On February 18, the United Nations had the largest fund-raising in its history, garnering $1.44 billion for emergency aid to Haiti in 2010. However, there has been a lot of criticism regarding the failure of coordination of such a humanitarian aid among the UN agencies and NGO recipients of these funds. Huge humanitarian needs remain [...]

The latest Hollywood release The Soloist is based on a real life story of a homeless violin player, Nathaniel Anthony Ayers of Los Angeles and columnist Steve Lopez. Steve Lopez saw this violinist lost in his music on a pavement in Los Angeles. A chance pause and conversation between the two changed the life of [...]

Heavy torrential rains in West Africa have caused flooding in several cities and affected over 350,000 people.
In Burkina Faso, this is the worst flooding in 40 years. Burkina Faso is the last country that suffered the impact of these torrential rains that flooded the capital, Ouagadougou, in a few hours. About 110,000 inhabitants of this [...]

Wildfires which spread through various islands around Athens in Greece are still not entirely under control. There have been no casualties but there has been huge damage to property. More than 20,000 people are homeless and more are being evacuated.
Meanwhile Greece’s government has come under severe criticism both by media and opposition parties. Most [...]

West Bengal and Kolkata have been hit by a strong cyclone Aila. The cyclone is still 50 Km away from the city of Kolkata but the accompanying high winds and storms have already ripped the city apart. The city has almost been brought to standstill by strong stormy winds and heavy rains.
The storm and winds [...]

Yes, Weingart Homeless Center asks everyone to imagine oneself homeless with their cutout campaign message: Before you turn away, put yourself in my place. True way of creating awareness is making sure people identify with the cause and plight of the homeless. David and Goliath ad agency has designed a campaign which will really [...]

An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude hit Italy early this morning. The epicenter was picturesque town of L’Aquila. Official death toll till now is 50. But roughly nearly 40,000 To 50,000 people have been rendered homeless by this quake and its aftershocks. People are still trapped in the rubble.
According to Italy’s Civil Protection Agency many buildings [...]

Here is an interesting poster ad campaign of Directions Youth Services Centre, Vancouver. The organization provides 24 hour support to the homeless youth in the age group of 18-24 till they are able to help themselves or decide to go back home. The whole ad including design and execution was done by Rethink, Vancouver. [...]