Insights and Stories on Humanitarian Aid

People gather around a line of flatbed trucks carrying humanitarian aid.

Foodgrains Bank calls for urgent aid in Gaza

Oct. 23, 2023 at 3:39 pm CDT

Over 6,000 men, women and children in Israel and Gaza have died in two weeks of conflict, the Foodgrains Bank said. More than 1.4 million people have been displaced. As a member of the Humanitarian Coalition, the Foodgrains Bank is working with partner organizations and local groups to bring humanitarian assistance to the area.

Canada seeks to boost foreign aid for food security

Aug. 12, 2022 at 1:08 am CDT

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

U.S. says sanctions on Russia don’t affect humanitarian aid, ag exports

Apr. 19, 2022 at 6:41 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.N. urges Ethiopia to allow unhindered aid as hunger kills

Oct. 6, 2021 at 4:52 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols

Haitians grow impatient for quake aid as hungry crowd gathers

Aug. 18, 2021 at 2:18 pm CDT

By Laura Gottesdiener

Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silo after blast

Aug. 24, 2020 at 2:36 am CDT

Beirut | Reuters — Kuwait said it will rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo that was destroyed by the massive Beirut port explosion, raising fears of food shortages in a country already in financial meltdown. The destruction of the 120,000-tonne capacity structure at the port, the main entry point for […]

By Reuters

U.N. expert says ‘some are starving’ in North Korea

Jun. 10, 2020 at 12:38 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — A United Nations human rights expert voiced alarm on Tuesday at “widespread food shortages and malnutrition” in North Korea, made worse by a nearly five-month border closure with China and strict quarantine measures against COVID-19. Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the […]

By stephanie-nebehay

Trump administration aims to buy milk, meat to help farmers, Perdue says

Apr. 16, 2020 at 1:17 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. government plans to buy milk and meat from farmers as part of an initial US$15.5 billion effort to help them weather the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Wednesday. The decision comes amid rising pressure from the U.S. farm lobby for […]

By Reuters

Insights and Stories on Humanitarian Aid

Foodgrains Bank calls for urgent aid in Gaza

Canada seeks to boost foreign aid for food security

U.S. says sanctions on Russia don’t affect humanitarian aid, ag exports

U.N. urges Ethiopia to allow unhindered aid as hunger kills

Haitians grow impatient for quake aid as hungry crowd gathers

Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silo after blast

U.N. expert says ‘some are starving’ in North Korea

Trump administration aims to buy milk, meat to help farmers, Perdue says

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