Charlotte Brown
@charlottelbrown.bsky.social
PhD Student @lseid.bsky.social. Working on humanitarian infrastructures, alternatives and food histories in north-western Uganda. Views = own.
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When aid doesn’t arrive on time, many refugees turn to debt to survive, effectively pledging future aid to buy food for today.
CSAE's @oliviersterck.bsky.social & @odid-qeh.bsky.social's Vittorio Bruni on the cost of ration cuts & delivery delays in Kenya's refugee camps.
CSAE's @oliviersterck.bsky.social & @odid-qeh.bsky.social's Vittorio Bruni on the cost of ration cuts & delivery delays in Kenya's refugee camps.
Cut to the bone: The cost of ration cuts and delivery delays in Kenya's refugee camps: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Cut to the bone: The cost of ration cuts and delivery delays in Kenya's refugee camps
New research demonstrates the overwhelming impact reducing rations has on local camp economies and people’s survival.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
When aid doesn’t arrive on time, many refugees turn to debt to survive, effectively pledging future aid to buy food for today.
CSAE's @oliviersterck.bsky.social & @odid-qeh.bsky.social's Vittorio Bruni on the cost of ration cuts & delivery delays in Kenya's refugee camps.
CSAE's @oliviersterck.bsky.social & @odid-qeh.bsky.social's Vittorio Bruni on the cost of ration cuts & delivery delays in Kenya's refugee camps.
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“Let everyone get the same, even if it's just a spoonful,” a refugee told us after hearing she would soon be cut off from food assistance.
Our research on aid cuts and targeting just published in The New Humanitarian.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Our research on aid cuts and targeting just published in The New Humanitarian.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry
Blanket food assistance was stopped in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp in August. The impact has been immediate.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Let everyone get the same, even if it's just a spoonful,” a refugee told us after hearing she would soon be cut off from food assistance.
Our research on aid cuts and targeting just published in The New Humanitarian.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Our research on aid cuts and targeting just published in The New Humanitarian.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
Delighted to share The Forgotten Faces, featuring deeply moving and incisive poetry from the brilliant Peter Kidi and the artistic talent of Victor Ndula. Available here: www.lse.ac.uk/africa/asset... @africaatlse.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Delighted to share The Forgotten Faces, featuring deeply moving and incisive poetry from the brilliant Peter Kidi and the artistic talent of Victor Ndula. Available here: www.lse.ac.uk/africa/asset... @africaatlse.bsky.social
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"Policies are drafted about us but never with us. Aid is designed like architecture above our heads, and when it collapses, we are the ones buried in the rubble.' For #FP2P we spoke to poet and refugee Peter Kidi about his life and his art. frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/i-started-wr...
‘I started writing poetry because I had no other way to speak’: interview with poet and refugee Peter Kidi | From Poverty to Power
frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Policies are drafted about us but never with us. Aid is designed like architecture above our heads, and when it collapses, we are the ones buried in the rubble.' For #FP2P we spoke to poet and refugee Peter Kidi about his life and his art. frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/i-started-wr...
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"The last meal" by Peter Kidi, who is a South Sudanese poet and activist, born and raised in Kakuma refugee camp.
A central theme of the poem, reflecting the focus of #WorldRefugeeDay2025, is solidarity, a concept that takes on different meanings.
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blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...
A central theme of the poem, reflecting the focus of #WorldRefugeeDay2025, is solidarity, a concept that takes on different meanings.
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blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...
June 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"The last meal" by Peter Kidi, who is a South Sudanese poet and activist, born and raised in Kakuma refugee camp.
A central theme of the poem, reflecting the focus of #WorldRefugeeDay2025, is solidarity, a concept that takes on different meanings.
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blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...
A central theme of the poem, reflecting the focus of #WorldRefugeeDay2025, is solidarity, a concept that takes on different meanings.
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blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...
On World Refugee Day 2025, Peter Kidi has written a deeply personal poem offering a first-hand perspective on the realities of humanitarian aid cuts. Peter is an incredibly talented young poet writing from Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Here is his poem, The Last Meal: tinyurl.com/ymhswtpj
June 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
On World Refugee Day 2025, Peter Kidi has written a deeply personal poem offering a first-hand perspective on the realities of humanitarian aid cuts. Peter is an incredibly talented young poet writing from Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Here is his poem, The Last Meal: tinyurl.com/ymhswtpj
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A really interesting and helpful article.
When aid to a refugee camp gets cut/is volatile:
1) Hunger gets worse, especially if disbursement of remaining aid is delayed;
2) The informal credit system collapses;
3) Food prices fall with reduced demand, partly mitigating the aid cut shock
When aid to a refugee camp gets cut/is volatile:
1) Hunger gets worse, especially if disbursement of remaining aid is delayed;
2) The informal credit system collapses;
3) Food prices fall with reduced demand, partly mitigating the aid cut shock
🆕 What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed?
Today on VoxDev, Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford) & Olivier Sterck (University of Antwerp) demonstrate how aid cuts are having dramatic impacts on food security in one of the world's largest refugee camps: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDev, Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford) & Olivier Sterck (University of Antwerp) demonstrate how aid cuts are having dramatic impacts on food security in one of the world's largest refugee camps: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed?
Humanitarian aid systems are under mounting pressure, with key donors like the US and UK cutting funding despite growing needs. New research in one of the world’s largest refugee camps shows that aid ...
voxdev.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A really interesting and helpful article.
When aid to a refugee camp gets cut/is volatile:
1) Hunger gets worse, especially if disbursement of remaining aid is delayed;
2) The informal credit system collapses;
3) Food prices fall with reduced demand, partly mitigating the aid cut shock
When aid to a refugee camp gets cut/is volatile:
1) Hunger gets worse, especially if disbursement of remaining aid is delayed;
2) The informal credit system collapses;
3) Food prices fall with reduced demand, partly mitigating the aid cut shock
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🆕 What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed?
Today on VoxDev, Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford) & Olivier Sterck (University of Antwerp) demonstrate how aid cuts are having dramatic impacts on food security in one of the world's largest refugee camps: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDev, Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford) & Olivier Sterck (University of Antwerp) demonstrate how aid cuts are having dramatic impacts on food security in one of the world's largest refugee camps: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed?
Humanitarian aid systems are under mounting pressure, with key donors like the US and UK cutting funding despite growing needs. New research in one of the world’s largest refugee camps shows that aid ...
voxdev.org
June 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🆕 What happens when humanitarian aid is cut or delayed?
Today on VoxDev, Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford) & Olivier Sterck (University of Antwerp) demonstrate how aid cuts are having dramatic impacts on food security in one of the world's largest refugee camps: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDev, Vittorio Bruni (University of Oxford) & Olivier Sterck (University of Antwerp) demonstrate how aid cuts are having dramatic impacts on food security in one of the world's largest refugee camps: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
June 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg
"If we have a protracted situation where this is what we can manage, then basically we have a slowly starving population," says Felix Okech, the WFP's head of refugee operations in Kenya.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Malnutrition in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp after US aid cuts
A UN official warns that hundreds of thousands in the sprawling camp are
www.bbc.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"If we have a protracted situation where this is what we can manage, then basically we have a slowly starving population," says Felix Okech, the WFP's head of refugee operations in Kenya.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Several transit centres in Uganda are operating at >500% capacity despite ongoing conversations about repatriation. The scale of congestion and water stats are particularly concerning given that #UNHCR just deprioritised WASH and Health activities
May 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Several transit centres in Uganda are operating at >500% capacity despite ongoing conversations about repatriation. The scale of congestion and water stats are particularly concerning given that #UNHCR just deprioritised WASH and Health activities
As indicated by @wfp.org Uganda “Malnutrition has reached critical levels (15% +) in refugee reception centres, and general food rations have been cut by up to 80%"
The government is discussing forced repatriation. The aid infrastructure in Uganda has been at breaking point for a long time - this is the culmination of years of neglect
Uganda hosts 1.8 million refugees. New arrivals continue. Owing to aid cuts, WFP have cut another 1 million from ongoing monthly assistance (which wasn't much to start with). www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
May 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
As indicated by @wfp.org Uganda “Malnutrition has reached critical levels (15% +) in refugee reception centres, and general food rations have been cut by up to 80%"
The government is discussing forced repatriation. The aid infrastructure in Uganda has been at breaking point for a long time - this is the culmination of years of neglect
Uganda hosts 1.8 million refugees. New arrivals continue. Owing to aid cuts, WFP have cut another 1 million from ongoing monthly assistance (which wasn't much to start with). www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Trump’s aid cuts blamed as food rations stopped for a million refugees in Uganda
UN World Food Programme says $50m is urgently needed amid fears that Uganda may now begin forced repatriations
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The government is discussing forced repatriation. The aid infrastructure in Uganda has been at breaking point for a long time - this is the culmination of years of neglect
Uganda hosts 1.8 million refugees. New arrivals continue. Owing to aid cuts, WFP have cut another 1 million from ongoing monthly assistance (which wasn't much to start with). www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Trump’s aid cuts blamed as food rations stopped for a million refugees in Uganda
UN World Food Programme says $50m is urgently needed amid fears that Uganda may now begin forced repatriations
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Uganda hosts 1.8 million refugees. New arrivals continue. Owing to aid cuts, WFP have cut another 1 million from ongoing monthly assistance (which wasn't much to start with). www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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There's been plenty of hyperventilating in some UK media outlets about solar farm taking over 'productive farm land' and endangering food security
But in fact the ambitious 2030 targets will cover only 0.4% of land, compared with golf courses covering 0.5%
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
But in fact the ambitious 2030 targets will cover only 0.4% of land, compared with golf courses covering 0.5%
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Solar panel push still won’t cover as much land as golf courses
A study shows that Ed Miliband’s 2030 green energy targets are set to require up to 0.4 per cent of the UK, compared with 0.06 per cent today
www.thetimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
There's been plenty of hyperventilating in some UK media outlets about solar farm taking over 'productive farm land' and endangering food security
But in fact the ambitious 2030 targets will cover only 0.4% of land, compared with golf courses covering 0.5%
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
But in fact the ambitious 2030 targets will cover only 0.4% of land, compared with golf courses covering 0.5%
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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"If your humanitarian mission dies when the money dries up, it was never a mission, it was a business."
Opinion by Micheal Gumisiriza, a humanitarian practitioner working with refugee-led organisations in Uganda.
Opinion by Micheal Gumisiriza, a humanitarian practitioner working with refugee-led organisations in Uganda.
What if we stopped aid altogether?
The future of refugee aid work is that INGOs need to ditch their egos and self-interest, and work honestly and collaboratively with refugee leaders.
buff.ly
April 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"If your humanitarian mission dies when the money dries up, it was never a mission, it was a business."
Opinion by Micheal Gumisiriza, a humanitarian practitioner working with refugee-led organisations in Uganda.
Opinion by Micheal Gumisiriza, a humanitarian practitioner working with refugee-led organisations in Uganda.
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“Paramilitaries in Sudan have murdered more than 200 civilians in a wave of attacks in displacement camps and around the city of El Fasher, the last big city still in the hands of the Sudanese army in the Darfur region.”
More than 200 civilians killed as Sudan’s RSF attacks Darfur displacement camps
Relief International medics among dead as paramilitaries step up violence against region’s displaced people
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
“Paramilitaries in Sudan have murdered more than 200 civilians in a wave of attacks in displacement camps and around the city of El Fasher, the last big city still in the hands of the Sudanese army in the Darfur region.”
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Malnutrition is a crisis we can solve—if we act now. From stunting to obesity, poor #nutrition fuels inequality, instability & lost potential. But integrated solutions are working.
Read Afshan Khan's latest op-ed on 👇
🔗 www.fairplanet.org/op-ed/malnut...
Read Afshan Khan's latest op-ed on 👇
🔗 www.fairplanet.org/op-ed/malnut...
The global malnutrition crisis we can still solve | FairPlanet
Defeating malnutrition starts with the collective realisation that this problem is everyone’s business, and it is getting worse.
www.fairplanet.org
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Malnutrition is a crisis we can solve—if we act now. From stunting to obesity, poor #nutrition fuels inequality, instability & lost potential. But integrated solutions are working.
Read Afshan Khan's latest op-ed on 👇
🔗 www.fairplanet.org/op-ed/malnut...
Read Afshan Khan's latest op-ed on 👇
🔗 www.fairplanet.org/op-ed/malnut...
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This will be an especially difficult year to tell the difference between fake bullshit and actual bullshit this April Fool's Day
April 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This will be an especially difficult year to tell the difference between fake bullshit and actual bullshit this April Fool's Day
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I’ve written a piece for @africasacountry.bsky.social about the liberal humanitarian sector’s response to the recent USAID cuts and reformist efforts to defend - what has always been - an unequal system ⬇️
As US aid falters, the crisis of liberal internationalism deepens. What comes next when even its strongest institutions can no longer hold the facade together? africasacountry.com/2025/03/libe...
Liberal internationalism after USAID
As US aid falters, the crisis of liberal internationalism deepens. What comes next when even its strongest institutions can no longer hold the facade together?
africasacountry.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I’ve written a piece for @africasacountry.bsky.social about the liberal humanitarian sector’s response to the recent USAID cuts and reformist efforts to defend - what has always been - an unequal system ⬇️
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My new article ‘Mission Impossible?
Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the “Congo Crisis,” 1960–1964’ is now open access with Humanity. Worth checking out for the photos, if nothing else. Here is (most of) the abstract.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the “Congo Crisis,” 1960–1964’ is now open access with Humanity. Worth checking out for the photos, if nothing else. Here is (most of) the abstract.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
March 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My new article ‘Mission Impossible?
Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the “Congo Crisis,” 1960–1964’ is now open access with Humanity. Worth checking out for the photos, if nothing else. Here is (most of) the abstract.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
Humanitarian Actors and the Civilizational Logic of International Aid Delivery during the “Congo Crisis,” 1960–1964’ is now open access with Humanity. Worth checking out for the photos, if nothing else. Here is (most of) the abstract.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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Nearly 3M HIV deaths due to foreign aid cuts, study forecasts
Researchers warn that decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention could be undone.
Claudia Chiappa for @politico.eu ✍️
www.politico.eu/article/near...
Researchers warn that decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention could be undone.
Claudia Chiappa for @politico.eu ✍️
www.politico.eu/article/near...
Nearly 3M HIV deaths due to foreign aid cuts, study forecasts
Researchers warn that decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention could be undone.
www.politico.eu
March 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Nearly 3M HIV deaths due to foreign aid cuts, study forecasts
Researchers warn that decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention could be undone.
Claudia Chiappa for @politico.eu ✍️
www.politico.eu/article/near...
Researchers warn that decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention could be undone.
Claudia Chiappa for @politico.eu ✍️
www.politico.eu/article/near...