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Cover of D+C magazine (03/2026) titled “What remains of humanitarian aid?” featuring an illustration of blue silhouettes reaching hands to each other across a colorful, patterned mound.
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Digital monthly 3/2026

What remains of humanitarian aid?

Food aid in Kakuma is now only available to people who have been classified by the WFP as belonging to the relevant categories.
Refugees

Ending up in the last category means no food at all

Cuts to international aid funding have plunged Kakuma, one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Kenya, into a worsening humanitarian crisis. With food rations reduced to a fraction of the minimum requirement, residents face an impossible choice.

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by Alba Nakuwa
Artwork by Muthoni Nderitu
Humanitarian aid

The fact that funds are lacking to relieve suffering is scandalous

Only about a quarter of the world’s planned aid projects were financed in October. The consequences of that can be seen, for example, on the border between Chad and Sudan: The global community is violating its own humanitarian principles.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Muthoni Nderitu (“Blu”) is a contemporary artist.
Artist of the month

Muthoni Nderitu organises art workshops with children

Muthoni Nderitu (“Blu”) is a self-taught Kenyan contemporary artist with a background in counselling psychology. Two of her artworks are featured in the D+C March issue.

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by D+C / E+Z

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Humanitarian organisations work closely together in Chad, especially in light of global aid cuts. A medical team with IRC and UNHCR staff at an initial reception centre in the border town of Adré.
Humanitarian organisations

Humanitarian crisis in Chad: “How do we prioritise among priorities?”

Chad, a country marked by poverty, hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees. Humanitarian organisations face a devastating situation in light of global aid cuts. We asked the International Rescue Committee’s country director how things can move forward.

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by Alain Rusuku
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Patients wait in front of the IRC health centre in Farchana in eastern Chad.
Resources

The fact that life in eastern Chad works is nothing short of a miracle

The influx of refugees from Sudan brought international aid organisations to eastern Chad, a region that is almost entirely cut off from any infrastructure. Feelings on the ground are mixed.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Trade between Chad and Sudan flourished even during the war until the temporary closure of the border at the end of February.
War and flight

From Sudan to Chad: Refuge in one of the world’s poorest countries

Almost 12 million people have fled since the outbreak of the war in Sudan. About a million of them have sought refuge in neighbouring Chad. The humanitarian situation there is rapidly deteriorating. An eyewitness report.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations from China in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan

Looking the other way is (not) an option

In Afghanistan, there is a vital need to provide help and strengthen the civilian population without legitimising the Taliban regime. Recent political developments in Germany are disastrous from a human-rights perspective.

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by Selmin Çalışkan
Transporting medical patients in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
Crises and conflicts

“The triple nexus needs to be more flexible and tolerant of error”

The humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDP nexus) seeks to more closely coordinate humanitarian, development and peacebuilding activities. Katharina Valjak from Misereor explains in our interview where there is room for improvement.

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by Katharina Valjak
by Leon Kirschgens