy.
Admin to Stop Measuring
The move strips the government of its main gauge of in America, & will impede efforts to track the impact of cuts thats the plan.
Good morning, Fediverse.
It's getting cold here in the UK, and Israel ramps up its ethnic cleansing campaign, causing enormous suffering and destruction.
You've been amazing last weekend, demonstrating the power of coming together.
Please, if you can, keep donating to help 8 families fleeing Israeli bombs.
There is no such a thing as a small donation, every dollar counts.
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