40 Best Humanitarian Blogs and Websites
Humanitarian Blogs
Here are 40 Best Humanitarian Blogs you should follow in 2023
1. Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust
London, England, UK
Read news and articles on Humanitarian Aid, advocacy and human rights at HART. Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust is committed to serving people in need, especially those who are or who have been suffering from oppression and persecution.
hart-uk.org/blog
3.6K⋅ 2K ⋅3 posts / quarter ⋅ Apr 2013 Get Email Contact More
2. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Washington, District of Columbia, US
Articles on humanitarian action and community development. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team work's together to provide map data that revolutionises disaster management, reduces risks, and contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
hotosm.org
13.2K⋅ 27.2K ⋅3 posts / week Get Email Contact More
3. United Nations Foundation Blog
Washington, District of Columbia, US
Read about ideas, and resources connecting people with the United Nations to solve global problems. The UN Foundation, a public charity, was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner's historic $1 billion gifts to support UN causes.
Also in Human Rights Blogs, UN Blogs
unfoundation.org/blog
1.1M⋅ 668.8K⋅ 444.3K ⋅2 posts / month ⋅ Jan 2012 Get Email Contact More
4. ALNAP Blogs
London, England, UK
Articles on improving humanitarian performance, public charity and community development. ALNAP is a network dedicated to improving the performance of humanitarian action through shared learning. It is a global network of NGOs, UN agencies, members of the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, donors, academics, networks, and consultants dedicated to learning how to improve response to humanitarian crises.
alnap.org/blogs
6.2K⋅ 14.3K ⋅4 posts / month ⋅ Nov 2013 Get Email Contact More
5. EJIL: Talk! » International Humanitarian Law
Blog posts, News, Announcements, and Insights on Armed Conflict, Global Health, Human Rights, Economic Development, and International Humanitarian Law by the European Journal of International Law(EJIL).
Also in Humanitarian Law Blogs
ejiltalk.org/categ..
7.5K⋅ 27.6K ⋅1 post / week ⋅ Apr 2016 Get Email Contact More
6. Elrha
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Research and innovation to finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems by A global charity Elrha.
elrha.org
7.3K ⋅1 post / quarter Get Email Contact More
7. Zakat Blog
Articles on humanitarian aid and human stories by Zakat. UNHCR's Refugee Zakat Fund is a trusted, compliant and effective distributor. Majority of the world's 26 million refugees fall under at least 4 of the 8 Zakat categories. Over 80% of the world's refugee population and nearly all the world's internally displaced people are hosted in low to middle-income countries, many of which have weaker health and water systems.
zakat.unhcr.org/bl..
4M⋅ 594.9K ⋅2 posts / month ⋅ Aug 2019 Get Email Contact More
8. RAND | The RAND Blog
Santa Monica, California, US
The RAND Blog features expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest world news, as well as research highlights on the policy issues that matter most, such as health, education, national security, international affairs, law and business, and the environment. The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis.
rand.org/blog.html
55.7K⋅ 243.1K ⋅9 posts / week ⋅ Jul 2000 Get Email Contact More
9. World Vision
Federal Way, Washington, US
Find the latest news, inspiring stories, updates, and personal views about World Vision's work around the world. World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
worldvision.org/ne..
1.1M⋅ 544.7K ⋅10 posts / month Get Email Contact More
10. The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Latest stories, news and resources on Humanitarian Data. The Centre for Humanitarian Data is focused on increasing the use and impact of data in the humanitarian sector. It is managed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
centre.humdata.org
18K ⋅4 posts / week Get Email Contact More
11. Medair
Ecublens, Vaud, Switzerland
Posts on refugee and humanitarian aid organisation. Medari is inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in some of the world's most remote and devastated places. It helps people affected by emergencies, natural disasters, displacement, conflict by providing health, nutrition, water, and shelter.
medair.org
33.3K⋅ 5.7K ⋅1 post / week Get Email Contact More
12. PRIO Blogs » Humanitarianism
Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Articles on conflicts, migration, law and ethics by PRIO. The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) conducts research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups, and people. Researchers at PRIO seek to understand the processes that bring societies together or split them apart.
blogs.prio.org/cat..
13.5K⋅ 13.1K ⋅1 post / quarter ⋅ Dec 2013 Get Email Contact More
13. CIHA Blog
Read about news, events and resources on charity, global health democracy and Hmanitarian aid. The Critical Investigations into Humanitarianism in Africa (CIHA) Blog seeks to transform the phenomenon of aid to Africa into egalitarian and respectful relationships that challenge unequal power relations, paternalism and victimization.
cihablog.com
19K⋅ 1K ⋅1 post / week ⋅ Jan 2009 Get Email Contact More
14. CRASH BLOG
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Posts on aid workers and natural disasters by CRASH. Its purpose is to expose the diversity of experiences and opinions that exist among humanitarian aid practitioners.
msf-crash.org/en/blog
7.8K⋅ 4.6K ⋅1 post / month ⋅ May 2009 Get Email Contact More
15. Humanitarian Aid International
India
Read articles on refugee, conflict and humanitarian aid. HAI is an Indian organisation, founded on Indian value system with the overall aim to support our national efforts to alleviate poverty, hunger and suffering globally.
hai-india.org/blog
2K⋅ 9.8K ⋅1 post / quarter ⋅ Jan 2017 Get Email Contact More
16. Humanitarian Advisory Group Blog
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Articles, insights, news and events on humanitarian aid. Humanitarian Advisory Group is committed to drawing on our extensive field experience to offer an independent practitioner-led perspective on humanitarian and human rights issues. As an ethically driven business, they combine humanitarian passion with entrepreneurial agility to think and do things differently.
humanitarianadviso..
3.5K⋅ 8.7K ⋅1 post / month ⋅ Jun 2016 Get Email Contact More
17. Latter-day Saint Charities Blog
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Posts on self-reliance and humanitarian aid. LDS charities purpose is to relieve suffering and provide opportunities for service. Latter-day Saint Charities is the humanitarian arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
latterdaysaintchar..
91K⋅ 416 ⋅2 posts / quarter ⋅ Feb 2018 Get Email Contact More
18. Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform
Read blogs, news & events from Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform. SSHAP is a programme of work focusing on the social dimensions of emergency responses. They work on emergencies that relate to health, conflict, or the environment.
socialscienceinact..
1.9K ⋅1 post / week ⋅ Jan 2017 Get Email Contact More
19. Humanitarian Health Ethics
Ontario, Canada
Articles on humanitarian aid and military healthcare practitioners by HumEthNet. The humanitarian health ethics research group is a multidisciplinary team of researchers and practitioners collaborating together since 2009 with the aim of helping to clarify the ethical issues that are present in humanitarian healthcare practice.
humanitarianhealth..
499⋅ 452 ⋅12 posts / year Get Email Contact More
20. Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies
Norway
Read about promoting research on humanitarian issues at Norwegian Center. Norwegian governmental and non-governmental actors are important actors on the humanitarian stage, and humanitarian principles are central to overall Norwegian foreign policy. Whether caused by violent conflicts or natural disasters, humanitarian crises raise fundamental questions about ethics, law, sovereignty, and foreign policy.
humanitarianstudie..
2.7K⋅ 1.4K ⋅1 post / month ⋅ Feb 2013 Get Email Contact More
21. Creating Hope in Conflict
Read news and blog about Humanitarian Grand Challenge.Our goal is to find and accelerate life-saving or life-improving innovations to help the most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach people impacted by humanitarian crises caused by conflict.
humanitariangrandc..
2.2K⋅ 4K ⋅10 posts / year ⋅ Feb 2018 Get Email Contact More
22. HUMANITARIAN DISARMAMENT
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Articles, resources and events on humanitarian aid by Humanitarian Disarmament. Over the past two decades, humanitarian disarmament has become a highly effective and firmly established means of dealing with the adverse impacts of arms. This people-centered approach to disarmament focuses on preventing and remediating human suffering and environmental harm, rather than advancing national security.
humanitariandisarm..
807 ⋅3 posts / month ⋅ Oct 2018 Get Email Contact More
23. Unto Blog
Plano, Texas, US
Read stories and articles on humanitarian aid. Unto help you express the kindness of Jesus to people living in the toughest places on earth by relieving suffering, restoring dignity, and revealing hope.
unto.com/stay-conn..
6.8K⋅ 1.8K ⋅2 posts / quarter ⋅ Jul 2017 Get Email Contact More
24. The New Humanitarian
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Latest humanitarian news and analysis by The New Humanitarian.It is an independent, non-profit newsroom reporting from the heart of conflicts, disasters, and other crises.
thenewhumanitarian..
49.3K⋅ 124.4K ⋅3 posts / day Get Email Contact More
25. IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee
Articles, forums and project updates on Humanitarian aid. The IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) provides a suite of resources that inspire and enable IEEE volunteers around the world to carry out and support impactful humanitarian technology and sustainable development activities at the local level.
hac.ieee.org/categ..
3.6M⋅ 342.6K ⋅ Aug 2019 Get Email Contact More
26. European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
Discover the human stories behind the EU's humanitarian aid and emergency response work. EU humanitarian aid supports the most vulnerable people around the world. Whenever there is a disaster or humanitarian emergency, the EU provides assistance for the affected countries and populations.
ec.europa.eu/echo/..
333.1K⋅ 123K ⋅3 posts / year ⋅ Mar 2021 Get Email Contact More
27. ReliefWeb Blog
US
Read about ideas and projects by ReliefWeb. It is a humanitarian information service provided by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The service is managed by the Digital Services Section of OCHA's Information Management Branch.
reliefweb.int/blog
95.9K⋅ 123.8K ⋅2 posts / year ⋅ Oct 2012 Get Email Contact More
28. Humanitarian Practice Network Blog
UK
Read about policy-makers, practitioners and others working in humanitarian sector to share and disseminate information, analysis and experience at Humanitarian Practice Network. The only network of its kind, HPN plays a key role in examining policy developments and distilling practice.
odihpn.org/blog
24.1K⋅ 10.8K ⋅3 posts / year ⋅ Aug 2007 Get Email Contact More
29. Humanity & Inclusion | Handicap International Blog
London, England, UK
Articles on inclusive development, inclusive education and rehabilitation. Humanity & Inclusion, also known as Handicap International (HI), is an independent and impartial international aid organisation operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.
blog.hi.org
233.7K⋅ 9.8K ⋅ Apr 2013 Get Email Contact More
30. Development Initiatives » Humanitarian-Assistance
Articles on issues relating to ending poverty and sustainable development by Development Initiatives. DI is a global organisation harnessing the power of data and evidence to end poverty, reduce inequality and increase resilience.
devinit.org/blog/?..
3.7K⋅ 8.6K ⋅12 posts / year ⋅ Jul 2017 Get Email Contact More
31. RedR Blog
London, England, UK
Posts on aid workers, natural disasters and conflict by RedR. They provides training and technical support to NGOs, aid workers, and communities responding to natural and man-made disasters all over the world.
redr.org.uk/Blog
11K⋅ 6.9K ⋅1 post / quarter ⋅ Sep 2019 Get Email Contact More
32. Humanicontrarian
London, England, UK
A blog by Marc DuBois. This blog is supposed to spark critical discussion around current issues affecting humanitarian action, with an eye to points of view running contrary to the prevailing discourse.
Also in Effective Altruism Blogs
humanicontrarian.com
3.3K ⋅2 posts / year ⋅ Jan 2011 Get Email Contact More
33. Humanitarian Hub
London, England, UK
Read about analysis and different perspectives on humanitarianism, aid, and conflict at Humanitarian Hub. The Hub is the university's forum for research, collaboration, and information on contemporary developments and debates on humanitarian crisis and response.
blogs.soas.ac.uk/h..
88.7K⋅ 301 ⋅4 posts / year ⋅ Jun 2019 Get Email Contact More
34. Himalayan Institute Blog
Honesdale, Pennsylvania, US
Read about our partnership with rural communities to provide health services, public libraries, and sustainable employment opportunities at Himalayan Institute. Our projects serve impoverished rural areas, regenerating the environment and empowering communities with the knowledge and tools needed for lasting social transformation.
humanitarian.himal..
2.8K⋅ 65 ⋅2 posts / year ⋅ Aug 2007 Get Email Contact More
35. Stuff Expat Aid Workers Like
Posts on humanitarian aid, tactical gear and toolkit. Stuff Expat Aid Workers Like is an ongoing series of sometimes satirical, sometimes ironic, usually humorous (but sometimes dead serious), always honest vignettes of the humanitarian aid industry from the inside.
stuffexpataidworke..
6.7K ⋅ Dec 2010 Get Email Contact More
36. Humanitarianism & Human Rights
Latest research and articles on the Entangled History of Humanitarianism and Human Rights. At present, many international scholars here at the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), conduct research on their own which extends the sources and trajectories of humanitarian norms and human rights.
hhr.hypotheses.org
993 ⋅ Apr 2013 Get Email Contact More
37. AHP Blog
Australia
Articles on inclusive humanitarian and disaster management by AHP. The Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) is a five-year (2017-2022) partnership between the Australian Government and Australian NGOs. The AHP, partners aim to save lives, alleviate suffering and enhance human dignity in the face of conflict, disasters, and other humanitarian crises.
australianhumanita..
1.9K⋅ 1.8K Get Email Contact More
38. The Global Humanitarian
Covers articles for those looking to enter the humanitarian aid and development field. Created by an aid worker for aid workers.
theglobalhumanitar..
1 post / quarter Get Email Contact More
39. Robert Laude | Aid Worker Coaching Blog
Read the aid worker coach blog with latest tips & tools for a sane and successful career in humanitarian aid and international development cooperation. Robert Laude worked for more than ten years in international humanitarian aid and development cooperation for American, Australian, British, and German organizations in 6 countries in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe, managed teams of up to 60 people and negotiated funding contracts over more than 15 million dollars.
aidworkercoach.com..
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Humanitarian Bloggers
Blogger Name | Blog Link | Total Blog Posts | |
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RAND Corporation | rand.org/blog.html | 78 | |
Samara Macy | medair.org | 34 | |
HDX Team | centre.humdata.org | 26 | |
emily.hume | humanitarianstudies.no/blog | 22 | |
humanitarian_disarmament | humanitariandisarmament.org/2021 | 22 | |
CIHA Blog | cihablog.com | 21 | |
Christina Borst | unfoundation.org/blog | 17 | |
Derek Grossman | rand.org/blog.html | 17 | |
Annabel Fenton | socialscienceinaction.org/blogs-and-news | 15 | |
Centre Team | centre.humdata.org | 14 | |
Humanitarian Health Ethics Research Network | humanitarianhealthethics.net | 14 | |
Savannah | theglobalhumanitarian.com | 14 | |
MJ Altman | unfoundation.org/blog | 13 | |
Sevil Omer | worldvision.org/news-stories | 12 | |
Kathryn A. Edwards | rand.org/blog.html | 11 | |
Léa Allan | medair.org | 11 | |
padigitalsubscriptions | unfoundation.org/blog | 11 | |
Zeba Tasci | humanitariangrandchallenge.org/blog | 11 | |
HARTadmin | hart-uk.org/blog | 10 | |
Peter Binion | unto.com/stay-connected/stories | 10 | |
Data Responsibility Team | centre.humdata.org | 9 | |
Laura Reinhardt | worldvision.org/news-stories | 9 | |
Marko Milanovic | ejiltalk.org/category/international-humanitarian-law | 9 | |
tamara | zakat.unhcr.org/blog/en | 9 | |
Sarah Alaoui | unfoundation.org/blog | 8 |
Humanitarian Blog Topics
Topic | Number of posts |
---|---|
Human Rights | 13 |
Developments | 12 |
Global Health | 11 |
Humanitarianism | 10 |
Latam | 10 |
International Humanitarian Law | 9 |
Beneficiaries | 9 |
Armed Conflict | 8 |
Mapping | 8 |
Hub | 8 |
EJIL Analysis | 7 |
Community | 7 |
Announcement | 7 |
Professional Blog | 7 |
Hunger | 7 |
American Leadership On The SDGs | 6 |
Climate, Energy, And Environment | 6 |
Humanitarian | 6 |
Media Coverage | 6 |
Clean Water | 6 |
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