Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH
@HRL_YaleSPH
Lab @YaleSPH, @YaleEMD researching and addressing humanitarian crises worldwide
New to HRL? Here’s what we do: – Tracking 🇺🇦’s stolen children – Early warning + rapid response to prevent atrocities – Large-scale damage assessments – Mapping systematic violations of international humanitarian & human rights law Read more + donate: sph.yale.edu/give-hrl
In January 2025, President Trump paused a Yale University investigation into the kidnapping of Ukrainian children by Russian forces. For days, the investigation team didn’t know if their data had been destroyed. They haven't been able to track the missing children for 5 months.
Every day when I wake up some of my first thoughts in the morning are of the local humanitarians in El Fasher, Sudan, Gaza, and so many places around the world where neighbors are helping neighbors in the worst conflicts imaginable. Think of them. Support them. Protect them.
In admiration of the brave local responders in Al Fasher in #Sudan; despite the ongoing shelling, blocked aid, and threats to their lives, local responders continue to run communal kitchens that feed hundreds of families every day. They must be protected and supported.
Putin hs kidnapped thousands of Ukrainian kids 2 brainwash + Russify them + destroy their heritage I introd legislation w Sen Klobuchar tht supports tools 2 identify + track these children We r also helping hold perpetrators accountable 4 atrocities
#Sudanwar: “Fleeing this place is horrible.” Al Fasher’s siege leaves families starving on one meal a day, if lucky. Those who run find only new threats, cholera, rain, collapsed shelters. This is Sudan’s forgotten war.
‼️New @TIME Magazine article on Ukraine’s kidnapped children + HRL’s research tracking thousands of children abducted from 🇺🇦. HRL maintains committed to fighting for Ukraine’s children and ensuring Russia's perpetrators are held accountable. time.com/7302345/ukrain…
If you want to support efforts to bring the children home, please check out: bringkidsback.org.ua/get-involved saveukraineua.org And Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab @HRL_YaleSPH, which lost U.S. government funding in March due to Trump's budget cuts: medicine.yale.edu/lab/khoshnood/…
TIME's latest cover: Over the past few months, the fate of kidnapped Ukrainian children has been pushed to the edges of the peace process, intensifying fears across the country that they may never come home. Inside the struggle to get them back: ti.me/40qhD17
The conflict in Sudan is fueling a flow of sophisticated, looted weapons into neighbouring South Sudan, violating a U.N. arms embargo and threatening the fragile peace in the world's youngest nation, a report by United Nations experts said. sudantribune.com/article302960/
🇺🇦New POD: Putin’s minister 'found dead' after firing & Trump 'humiliates' Pentagon over Ukraine weapons u-turn Join @DomNicholls, @FrancisDearnley, @adeliepjz and @nattyray11 in the newest episode of Ukraine: The Latest 🎧 Listen ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/0…
I was on @Telegraph Ukraine Latest podcast today with my most detailed + expansive comments to date about @HRL_YaleSPH funding on Ukraine kids mission, funding fr. 🇺🇸 and other govs (or lack thereof), and incredible work of @BringKidsBackUA + @MykolaKuleba and Save 🇺🇦. Listen 👂
Due to the generosity of largely small amount, individual donors on the internet, @HRL_YaleSPH work on Ukraine and Sudan will continue until at least until October. We are forever grateful. How it feels seeing the world show up for us in our hour of need: youtu.be/bgS0GPQhzHg?si…
THIS!!! Yale Lab Tracking Stolen Ukrainian Children Will Survive Until October Despite funding halt, Yale Lab will continue operations for now thanks to individual donors READ 👇 kyivpost.com/post/55460
‼️@RepMcCaul and @RepGregoryMeeks just introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children before a peace agreement is finalized. Thank you for your leadership! Russia must return all Ukrainian kids and reunite them with their families.
🇸🇩 New Report —> Advanced UAV destroyed at RSF-controlled Nyala Airport Read the report: files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/d2c2…
As many as 35,000 Ukrainian children are still missing and thought to be held in Russia or Russian-occupied territories, with families saying they are being forced to take desperate and risky measures to try to rescue them. theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…
Every contribution you made—big or small, carries its weight. A committed donor to Yale pledged to match every contribution in support of the Observatory. That means every dollar you give instantly becomes two—literally, not figuratively. Donate Now fikrasd.com/?p=9637
@HRL_YaleSPH is so grateful for the support from Fikra and the Sudanese diaspora community to keep Yale HRL’s work monitoring Sudan alive. We have a matching donor to double every dollar you give up to 500k! Thank you for all your help as we work to #KeepEyesOnSudan!
Every contribution you made—big or small, carries its weight. A committed donor to Yale pledged to match every contribution in support of the Observatory. That means every dollar you give instantly becomes two—literally, not figuratively. Donate Now fikrasd.com/?p=9637
On June 25, U.S. Senators @ChuckGrassley and @amyklobuchar introduced a bipartisan bill — the Abducted Ukrainian Children Recovery and Accountability Act. The bill outlines ways the U.S. could support Ukraine’s work to identify deported children, bring them home, and pursue…