Operation USA, one of the world's most agile and innovative relief agencies, on average, runs on about $1.5M (cash) per year. That sum allows us to de...
Lisa Schultz | Posted 05.21.2012
I've learned that in order to appreciate all that this country and its people have to offer, you have to learn how not to see things here through Western eyes.
Alyson Renaldo | Posted 05.02.2012
How is 'need' and 'sustained recovery' being assessed if not through continuous dialogue with the injured group, in this case Haitian people and its governance?
Akandwahano Dominic | Posted 04.16.2012
In primary school, I had to walk five kilometers daily to and from school, bearing the coldness of the morning on my bare feet before turning around and greeting the dangers of the dark.
Mark Schuller | Posted 04.13.2012
This Tuesday, April 10, Rick Santorum, who had given Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney a serious run for his money, bowed out of the race, leaving th...
Joseph W. Saunders | Posted 04.12.2012
A growing chorus of voices is calling for a shift away from cash-based economies in the developing world.
Anne Goddard | Posted 04.04.2012
I believe that the success of the Kony video stems from its ability to simply and unambiguously articulate both the problem and an actionable solution. Kony is personified as the lone enemy that must be stopped in order to put an end to childhood conscriptions in Uganda.
Nicki Richesin | Posted 04.03.2012
The problem of human trafficking is all over the world. Slavery is alive and well in the 21st century; it's time we as a people put an end to it. It's definitely time modern day abolitionists made it known we are not going to turn away from it anymore.
Michael Solis | Posted 04.03.2012
He had been to Honduras six years earlier to work with OYE, and he knew what to expect -- perpetual heat, 24/7 sweatiness, and inevitable sunburn. Lakin was unsurprised that so little had changed since his last visit.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 03.23.2012
WASHINGTON -- The long, meandering path for nearly $150 million in funds for development projects in the Palestinian territories inched closer to a re...
Michael A. Cohen | Posted 05.23.2012
Working in this space between theory and practice trains students -- and citizens -- to ask better questions about what government is doing, what it can do, and how students can themselves become responsible agents of change.
Pam Allyn | Posted 05.01.2012
Literacy has all kinds of benefits that we might not associate immediately with reading and writing. The stories we read and write and share have the power to transcend physical borders as well as boundaries of race and religion.
Ahmad Ashkar | Posted 05.01.2012
How can we solve the world's toughest social challenges without the sincere belief that a wide-scale solution exists? An annual $1M Poverty Challenge, with the goal of identifying and launching the most compelling student-generated solutions to the crippling issues faced by billions in need.
Alaa Al Aswany | Posted 04.22.2012
We are discovering that rule by the military council is a carbon copy of Mubarak's regime. The ruler may have changed but the system remains as it was.
David Weiss | Posted 04.15.2012
Brazil, Russia, India and China are profoundly shaking up the G8. All of these newcomers give aid to developing countries. And yet some still receive substantial aid themselves from the U.S. and other donors.
Amy Russell | Posted 04.11.2012
I don't use a walking stick. I would become too dependent on one. When you learn to become dependent on something, not having that "thing" makes whatever task you are facing immensely harder, mentally.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 02.07.2012
WASHINGTON -- A delegation of Egyptian military officials in town for high level meetings with their American counterparts canceled a series of meetin...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 02.06.2012
A visiting delegation of Egyptian military officials, in the United States for a routine tour and consultations, are likely to receive a rough welcome...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.31.2012
WASHINGTON -- A recent crackdown on American pro-democracy organizations in Egypt has observers of the country's military regime shaking their heads o...
Vijaya Ramachandran | Posted 03.13.2012
Haiti's challenges are enormous and there are no easy answers. However, a two-pronged strategy --- registration and monitoring of NGOs and a governmental and donor focus on "core governance" -- may be a good start.
Mark Schuller | Posted 03.07.2012
As an NGO representative said, "This is the single biggest disaster that came, and it came after the earthquake: the way aid was distributed destroyed the family."
David Hessekiel | Posted 03.04.2012
A decade of dramatic societal, technological and economic changes have moved many nonprofit leaders to elevate their opinion of marketing from a black art to a critical survival skill.
Lucia Green-Weiskel | Posted 01.31.2012
With greenhouse gas emissions hitting record levels, a new group of Chinese activists traditionally silenced by an authoritarian government is making its voice heard at the United Nations climate talks in Durban, South Africa.
Rehema Trimiew | Posted 01.10.2012
It started with a small seed, $26, and an idea. The seed took root and grew into Carolina for Kibera. What has blossomed in the fertile grounds of Ken...
William Brindley | Posted 01.08.2012
Once a year, technology leaders from more than 30 of the world's leading international NGOs convene for a week with one main purpose: to share.
Richard Walden | Posted 05.22.2012