Remaking humanitarianism: Dispatches from the future
Across the world, communities on the frontlines of displacement, conflict, and inequality are already reshaping how crises are met. They are building collective responses rooted in solidarity and care – even as the international aid system spins in circles around cuts, resets, and reforms, risking collapse.
How can we reimagine the international humanitarian system so that it builds on – rather than undermines – the response communities are already creating? What would it take to align funding and infrastructure? And what is standing in the way?
The New Humanitarian and Refugees International have taken these questions around the globe, producing a series of dispatches from the future that highlight the strategies, values, and visions guiding community-driven responses to crisis – and show what’s possible.
We brought these dispatches to the heart of UNGA to grapple with what it will take to remake humanitarianism – and what must change for the system to have any future at all.
Introductory remarks
- Tammam Aloudat, CEO, The New Humanitarian
The event was moderated by Dr. Hourie Tafech, Director for Refugee Leadership and Partnership, Refugees International, who was joined by:
- Hanin Ahmed, External Relations Officer, Sudan Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), and Fellow, Refugees International
- Elizabeth Campbell, Executive Director, ODI Global Washington
- Loreine Dela Cruz, Executive Director, Centre for Disaster Preparedness (CDP) Foundation in the Philippines & member of the NEAR Leadership Council
- Marcia Wong, former Deputy Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)
Closing remarks
- Alice Armanni Sequi, Director, Humanitarian Pooled Funds, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Event details
| Location | New York/Online |
| Date | 25 September 2025 |
| Time | 9.45-11.00 ET (15.45 Geneva, 16.45 Nairobi) |