humanitarian · Nov 2021–2022
The Evacuation Did Not End at the Airport
United Arab Emirates
Rise to Peace continued reporting on Afghans stranded in transit in Abu Dhabi. The organization documented conditions, amplified evacuee concerns and helped keep attention on people whose journey to safety had stalled after leaving Afghanistan.
The story
What happened—and what it changed.
During crisis, the distance between research and responsibility disappears. Information must be handled carefully, people must be protected, and claims about impact must remain tied to evidence.