Kirsten Mildren
@kirstenmildren.bsky.social
Eat and live as well as you can, so we have the strength to look out for each other and keep fighting! I lead public advocacy and campaigns for the UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA.
Incredible poetry on life in Kakuma refugee camp under brutal aid cuts. “The weight we carry” www.thenewhumanitarian.org/poem/2025/11...
“The weight we carry”
Poet Peter Kidi explores the human cost of aid cuts, and the resilience of refugees living between hunger and hope.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Incredible poetry on life in Kakuma refugee camp under brutal aid cuts. “The weight we carry” www.thenewhumanitarian.org/poem/2025/11...
Reposted by Kirsten Mildren
2024 was marked by relentless crises – and the unwavering determination of humanitarians to keep going.
Despite all challenges, we reached 116 million people with life-saving assistance.
📘 Read our 2024 Annual Report: bit.ly/3z2R0UQ
#InvestInHumanity
Despite all challenges, we reached 116 million people with life-saving assistance.
📘 Read our 2024 Annual Report: bit.ly/3z2R0UQ
#InvestInHumanity
July 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
2024 was marked by relentless crises – and the unwavering determination of humanitarians to keep going.
Despite all challenges, we reached 116 million people with life-saving assistance.
📘 Read our 2024 Annual Report: bit.ly/3z2R0UQ
#InvestInHumanity
Despite all challenges, we reached 116 million people with life-saving assistance.
📘 Read our 2024 Annual Report: bit.ly/3z2R0UQ
#InvestInHumanity
Reposted by Kirsten Mildren
⚠️We have been forced to re-prioritize our work.
Brutal 2025 funding cuts mean humanitarians must do more with less – and millions will go without humanitarian assistance.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
📊 Latest Global Humanitarian Overview out: humanitarianaction.info
Brutal 2025 funding cuts mean humanitarians must do more with less – and millions will go without humanitarian assistance.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
📊 Latest Global Humanitarian Overview out: humanitarianaction.info
June 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
⚠️We have been forced to re-prioritize our work.
Brutal 2025 funding cuts mean humanitarians must do more with less – and millions will go without humanitarian assistance.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
📊 Latest Global Humanitarian Overview out: humanitarianaction.info
Brutal 2025 funding cuts mean humanitarians must do more with less – and millions will go without humanitarian assistance.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
📊 Latest Global Humanitarian Overview out: humanitarianaction.info
1. Sudan
2. Palestine
3. South Sudan
4. Haiti
5. Mali
Are on top of the Hunger Hotspots 2025 report with immediate risk of starvation.
www.fightfoodcrises.net/articles/hun...
2. Palestine
3. South Sudan
4. Haiti
5. Mali
Are on top of the Hunger Hotspots 2025 report with immediate risk of starvation.
www.fightfoodcrises.net/articles/hun...
Hunger Hotspots 2025: FAO and WFP Early Warning Report Warns of Worsening Hunger in 13 Hotspots; Five with Immediate Risk of Starvation
The Global Network Against Food Crises is an alliance of humanitarian and development actors united by the commitment to tackle the root causes of food crises and promote sustainable solutions through...
www.fightfoodcrises.net
June 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
1. Sudan
2. Palestine
3. South Sudan
4. Haiti
5. Mali
Are on top of the Hunger Hotspots 2025 report with immediate risk of starvation.
www.fightfoodcrises.net/articles/hun...
2. Palestine
3. South Sudan
4. Haiti
5. Mali
Are on top of the Hunger Hotspots 2025 report with immediate risk of starvation.
www.fightfoodcrises.net/articles/hun...
Great work Giles 🙏 highlighting what is happening in Sudan. #KeepEyesOnSudan
Photojournalist Giles Clark was granted rare access to Sudan as the country’s civil war enters its third year. He witnessed the crippling effects of the conflict.
Photojournalist Giles Clark was granted rare access to Sudan as the country’s civil war enters its third year. He witnessed the crippling effects of the conflict.
Sudan’s civil war shows no signs of slowing down
Photojournalist Giles Clarke was granted rare access to Sudan as the country’s civil war enters its third year. He witnessed the crippling effects of the conflict.
edition.cnn.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Great work Giles 🙏 highlighting what is happening in Sudan. #KeepEyesOnSudan
Photojournalist Giles Clark was granted rare access to Sudan as the country’s civil war enters its third year. He witnessed the crippling effects of the conflict.
Photojournalist Giles Clark was granted rare access to Sudan as the country’s civil war enters its third year. He witnessed the crippling effects of the conflict.
Humanitarian support is drying up, the consequences are dire.
➖ School meals are being cut
➖ Health centers are closing
➖ Protection services are stopping
This is what happens when funding falls short. The human cost is rising every day.
This week's round up.
➖ School meals are being cut
➖ Health centers are closing
➖ Protection services are stopping
This is what happens when funding falls short. The human cost is rising every day.
This week's round up.
May 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Humanitarian support is drying up, the consequences are dire.
➖ School meals are being cut
➖ Health centers are closing
➖ Protection services are stopping
This is what happens when funding falls short. The human cost is rising every day.
This week's round up.
➖ School meals are being cut
➖ Health centers are closing
➖ Protection services are stopping
This is what happens when funding falls short. The human cost is rising every day.
This week's round up.
Mother and Child in Rwanda by Sebastião Salgado taken in 1994.
Taken during the Rwandan genocide.
Human connection amid chaos captures the enduring power of hope and love.
Taken during the Rwandan genocide.
Human connection amid chaos captures the enduring power of hope and love.
May 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mother and Child in Rwanda by Sebastião Salgado taken in 1994.
Taken during the Rwandan genocide.
Human connection amid chaos captures the enduring power of hope and love.
Taken during the Rwandan genocide.
Human connection amid chaos captures the enduring power of hope and love.
Sebastião Salgado's photo of refugees in the Korem Camp, Ethiopia in 1984.
May 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Sebastião Salgado's photo of refugees in the Korem Camp, Ethiopia in 1984.
Another aftershock in Mandalay, #MyanmarEarthquake
Thinking of all everyone including our colleagues who will have another sleepless night outdoors.
Thinking of all everyone including our colleagues who will have another sleepless night outdoors.
UN rushes aid to Myanmar amid widespread earthquake damage
A powerful earthquake on 28 March has caused widespread damage and casualties in Myanmar and the wider region. UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. for Myanmar Marcoluigui Corsi, explains how...
webtv.un.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Another aftershock in Mandalay, #MyanmarEarthquake
Thinking of all everyone including our colleagues who will have another sleepless night outdoors.
Thinking of all everyone including our colleagues who will have another sleepless night outdoors.
Reposted by Kirsten Mildren
#MyanmarEarthquake has intensified needs in a country already facing an alarming humanitarian crisis.
OCHA is mobilizing a disaster assessment and coordination team, and coordinating search and rescue teams.
We must act fast to save as many lives as possible. #UNDAC #INSARAG
OCHA is mobilizing a disaster assessment and coordination team, and coordinating search and rescue teams.
We must act fast to save as many lives as possible. #UNDAC #INSARAG
March 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#MyanmarEarthquake has intensified needs in a country already facing an alarming humanitarian crisis.
OCHA is mobilizing a disaster assessment and coordination team, and coordinating search and rescue teams.
We must act fast to save as many lives as possible. #UNDAC #INSARAG
OCHA is mobilizing a disaster assessment and coordination team, and coordinating search and rescue teams.
We must act fast to save as many lives as possible. #UNDAC #INSARAG
The UN's rapid disaster response team (UNDAC) has been mobilized in response to the #MyanmarEarthquake. Search and rescue teams (USAR) are on standby for deployment.
March 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The UN's rapid disaster response team (UNDAC) has been mobilized in response to the #MyanmarEarthquake. Search and rescue teams (USAR) are on standby for deployment.
#Myanmar has made a rare request for international humanitarian assistance and declared a state of emergency after a powerful 7.7m #earthquake.
OCHA's disaster response teams are on standby.
OCHA's disaster response teams are on standby.
March 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#Myanmar has made a rare request for international humanitarian assistance and declared a state of emergency after a powerful 7.7m #earthquake.
OCHA's disaster response teams are on standby.
OCHA's disaster response teams are on standby.
Reposted by Kirsten Mildren
📍#Ecuador
An oil spill in Esmeraldas province has contaminated key water sources, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without safe water.
The @UN quickly deployed a team that is supporting local authorities and partners respond to the crisis.
Hear more from the #UNDAC team there⬇️
An oil spill in Esmeraldas province has contaminated key water sources, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without safe water.
The @UN quickly deployed a team that is supporting local authorities and partners respond to the crisis.
Hear more from the #UNDAC team there⬇️
March 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
📍#Ecuador
An oil spill in Esmeraldas province has contaminated key water sources, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without safe water.
The @UN quickly deployed a team that is supporting local authorities and partners respond to the crisis.
Hear more from the #UNDAC team there⬇️
An oil spill in Esmeraldas province has contaminated key water sources, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without safe water.
The @UN quickly deployed a team that is supporting local authorities and partners respond to the crisis.
Hear more from the #UNDAC team there⬇️
@unocha.org has sent a UN rapid disaster response team (UNDAC) to #Ecuador to help clean up a devastating oil spill which is spreading into water sources and endangering both wildlife and people.
Ecuador oil spill worsens, threatens ecosystem and public health
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
@unocha.org has sent a UN rapid disaster response team (UNDAC) to #Ecuador to help clean up a devastating oil spill which is spreading into water sources and endangering both wildlife and people.
So the State of the Climate 2024 is out! Its like a 🌏report card for how well we have done combating the climate crisis. Unfortunately we are still failing - F.
Can someone remind me what is plan B as we might need it.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/43a9...
Can someone remind me what is plan B as we might need it.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/43a9...
State of the Global Climate 2024
The global climate system is complex. In order to unpack such complexity, the WMO State of the Global Climate uses seven Climate Indicators to describe the changing climate. The following site aims to...
storymaps.arcgis.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So the State of the Climate 2024 is out! Its like a 🌏report card for how well we have done combating the climate crisis. Unfortunately we are still failing - F.
Can someone remind me what is plan B as we might need it.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/43a9...
Can someone remind me what is plan B as we might need it.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/43a9...
Landmines which are brutally effective are making an unfortunate comeback.
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia will withdraw from the Intl. treaty that bans landmines signed in 1997 by 160 countries.
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia will withdraw from the Intl. treaty that bans landmines signed in 1997 by 160 countries.
Poland and Baltic nations to pull out from landmines convention
Poland and the Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are withdrawing from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel mines, the four countries, which all share a border with Russia, said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Landmines which are brutally effective are making an unfortunate comeback.
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia will withdraw from the Intl. treaty that bans landmines signed in 1997 by 160 countries.
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia will withdraw from the Intl. treaty that bans landmines signed in 1997 by 160 countries.
Analysis on US cuts to food aid, climate and health funds.
The Future of US Foreign Assistance: How Low Can They Go? url:https://www.cgdev.org/publication/future-us-foreign-assistance-how-low-can-they-go
The Future of US Foreign Assistance: How Low Can They Go? url:https://www.cgdev.org/publication/future-us-foreign-assistance-how-low-can-they-go
March 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Analysis on US cuts to food aid, climate and health funds.
The Future of US Foreign Assistance: How Low Can They Go? url:https://www.cgdev.org/publication/future-us-foreign-assistance-how-low-can-they-go
The Future of US Foreign Assistance: How Low Can They Go? url:https://www.cgdev.org/publication/future-us-foreign-assistance-how-low-can-they-go
Porn, public opinion and the power of a handful of men.
We now had entered the era of digital sociopaths. Lets hope it doesn't last long.
www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
We now had entered the era of digital sociopaths. Lets hope it doesn't last long.
www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics
www.programmablemutter.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Porn, public opinion and the power of a handful of men.
We now had entered the era of digital sociopaths. Lets hope it doesn't last long.
www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
We now had entered the era of digital sociopaths. Lets hope it doesn't last long.
www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
Some Good News: 280,000 Syrians have returned to #Syria since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad last December.
And 800,000 internally displaced people have returned to their original homes.
And 800,000 internally displaced people have returned to their original homes.
February 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Some Good News: 280,000 Syrians have returned to #Syria since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad last December.
And 800,000 internally displaced people have returned to their original homes.
And 800,000 internally displaced people have returned to their original homes.
Congo Is Bleeding. Where Is the Outrage? asks Denis Mukwege from Panzi hospital where he's treated 3 generations of sexual abuse survivors.
I'm worried he wont get the international leadership he is calling for. #ActforHumanity
All of this is fueled by our desire for modern tech.
I'm worried he wont get the international leadership he is calling for. #ActforHumanity
All of this is fueled by our desire for modern tech.
Opinion | Congo Is Bleeding. Where Is the Outrage?
This is not the first time the world has overlooked violence in Congo.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Congo Is Bleeding. Where Is the Outrage? asks Denis Mukwege from Panzi hospital where he's treated 3 generations of sexual abuse survivors.
I'm worried he wont get the international leadership he is calling for. #ActforHumanity
All of this is fueled by our desire for modern tech.
I'm worried he wont get the international leadership he is calling for. #ActforHumanity
All of this is fueled by our desire for modern tech.
Love a good data visualization!
Also shows which EU countries health systems are reliant on migrants.
Maybe the best argument is that migrants will help lower your taxes,
#investinhumanity
Also shows which EU countries health systems are reliant on migrants.
Maybe the best argument is that migrants will help lower your taxes,
#investinhumanity
Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised
How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic reality
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Love a good data visualization!
Also shows which EU countries health systems are reliant on migrants.
Maybe the best argument is that migrants will help lower your taxes,
#investinhumanity
Also shows which EU countries health systems are reliant on migrants.
Maybe the best argument is that migrants will help lower your taxes,
#investinhumanity
There is strong public support for foreign assistance.
89% of Americans say the U.S. should invest at least 1% of its federal budget in foreign assistance.
This is the 4th survey I've seen this week all finding the same conclusion.
#InvestinHumanity
www.brookings.edu/events/what-...
89% of Americans say the U.S. should invest at least 1% of its federal budget in foreign assistance.
This is the 4th survey I've seen this week all finding the same conclusion.
#InvestinHumanity
www.brookings.edu/events/what-...
What Americans think about foreign assistance
On Feb. 18, the Brookings Center for Sustainable Development will host an online event to discuss recent opinion survey on U.S. foreign assistance.
www.brookings.edu
February 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
There is strong public support for foreign assistance.
89% of Americans say the U.S. should invest at least 1% of its federal budget in foreign assistance.
This is the 4th survey I've seen this week all finding the same conclusion.
#InvestinHumanity
www.brookings.edu/events/what-...
89% of Americans say the U.S. should invest at least 1% of its federal budget in foreign assistance.
This is the 4th survey I've seen this week all finding the same conclusion.
#InvestinHumanity
www.brookings.edu/events/what-...
"Male condoms cost the U.S. government 3.3 cents each, so that would be three billion condoms. By my calculation, for Hamas to use up that many condoms in a year, each fighter would have to have sex 325 times a day, every day". 🤣
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Male condoms cost the U.S. government 3.3 cents each, so that would be three billion condoms. By my calculation, for Hamas to use up that many condoms in a year, each fighter would have to have sex 325 times a day, every day". 🤣
US foreign aid purchases about $2 billion a year of rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.
Fact: Foreign aid drives American job creation
civileats.com/2025/02/04/u...
Fact: Foreign aid drives American job creation
civileats.com/2025/02/04/u...
USAID Dismantling Raises Questions About Food Aid Purchased from American Farmers
USAID, currently being shut down by Elon Musk, purchases about $2 billion a year of rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.
civileats.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
US foreign aid purchases about $2 billion a year of rice, wheat, lentils, and peas from American farmers.
Fact: Foreign aid drives American job creation
civileats.com/2025/02/04/u...
Fact: Foreign aid drives American job creation
civileats.com/2025/02/04/u...
"Since October 2023, USAID has paid $368 million in contracts and grants for activities in Haiti. Only 7.6 per cent of that money went to Haitian organisations".
US foreign aid helps the US.
www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/02/06/m...
US foreign aid helps the US.
www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/02/06/m...
Musk and Rubio press ahead with USAID shutdown
The long term cost to the US may be comparable to that of tariffs
www.tortoisemedia.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Since October 2023, USAID has paid $368 million in contracts and grants for activities in Haiti. Only 7.6 per cent of that money went to Haitian organisations".
US foreign aid helps the US.
www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/02/06/m...
US foreign aid helps the US.
www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/02/06/m...