"[T]he public do not respond to pre-emptive appeals. You can argue that early donations have a bigger impact and that prevention is better than cure until you are blue in the face. The truth is that for many people, giving to crisis appeals is an emotional response, not a logical decision."
—

Andrea Wander of Save The Children in the Guardian.

It’s cheaper, more efficient and more humane to pay to stop a disaster than it is to pay to respond to a disaster. Still, we don’t do it.

  1. Date Posted Icon 14th May 2012
  2. Notes Icon Notes: 2
    3. Tags Icon #CARE#Save The Children#Sahel#Niger#Mali#Chad#Food emergency#hunger#horn of africa#famine

Confronted with hardships few (if any) of us can imagine, the women in this video went to heroic lengths to save their own lives and the lives of their children.

There are plenty of videos, pictures and stories depicting the women in Dadaab as victims. I’m proud to have contributed to a video acknowledging their strength and courage.

My colleague, friend and toddler haberdasher Kate Crosby created the video with photos taken by Evelyn Hockstein. Niki Clark interviewed the women. I wrote the narration based on Niki’s notes.

(Source: youtube.com)

  1. Date Posted Icon 20th January 2012
  2. Notes Icon Notes: 35
    3. Tags Icon #CARE#Somalia#Horn of Africa#drought#food emergency