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$230 Million Saved: What Ukraine's 2025 Humanitarian Data Assessment Teaches Us About Interoperability
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Breaking: Cash Practitioners Unite to Challenge Humanitarian System - An Inside Analysis of Our Collective Letter to the UN Reset
Breaking: Cash Practitioners Unite to Challenge Humanitarian System - An Inside Analysis of Our Collective Letter to the UN Reset Thomas Byrnes Thomas Byrnes Humanitarian & Digital Social Protection E...
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# Title: The Death of Denial: Hard Truths About the USAID Terminations and Its Global Consequences Author: ThomasByrnes Date: 2025-02-27T08:56:50.610Z --- he news of February 27, 2025, is a watersh...
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# Title: Day Zero for Aid: USAID's Exit and the Humanitarian Reckoning Author: ThomasByrnes Date: 2025-02-07T15:39:00.685Z --- Seventeen cents. That’s all. Imagine trying to provide food, shelter, ...
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# Title: Crippling USAID: How Disabled Payment Systems and a Forced USAID Merger Threaten Global Relief Author: ThomasByrnes Date: 2025-02-04T13:57:25.728Z --- In a stunning development Secretary o...
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# Title: Northeast Syria: Humanitarian Response on the Verge of Collapse – Urgent Action Needed Author: ThomasByrnes Date: 2025-02-03T12:55:06.536Z --- US Aid Cuts Push Northeast Syria to the Brink...
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# Title: USAID in Freefall: Funding Freeze and Dismantled Systems Jeopardize Lives Worldwide Author: ThomasByrnes Date: 2025-02-03T11:37:42.023Z --- USAID is in freefall, and the consequences for g...
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