@AidWorkerJesus
Give a man a fish, and he will eat for day. Teach a man to fish, and he may use his LLIN nets for unintended purposes.
— AidWorkerJesus (@AidWorkerJesus) November 22, 2015
A wonderful parody account exploring the divide between the saviour of mankind and the white saviour complex. Aid Worker Jesus’ hashtag challenges, such as #aidcarols and other gems, are greatly anticipated by his loyal disciples and well worth checking out. He’s currently on R&R, which gives you plenty of time to catch up.
@7piliers
UN aid worker Brendan McDonald shares anything and everything you need to know about the sector, from the refugee crisis and the SDGs, to the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit and aid worker wellbeing. Follow for the latest humanitarian news.
Friends of the Weather
Rachel Skeates-Millar – the photographer behind Friends of the Weather – is a humanitarian from New Zealand, currently living and working in Nepal. Follow for beautiful and positive posts about her work in stunning settings.
@DeganAli
Degan Ali, Somali executive director of Kenyan NGO Adeso, is a woman on a mission to help transform the humanitarian system. In a recent interview with the Guardian she argued it was time that local NGOs demanded more power. Follow for candid tweets on social justice and the double standards in the aid industry.
@JemilahMahmood
Jemilah Mahmood is a Malaysian doctor and humanitarian activist currently in the role of under secretary general for partnerships at the International Federation of the Red Cross. Previously she was chief of World Humanitarian Summit secretariat. Follow for tweets on the latest policy news in the humanitarian sector.
@EvilGeniusPubs
This is the account to follow for snappy comments on the latest news in the humanitarian sector. EvilGeniusPubs tweets on everything from accountability in the aid system to Bono (the latest being: Dear Bono: You need to stick with *Africa.* Angelina’s got the Middle East... Humanitarian coordination, bro.). If you are looking for humanitarian blog sites, they also blog frequently under the pseudonym ‘J’. Follow for: well informed and often amusing opinion.
Humanitarian Hypocrisies
Based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the anonymous Humanitarian Hypocrisies explores the “internal struggles of being a part of a dependency-enforcing, neocolonial aid-system”. Follow for brutal honesty.
@yarnellmark
Hard at work. Lusenda refugee camp for Burundian refugees. Fizi territory, DR Congo pic.twitter.com/DFmex9haCN
— Mark Yarnell (@yarnellmark) March 26, 2016
Mark Yarnell, senior advocate at Refugees International, has worked from Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Central African Republic and Greece, but is currently based on DRC. Follow Mark for insights into the insecurity and humanitarian crises in the region.
Melissa Fleming
Melissa Fleming, the chief of communications and spokesperson at UNHCR, has almost 20,000 following her profile on Facebook. If you are looking for a place with regular updates on the refugee crisis, then this is for you.
@intldogooder
Jennifer Lentfer, the voice behind the How Matters twitter account has worked with over 300 grassroots organisations over the past decade and worked in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Namibia. She also runs the How Matters blog with regular posts on communications and good practice in the industry. Follow for constructive comment on what is going wrong in aid and what needs to change.
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