Humanitarian Aid

Three woman stand behind a table where they are accepting donations for earthquake relief.

Tufts Students Urge Public to Support Earthquake Victims

Students and alumni with connections to Turkey and Syria have been focused on relief efforts. Now they are calling on Americans to do more

Otolaryngologists Ameer Shah (in the Patriots cap), A07, M13, and Jagdish Dhingra, both faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine, performed surgery on a patient in Rwanda.

Health Care

Helping Patients Overcome the Shame of Goiters in Rwanda

Faculty from Tufts University School of Medicine have made more than a dozen trips to perform lifesaving surgeries and heal the physical and social effects of...

map of the world made of various edible grains

Food & Nutrition

A Quarter Century Tackling the World’s Toughest Problems

The Feinstein International Center marks 25 years working on hunger and humanitarian aid through a powerful, multidisciplinary combination of research, field...

Man in blue shirt front of ivy covered building

Global Affairs

Working Toward a More Resilient World

To improve humanitarian aid and eliminate hunger, we need to join forces, according to the new director of the Feinstein International Center

a boy in Madagascar receives a malnutrition treatment

Food & Nutrition

The War in Ukraine Is Escalating the Global Food Crisis, and Now Is the Time to Act

The Feinstein International Center’s Dan Maxwell describes who is suffering, how the war makes it worse, and how governments can help

Dozens of people lying on cots with blankets in a large room with a bare floor.

Global Affairs

Why Providing Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine Is Challenging—and What to Do About It

Tufts experts explain how to help those Ukrainians in need and others whose lives are destabilized by conflicts worldwide

the scene at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan in August 2021

Global Affairs

Global Tufts Community Comes to the Rescue in Afghanistan

As the Taliban overthrew the Afghan government in August 2021, a small Fletcher School team mobilized a network of Tufts alumni and faculty to help evacuate...

illustration from the inside of one of the vans

Global Affairs

In the Chaotic Evacuation of Afghanistan, the Tufts Network Arranged a Midnight Convoy

A first-hand account of the effort to help Afghans at risk make it onto one of the last flights out

Global Affairs

After Afghanistan Fell to the Taliban, Three Tufts Alumnae Aided Afghans Around the World

An ambassador, a professor, and a U.S. diplomat advocate for those facing danger at home and uncertainty abroad

An illustration shows Afghan schoolgirls and their families arriving in a Canadian airport after fleeing from their homeland. They are all wearing masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Global Affairs

With Afghan Schoolgirls in Peril, These Volunteers Rushed to Help

Tufts graduates describe the harrowing journey of young women who fled from the Taliban—and how an international network mobilized to respond

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Tufts Students Urge Public to Support Earthquake Victims

Helping Patients Overcome the Shame of Goiters in Rwanda

A Quarter Century Tackling the World’s Toughest Problems

Working Toward a More Resilient World

The War in Ukraine Is Escalating the Global Food Crisis, and Now Is the Time to Act

Why Providing Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine Is Challenging—and What to Do About It

Global Tufts Community Comes to the Rescue in Afghanistan

In the Chaotic Evacuation of Afghanistan, the Tufts Network Arranged a Midnight Convoy

After Afghanistan Fell to the Taliban, Three Tufts Alumnae Aided Afghans Around the World

With Afghan Schoolgirls in Peril, These Volunteers Rushed to Help

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