ReliefAid speaks out on behalf of the men, women and children whose voices are often silenced by conflict or inaccessibility.

Please read on for our latest media coverage.



ReliefAid Press Release: A Unique Opportunity for Peace

Kiwi humanitarian organisation ReliefAid chief speaks out after one of his Aleppo aid colleagues was killed by a sniper. With a cessation of hostilities having come into effect on Monday ‘we call on all parties to take up this unique opportunity for peace.’


ReliefAid Press Release: Aid agencies in the firing line

Aid agencies in the firing line – Shelter kits distributed in Aleppo City, Syria by Kiwi humanitarian organisation ReliefAid just ahead of an air strike on their offices. ReliefAid worker speaks from inside the city – ‘People who will not die from bombing will start to starve’


A day in the life of an Aleppo City resident

Mike Seawright, Executive Director of ReliefAid speaks to the BBC Radio Cornwall’s Victoria Gould about life in Aleppo City and the challenges in delivering aid in the most bombed city in the world.


ReliefAid Press Release: World Humanitarian Day

‘We are waiting to die.’ Aleppo aid workers heartfelt plea to the international community ahead of World Humanitarian Day 19 August

In the week when the UN calls for a more humane world, New Zealand humanitarian organisation ReliefAid reports a graphic description of the fear and suffering inside war-shattered Aleppo. With 150 air strikes in a day, and aid workers, their families and buildings in constant peril, they warn ‘nowhere is safe’