From the Syrian crisis to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, there is no doubt that the humanitarian community is overstretched.
And we’re just talking about crises that are currently in our radar. It doesn’t yet include potential emergencies arising from natural calamities or humanitarian disasters in countries vulnerable to conflict, such as the Central African Republic or Somalia.
The humanitarian community’s good-intentioned but often ill-prepared response to these crises have repeatedly generated criticism and calls from other stakeholders for a remodeling of the system. There’s just too much bureaucracy causing delays in response, exacerbated by insufficient capacity at the international and national level.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
