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Read our latest insightful piece on delivering aid into Gaza: Despite numerous challenges, Anera and other humanitarian organizations persist in our work. Our teams in Palestine often work around the clock to ensure aid reaches those in need. Anera’s nimble approach allows for quick decision-making, providing staff with the flexibility needed to navigate the volatile environment. Our Palestinian team has the agency to make on-the-spot decisions without waiting for higher approvals, enabling a highly responsive and agile operation. But, make no mistake, each day our team is able to deliver in Gaza represents an almost superhuman level of effort and dedication. Anera’s staff often question whether to continue deliveries under the current conditions or to halt operations to emphasize the untenable security situation.

Any and all humanitarian aid is desperately needed, but nothing can replace the scale, efficiency, and safety of ground trucks. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to enter into Gaza at scale large enough to mitigate the increasingly catastrophic humanitarian-public health-environmental-humanmade crisis. The humanitarian assistance necessary to meet the needs of the people cannot be achieved without an immediate and sustained #ceasefirenow

Opening land crossings like Erez is the only serious way to scale up aid into #Gaza BUT: - like the use of airdrops, this move is not a sign of success but an admission of failure of aid provision - it is evidence that ruling on provision of humanitarian aid is not met - it must be implemented - it must not be temporary - further crossings points are essential - ⁠administration of supply must be efficient, transparent, independent and effective - this must not be another example of the illusion of aid providing an alibi for the war to continue - must not be used as justification to continue weapons transfers that maim and kill civilians indiscriminately, or further violations of IHL - this does not change the need for humanitarian workers to be able to operate without getting killed - a truck crossing a border does not in itself constitute humanitarian assistance: food needs to be delivered safely, patients need to be treated The impact of opening the Erez crossing into #Gaza on civilian lives WILL MEAN NOTHING IF THERE IS A GROUND INVASION OF #RAFAH OR THERE IS NO #CEASEFIRE_NOW

Is it hard to get aid into Gaza? Martin Griffiths, UN Humanitarian Chief put a list together of the problems in delivering goods to Gaza 1. growing list of rejected items ==> every truck needs to be thoroughly checked so it does not contain any prohibited items, items, that are not allowed to enter Gaza ==> imagine how much time it takes to check every truck 2. Three layers of inspection before trucks can even enter 3. A crossing point where trucks have been blocked by desparate, hungry communities ==> people are desparate and starving. So those close to the crossing may block the trucks from getting deeper into Gaza 4. constant bombardments 5. poor communication between the UN, Israeli and Egyptian border control 6. Convoys are shot at, delays at checkpoints 7. Aid workers themselves displaced or killed I really demand an international investigation! There is so much information being hidden as well as altered, we demand the truth! Can the #UN please publish the instructions regarding inspecting the trucks? By the way, just found this list of prohibited items to enter Gaza from May 2010. cardamom cumin  coriander chocolate  plastic/glass/metal containers  => milk bottle, joghurt box? tarpaulin sheets for huts fabric (for clothing)  .... You will be amazed! Take a look https://lnkd.in/dDGABwBJ https://lnkd.in/dP48qKaT

Air Partner flies Gaza aid 💊 Charter broker Air Partner has completed a cargo operation to transport hundreds of tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza. The company arranged three Boeing 747-400 freighter flights, each carrying around 85-90 tonnes of aid, including temporary shelters. Two of the flights took off from Liege airport in Belgium and the third flight left from Nairobi airport Kenya, all bound for Larnaca International Airport (LCA) in Cyprus. Due to the ongoing conflict resulting in closed borders, the aid was flown to Cyprus in order to be transported via sea to the floating pier constructed off the coast of Gaza. The operation successfully delivered over 280 tons of relief items to the region. “Operating from international airports allowed for any potential issues regarding permit and traffic rights to be easily organised prior to the mission,” Air Partner said. “However, the primary challenge involved efficiently loading the cargo due to the need to palletise it, resulting in the aircraft reaching its weight capacity before its volume limit.” “Due to sector length, high-density freight and restricted airspace avoidance, we were limited on payload restrictions yet managed to take on the maximum number of relief items at a competitive price.” Pierre Van Der Stichele, vice president of global cargo at Air Partner, said: “Our unwavering commitment to detailed planning, our extensive global expertise and round-the-clock support ensures that we can overcome any obstacle and provide critical aid where it’s needed most Air Cargo News #Aircargo #air #freightforwarding #Gaza

To be crystal clear- almost every single issue the pier faced had been repeatedly and at all levels underlined as risks by #humanitarian organizations who were working in #Gaza. The violence, the focus of fighting, its military character, the destruction of whole neighborhoods for its security, the lack of specific connetions to the logistics infrastructure of the strip, and the lack of sustainability which is a main requirement for aid organizations to trust enough to pivot their pipelines to Cyprus and this maritime corridor. There were no surprises, only challenges and a lot of harm done; and yes- a day's worth of aid.

Border Crisis: Political Battle Over Humanitarian Aid for Migrant Families in Overcrowded Facilities #borderbill #bordercrisis #borderfacilities #borderwall #CustomsandBorderProtection #detentioncenters #emergencyspending #humanitarianassistance #migrantfamilies #overcrowdedfacilities #politicalbattle #U.S.Mexicoborder

Chat GPT Prompt "Did fema spend any money on illegal migrants between 2020-2024?" FEMA’s spending related to illegal migrants between 2020 and 2024 focused on emergency shelter, humanitarian assistance, and coordination with other agencies like DHS and HHS. Here's a breakdown of estimated spending across these categories: 1. **Emergency Shelter and Humanitarian Assistance**: FEMA supported local governments and NGOs in providing food, shelter, and medical care to migrants. Much of this assistance came through FEMA's Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP).   - **Estimated spending**: $100 million to $150 million. This includes funds earmarked specifically for humanitarian relief for migrants, particularly during surges at the southern border. 2. **Coordination with DHS and HHS**: FEMA provided logistical support in collaboration with DHS and HHS to manage migrant sheltering efforts. These efforts peaked during 2021, with migrant flows increasing significantly at the U.S.-Mexico border.   - **Estimated spending**: This is harder to quantify independently because much of it was part of broader inter-agency efforts. However, FEMA's involvement in these coordination efforts likely accounted for an additional **$50 million to $100 million**. 3. **Funding for Local Governments and NGOs**: FEMA provided grants through the EFSP and other channels to local governments and non-governmental organizations. These funds were aimed at helping communities near the border manage the sheltering needs of incoming migrants.   - **Estimated spending**: Around **$50 million to $100 million**. ### **Total Estimated Spending on Illegal Migrant Relief (2020-2024):** **$200 million to $350 million**. This total reflects FEMA’s role in emergency shelter, humanitarian relief, and inter-agency coordination with DHS and HHS to manage the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border source https://lnkd.in/gndNwjyz source https://lnkd.in/giJdRBeu

The world watches: As Starvation Spreads in Sudan, Military Blocks Aid Trucks As Sudan hurtles toward famine, its military is blocking the United Nations from bringing enormous amounts of food into the country through a vital border crossing, effectively cutting off aid to hundreds of thousands of starving people during the depths of a civil war. Experts warn that Sudan, barely functioning after 15 months of fighting, could soon face one of the world’s worst famines in decades. But the Sudanese military’s refusal to let U.N. aid convoys through the crossing is thwarting the kind of all-out relief effort that aid groups say is needed to prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths — as many as 2.5 million, according to one estimate — by the end of this year. The risk is greatest in Darfur, the Spain-sized region that suffered a genocide two decades ago. Of the 14 Sudanese districts at immediate risk of famine, eight are in Darfur, right across the border that the United Nations is trying to cross. Time is running out to help them. The closed border point, a subject of increasingly urgent appeals from American officials, is at Adré, the main crossing from Chad into Sudan. At the border, little more than a concrete bollard in a dried-out riverbed, just about everything seems to flow: refugees and traders, four-wheeled motorbikes carrying animal skins, and donkey carts laden with barrels of fuel. What is forbidden from crossing into Sudan, however, are the U.N. trucks filled with food that are urgently needed in Darfur, where experts say that 440,000 people are already on the brink of starvation. Refugees fleeing Darfur now say that hunger, not conflict, is the main reason they left.