Tag: Michael VanRooyen

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    Send cash, not goods, and other suggestions for giving

    There is no shortage of global suffering and need, says the director of Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, but you can still help.

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    Michael VanRooyen .
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    Rebuilding Ukraine after ‘great de-developer’

    Worse than chemical and nuclear weapons may be the utter and widespread destruction of conventional arms, a Harvard humanitarian expert said.

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    Michael VanRooyen,
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    Humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan?

    The director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative talks about Afghanistan’s probable future without aid.

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    Afghan people wait at Kabul's airport.
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    Strong Harvard support for Nobel-winning efforts against sexual violence

    Denis Mukwege and activist Nadia Murad received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to combat sexual violence. Harvard Health Initiative Director Michael VanRooyen applauded the news.

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    Michael VanRooyen.
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    Rock ’n’ roll recovery mission

    The Big 6, a cover band formed at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, is planning a concert to aid communities recovering from Hurricanes Harvey, Irene, and Maria.

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    Another climate change concern: Forced migration

    Experts trace the fingerprints of climate change in the world’s mass migration crises, saying that the effects of shifting norma appear to play a role.

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    Jennifer Leaning delivers the keynote address during the Harvard Global Health Institute symposium on Climate Change, Migration and Health, inside the Knafel Center (Radcliffe Gym).
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    To aid flood victims, forget goods. Send money

    As members of Harvard’s Texas Club prepare a vigil, University experts offer advice on how best to help those in need from the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.

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    International Committee of the Red Cross president honored

    Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, will receive the inaugural Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award on March 29 at the Harvard Art Museums. Earlier that day, he will deliver a Director’s Seminar at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard. On March 30, he will speak at…

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    The books that shaped them

    The Gazette spoke with six faculty members about the formative books that shaped their lives and even their scholarship. From the quirky to the downright serious, their responses offer a varied and candid look at what resonates.

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    After Nepal quake, Harvard responds

    With Nepal struggling to grasp the enormous calamity caused by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck north of Kathmandu Saturday, Harvard is mobilizing to help with technical and medical assistance and reaching out to faculty, staff, and students visiting the region.

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    A wake-up call on Ebola

    The Dallas Ebola case was a black eye for emergency room workers who sent a Liberian man home even though they were told he had just arrived from the epidemic zone. But the case could act as a wake-up call for emergency workers around the country, panelists say.

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    Ebola’s ripple effects

    The fight to end the Ebola epidemic is not just about saving lives, it’s also about heading off a potentially broader humanitarian crisis, according to a Harvard Kennedy School panel.

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    Fewer clinics, less care

    The protective gear needed to get Sierra Leone’s health clinics reopened, coupled with public education about the Ebola epidemic, are the greatest areas of need, according to a Harvard Fulbright Fellow and physician from Sierra Leone.

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    Understanding Ebola

    Though the threat to the U.S. population from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is low, the need in epidemic countries is great, says Michael VanRooyen, director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

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    Urgent prep work

    Humanitarian relief workers and climate scientists gathered in Cambridge this week to discuss the connection between climate change and humanitarian disasters and what relief workers can learn from science.

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    Widespread trauma

    Members of the Harvard community responded to the Boston Marathon attacks and offered thoughts about both the physical and mental injuries they caused.

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    Toward better aid

    Three Harvard specialist draw from field experience in a discussion of the past and future of humanitarian aid.

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    Tapping the ‘information fire hose’

    Management of information flow and usage needs to be revamped to take advantage of two new information “fire hoses” enabled by modern technology: that which is conveyed from affected populations via social media and mobile technology, and information and analysis provided from a network of volunteers that has arisen around the world.

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    Lessons of the Haiti quake

    Leaders of government, military, and nongovernmental organizations gathered at the Faculty Club and Loeb House to take a look back at the response to last year’s Haiti earthquake and seek lessons that can be applied to future disasters.

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    Harvard’s efforts to help Japan

    The University responds to the tragedy that struck Japan in myriad ways — with a benefit concert, discussions by experts, and a web portal to ease information flow.

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    Harvard rushes to aid Japan

    The University responds to the tragedy that struck Japan last week in myriad ways — with a benefit concert, discussions by experts, and a web portal to ease information flow.

    5 minutes
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    Three crises for Japan

    Addressing a forum on Japan’s crises, Harvard analysts describe how public trust in relief efforts, logistical obstacles to aid, and foreign sensitivity to Japanese culture are all keys to an effective disaster response.

    6 minutes
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    Progress in Haiti ‘painfully slow’

    A year after a devastating earthquake in Haiti, Harvard faculty members reflect on work done there and the difficult job that remains.

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    Aftermath of a world at war

    “Our World at War” photo exhibit revisits the scenes of recent conflicts, exposing a penumbra of pain, fortitude, and even joy.

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    In Pakistan, controlling water is key

    Pakistan’s long-term water security requires institutional renewal and new infrastructure, including new dams, on the Indus River.

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    Unseen victims of war

    Mental health ailments are widespread among Iraqi children and teenagers, a problem compounded by a lack of mental health treatment facilities and inattention to the problem, an Iraqi psychiatrist says.

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    ‘Building back, better’

    Haitians face a long road for post-earthquake recovery. Some Harvard faculty members will walk it with them.

    8 minutes
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    Report from Haiti

    Nearly a month after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti, paramedic Anthony Croese looked into the crowd outside a destroyed orphanage near Port-au-Prince and spotted an emaciated baby cradled in his father’s arms.

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    Michael VanRooyen: Rebuilding places that peace abandoned

    “When they put the gun in my mouth, I decided it wasn’t so ridiculous after all.”

    9 minutes
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    Jocelyn Kelly: Seeking the whole picture of Congo violence

    Jocelyn Kelly stood alone at the airport in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali, wondering whether anyone would meet her.

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