Category: Field Report

August 19 is World Humanitarian Day. It is a moment to honour humanitarian workers, extraordinary individuals and to remember their sacrifice, to celebrate their courage, and to reaffirm our collective responsibility to stand with them.In today’s wars and disasters, a

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Hiroshima , 6 August 2025 Dr Unni Krishnan* The morning of August 9, 1945, was like any other—until 11:02 a.m., when the sky above Nagasaki was torn apart by a fire brighter than a thousand suns. In an instant, a five-year-old girl—her tiny frame no match for the force of

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A recent vigil in Australia saw humanitarians, human rights activists, and ordinary people brave inclement weather to remember the slaughtered children of Gaza Dr Unni Krishnan Canberra, 30 July 2025 Most moments in war are marked by suffering. But some are etched with

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In the wake of Myanmar’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake, 5 lessons in effective crisis response from Dr. Unni Krishnan, Plan International’s Global Humanitarian Director. 28 March, 2025 Earthquakes don’t kill, weak buildings do Flattened homes and scattered debris now stand

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A ceasefire is a ray of hope. When a ceasefire collapses and guns start firing again, the true cost is human lives. Two or more parties may start or fight a war or conflict, but it is children, women, and other civilians who suffer most and pay the price. A broken truce

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Four vital steps for supporting children after 15 months of suffering. Dr Unni Krishnan, Plan International’s Global Humanitarian Director, offers his expertise and experience after the announcement of ceasefire in Gaza. For children in a war zone, peace means hope.

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The brutal impact of the war in Sudan continues to spread beyond its borders and has a catastrophic impact on children. Donors need to do more and act now, and the world needs to be compassionate. 88 pc of refugees who arrived in Chad in the past 13 months are children and

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Illustration: Martine Julianne Markussen, Plan International Norway Famine means two terrible choices- starvation, or survival only to suffer in future In the bombed-out desolation of northern Gaza, famine is a clear and present risk. In mid-March, the Integrated Food

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Unni Krishnan Gonaïves, Haiti: March 2024.  “I want to become a doctor.” In the relative comfort of a Child Friendly Space in this conflict zone in Haiti, Sylvie*,13, shared her dream. A two-hour bumpy SUV ride from the western city of Gonaïves takes you to Gros Morne,

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