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One of the thousands of American Red Cross volunteers working tirelessly to bring service delivery to those affected by the recent hurricanes.
A UH-1Y approaches a park landing zone in Yuma, Arizona during a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief training event as part of WTI 1-21. Note the Army (or Air Force?) exchange pilot in the right seat.
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An old scientific rover modified by "Source" Atcivists to help native populations of planets resist Megacorporation and Empires' "Terraformation" programs.
"Source" is a group of activists considered to be criminals or "Eco-Terrorists" by most political Factions. Their success in Humanitatrian operations are however undeniable.
Dealing with these activists is often very dangerous and puts the Large corporations and Empires in a state of political stress.
Motivated by "The Legonator" and "Commander Hawk" 's recent microbuilds
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A strong cup of real, home-made coffee brings me back on my skittles every morning, before I do anything.
Some people call this a "Turkish coffee", others "Arabic", or "Arabica" or "caffé turque"...
I like it served in this blue-and-white Transylvanian ceramic cup, which has associations of its own: it came to me brought by a relation who migrated from communist Romania at the time of Ceausescu: she was allowed to emigrate with her doctor husband and three young children upon payment by a Humanitarian foundation in the West ten thousand dollars for each adult. In the 1970s this was a stupendous amount of monies, impossible to pay from a medical doctor's salary under communism. There was another glitch: this family was of ethnic German stock from Transylvania, schooled in a German school in Romania, perfectly bilingual, yet they were given a passport with visa to Israel, because Ceausescu had an agreement with a Jewish International organization to allow Romanian Jews to emigrate to Israel. Effectively the communist authorities cheated on this agreement, only to meet a quota by sending non-Jews to Israel. They said: "it's either Israel or you stay put". There was no alternative. On arriving in the Middle East, the Israeli authorities were not best pleased for allowing Christians into the country, as part of an arrangement which said otherwise. The family was stranded until a Catholic foundation bought them out of Israel to allow them to live in Europe.
Each morning I have a Turkish coffee in this Transylvanian cup, inevitably, I make these associations: not much seems to have changed in this slave market!
Built in 1925 as Lowther Junior High this former school building now houses several non-profit organizations.
A C-130 Hercules takes off from Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014, en route to Monrovia, Liberia. The aircraft was carrying 8 tons of humanitarian aid and military supplies in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
U.S. Army parachute riggers from the 11th Quartermaster Company assemble 40 container delivery system bundles of water onto a C-17 Globemaster III for a humanitarian airdrop over the area if Amirli, Iraq Aug. 30, 2014. Two C-17s dropped 79 bundles of fresh drinking water totaling 7,513 gallons. In addition, two C-130 Hercules dropped 30 bundles containing 3,032 gallons of water and 7,056 Halal Meals Ready to Eat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel/Released)
A 99 Squadron C17 transport aircraft at Cebu Airport in the Philippines following the devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013.
The flight was organised to support the Department for International Development and carried vital supplies such as JCBs, Landrovers and pallets of medical supplies.
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IIMSAM'S Ambassador At Large In KRG-Iraq H.E. Amb. Kawa Abban. IIMSAM-KRG Staff distributes Humanitarian Aid "Food packages and Food Vouchers to "100 Families, approximately 589 hundred individuals." Each package contains more than 15 ingredients, including rice, lentils, chickpeas, beans,, bulgur, olives, tomato paste, cooking oil, salt, sugar, peas, noodles, and pasta In the Mangesh District of Duhok Governorate in Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq•
More than two-thirds of the world’s land area and more than half of the world’s population do not have direct access to paved roads or runways. This lack of infrastructure presents numerous challenges for worldwide humanitarian relief, natural resource extraction and heavy cargo operations. In most cases, developing these areas to accommodate roads or airways is not an option, so for centuries they’ve remained isolated. To combat these challenges, the Skunk Works team developed a one-of-kind Hybrid Airship that offers large cargo capacity with significant reductions in fuel consumption compared to other air vehicles. All while remaining faster than land and sea transportation systems. Learn more at lockheedmartin.com/hybridairship
A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), performs humanitarian aid operations Sept, 24, 2017, on the island of Dominica following the landfall of Hurricane Maria. The Department of Defense is supporting United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Molina) www.dvidshub.net
Sara Pantuliano, Managing Director, Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom, speaking during the session, Transforming Humanitarian Finance, at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
During the 30th anniversary of the Kurdish exodus and the establishment of a no-fly zone, which is currently mentioned in the Kurdistan Region, it is also worth recalling the support and solidarity for Kurds expressed by Poles.
Despite the deep economic crisis that Poland was experiencing at that time, soon after the start of the Kurdish exodus, the first humanitarian aid transport was organized in Poland (in Kraków) and later another humanitarian convoys.
A MARSOC Marine instructs ANA soldiers to set up a security perimeter around a humanitarian aide site in the Village of Ranje Bala, Farah Province Afghanistan Feb 28.
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan Media Operations Center
Photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pilch
Date: 02.28.2010
Location: Farah Province, AF
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C-17 Globemaster III. The C-17 Globemaster III is a longrange, heavy-lift strategic transport aircraft that can operate close to a potential area of operations for combat, peacekeeping or humanitarian missions worldwide.
C-17 is capable of rapid, strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases anywhere in the world. The Globemaster’s load-bearing rear ramp and digitally controlled loading systems, combined with the skills of its crews and ground handlers, enable large, complex items of equipment, including Chinook helicopters, military vehicles and other heavy items of specialist kit to be loaded. It can transport 100,000lb (45,360kg) of freight more than 4,500nm (8,334km) while flying at altitudes above 35,000ft. The aircraft’s design enables high-angle, steep approaches at relatively slow speeds, allowing it to operate into small, austere airfields and onto runways as short as 3,500ft long and just 90ft wide. The Royal Air Force had been without an organic outsize strategic lift capability since the Short Belfast was withdrawn in 1976, relying, ironically, on civilian operated Belfasts for the movement of such loads during the 1982 Falklands War and making use of chartered freighters. By the end of the 1990s it had become clear that this capability gap ought to be filled, and in 2000 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) agreed a seven-year ‘lease and support’ contract with Boeing and the US Air Force (USAF) for four C-17A Globemaster III strategic transports. On August 28, 1981, the USAF had chosen the McDonnell Douglas C-17 as winner of its C-X competition for a new military transport aircraft primarily to replace the Lockheed C-141 StarLifter. The C-17’s development process was less than straightforward, however, a complex and changing procurement schedule delaying first flight until September 15, 1991. Internal manoeuvrings at McDonnell Douglas further complicated the programme as C-17 responsibility moved between divisions and although the 1993 first delivery to an operational USAF unit was from the original manufacturer, in 1997 the C-17 became a Boeing product on the latter’s acquisition of its rival. The C-17A had become the Globemaster III on February 5, 1993, following on from the USAF’s Douglas C-74 Globemaster and C-124 Globemaster II post-war piston-engined transports. By the time the UK defined its initial C-17 requirement the type was well established in service and the RAF benefitted from access to the global C-17 support network and supply chain. In UK service, the type is typically referred to as C-17 or Globemaster, no formal RAF role/numerical designation (Globemaster C.Mk 1 would have followed the regular pattern of aircraft titles) being applied, since the aircraft was initially leased. Number 99 Squadron reformed at RAF Brize Norton to operate the aircraft, which rapidly became a stalwart and key enabler of the airbridge operation that sustained UK operations in Afghanistan. Even at the peak of Operation Herrick, however, the C-17 serviced humanitarian and operational commitments elsewhere and rather than taking an option to extend the C-17 lease by two years, the MoD bought the initial four aircraft and ordered a fifth in 2006. Continued demand saw a sixth ordered in 2007, a seventh in 2009 and the eighth and, to date, final example in 2012. The latter was ordered and delivered within weeks at a reported cost of £200 million according to an MoD press statement. With the end of Herrick, 99 Sqn has continued flying many of the types of mission in which the C-17 excelled during the operation, moving personnel and equipment, and performing aeromedical evacuation missions with a suite of surgical facilities and staff on board. Support to deployed operations remains as important as ever and RAF C-17s are regular visitors to allied forward bases, particularly in connection with French anti-terrorist work in Africa. Humanitarian flights, typically planned and flown wherever needed at very short notice, are common 99 Sqn trade, while the fact remains that when a C-17 taxies onto an airfield ramp anywhere in the world, with the Union Jack painted large on its side, there can be no doubt that UK interests are involved.
BAE146. Exclusively operated out of RAF Northolt by 32 (The Royal) Squadron, the BAe 146 is primarily tasked in the Command Support Air Transport (CSAT) role. Two 146 variants are operational, the VIP-configured CC.Mk 2 and the Quick Change (QC) C.Mk 3, which can be rapidly converted between passenger and cargo configurations. The CC2’s primary role is the transport of senior government ministers and Ministry of Defence (MOD) personnel and, most famously, senior members of the Royal Family, although this work represents by far the minority of 32(TR) Sqn’s tasking. If required, the 146’s defensive aids suite (DAS) also offers government ministers and high-ranking military leaders protection during visits overseas where a risk to security is perceived. Outside VIP work, the CC.Mk 2 has an operational role in-theatre, providing essential support to military commanders by moving personnel and smaller freight items. The type’s presence also enables key face-to-face engagement between commanders and their personnel, coalition partners and host nation leadership representatives.
Purchased as a pair of ex-TNT 146-200QC aircraft in 2012, the C.Mk 3s entered service in 2013 after modifications, including the addition of a DAS, for RAF service. They have made a considerable contribution to tactical airlift capability, taking on missions that might otherwise have taken larger aircraft off their primary tasking.
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At "Humanitarian Hands" an institution for mentally ill men, women and children rescued from streets in Bangalore. I was doing a photoshoot for them. If you would like to help them you can contaact me.
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The EU has taken a leading role in securing an ambitious outcome of the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, in Istanbul. Commission Stylianides is determined to use his mandate to help make humanitarian aid better, safer and more efficient.
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Airmen from the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, offload humanitarian aid during Operation Damayan at Tacloban Airfield, Republic of the Philippines, Nov. 18, 2013. Operation Damayan is a humanitarian aid and disaster relief operation led by the Philippine government and supported by a multinational response force. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Jake Bailey/Released)
Humanitarians OR Tormentarians? Why Aren't They Doing Their Job?
April 25th, 2023, marked the day 262nd of my 4th Hunger Strike outside the UNHCR office where Greece seeks to starve me to death and nobody provides Humanitarian Relief. My ultra-thin body is now barely able to sustain life.
Thus, in pursuit of my survival, I had again tried reaching out to the UNHCR office in person to demand support, answers and solutions. But food and support have been denied, answers are not given and solutions have not been offered.
Hence, in my discussions with the UNHCR assistant representative last Friday I was at the end left with no choice but to request a five-way meeting with them and the representatives from the Canadian, the U.S. and the Australian Embassies to find a solution.
But whether they arrange that or not remains to be seen.
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Getting aid into Doruma is difficult. Traders have been killed on the road into Doruma so aid has to be flown in. UNICEF and Solidarités flew in twenty five tons of tarpaulins, water containers and blankets to protect the thousands of people in the open from respiratory and water borne diseases. The dirt airstrip is not the best there is in Congo. There is only one car in the town, it belongs to the nuns, and it was being repaired ahead of a visit by a delegation of eight bishops. So to move the twenty five tons into town the local Crisis Committee called up teams of youth on bicycles.
Acheminer l’aide à Doruma est un défi monumental. Des commerçants ont été tués sur la route de Doruma ainsi l'aide doit être aéroporté. L'UNICEF et Solidarités ont apporté vingt-cinq tonnes de bâches, bidons d’eau et de couvertures pour protéger des milliers de personnes qui vivent à l’extérieur sans abris contre les maladies respiratoires et maladies hydriques. La piste d'atterrissage est mauvaise et courte. Il y a seulement une voiture dans la ville, elle appartient aux nonnes, et elle était en réparation avant d'une visite par une délégation de huit évêques. En conséquence le comité de crise a organisé des équipes de jeunes à transporter en ville par bicyclettes les vingt-cinq tonnes.
Transportar la ayuda a Doruma es un reto monumental. Se ha matado a comerciantes sobre la carretera de Doruma así l' ayuda debe ser aerotransportada. UNICEF y Solidarités hemos aportado veinticinco toneladas de toldos, latas de agua y coberturas para proteger a millares de personas que viven exteriormente sin refugios contra las enfermedades respiratorias y enfermedades hídricas. La pista d' aterrizaje es malo y corto. Hay solamente un coche en la ciudad, pertenece a las monjas, y estaba en reparación antes del d' una visita por una delegación de ocho obispos. En consecuencia el Comité de crisis organizó equipos de jóvenes que deben transportarse en ciudad por bicicletas las veinticinco toneladas.
WAKUYA, Japan (March 15, 2011) An aerial view of damage to Wakuya, Japan after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area in northern Japan. Ships and aircraft from the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group are conducting search and rescue operations and re-supply missions as directed in support of Operation Tomodachi throughout northern Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexander Tidd/Released)
Soyuz VS07 upper composite, comprising the Fregat upper stage, payload and fairing, was transferred from the S3B integration facility to the Soyuz launch pad (ZLS), hoisted into the mobile gantry where it was integrated atop Soyuz, on 31 March 2014.
Soyuz VS07 will lift off on 3 April 2014, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket will carry Sentinel-1, the first in the family of Copernicus satellites.
This satellite will be used to monitor many aspects of our environment, from detecting and tracking oil spills and mapping sea ice to monitoring movement in land surfaces and mapping changes in the way land is used. It will also play a crucial role in providing timely information to help respond to natural disasters and assist humanitarian relief efforts.
Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja, 2014
More than 80 New Jersey Army and Air Guard members received the Humanitarian Service Medal for their assistance in the Superstorm Sandy rescue, recovery, and rebuilding efforts. More than 2,200 Soldiers and Airmen who took part in the largest domestic mobilization in the New Jersey National Guard’s history will receive the medal in the coming weeks. New Jersey National Guard troops rescued more than 7,000 residents and their pets in the days after the storm made landfall. The troops remained on duty following the storm, assisting civil authorities with security, transportation, logistics, and reconstructing efforts, delivering more than 10,000 meals and hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel. The federal military award is normally reserved for personnel who are serving on federal active duty when mobilized for a humanitarian relief operation. But the hurdles were cleared to allow presentation of the award to National Guard troops – who mobilized for domestic emergency under orders issued by their state – through the intervention of U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-3rd Dist.) MacArthur and one of his staffers, Kyle Melander, began work to obtain Pentagon approval last year. The Humanitarian Service Medal was authorized by Executive Order 11965, Jan. 19, 1977. It was established to honor personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States who distinguished themselves by meritorious direct participation in a significant military act or operation of a humanitarian nature, or have rendered a service to mankind.
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Traffic Technicians load COVID-19 related humanitarian and medical supplies on a CC-177 Globemaster before being flown to Hounduras as part of Operation GLOBE 20-02, at Panamá Pacífico International Airport in Panama City, Panama on July 22, 2020.
Please credit: Corporal Jerome Lessard/MSCT-OPTIC/Canadian Armed Forces
Des techniciens des mouvements de l’Aviation royale canadienne (ARC) chargent des fournitures médicales et d’aide humanitaire en lien avec la COVID-19 à bord d’un avion CC-177 Globemaster à destination du Honduras dans le cadre de l’opération GLOBE 20-02 à l’aéroport international Panamá Pacífico dans la ville de Panama, au Panama, le 22 juillet 2020.
Photo : Caporal Jerome Lessard/ECSM-CIOT/Forces armées canadiennes
Human rights activist and storyteller Clemantine Wamariya during a panel discussion at the Everyone a Humanitarian launch night at swissnex San Francisco, Dec. 8, 2016. Photo by swissnexSF/Myleen Hollero.
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Topography around Danang. Monkey Mountain in the background is used by aircraft for bearings. "Charlie Med" with its Dental Company in the center of the picture. Close-up of "Charlie Med" with dental company tent and trailer at right rear of compound. [Tents][Camp][Scene][Vietnam War]
Dental Support in Viet Nam slide set.
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Pakistani flood victims take flight aboard Marine Super Stallion (CH-53E) helicopter attached to the HM-165 (REIN), 15th MEU during humanitarian relief efforts in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan (formerly known as the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan).
15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs
Photo by Capt. Paul Duncan
Location:Ghazi, PK
Date Taken:08.17.2010
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Kiribati: Taronga, 16, holds her two-year-old sister Teaborenga while standing in a flooded area in the village of Eita, South Tarawa, Kiribati, Thursday 28 January 2016. Eita is one of many localities on Tarawa atoll that regularly floods at high tide. Sea water cuts access to the main road and children sometimes have to swim or use floating devices to go to school.
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Refugees in Kabul, Afghanistan, receive aid from volunteers from the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Army Photo by SPC. Anthony Murray Jr)
Cpl. Jose L. Polanco (top), a 25-year-old heavy equipment mechanic for Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary, and a native of Truth or Consequences, N.M., loosens a drive shaft mount with the assistance of Lance Cpl. Tanner M. Jones, a 19-year-old light armored vehicle mechanic for CLB-31, 31st MEU, and a native of Denver, Colo., in Bradshaw Field, Australia, Sept. 1, 2013. The Marines of CLB-31's maintenance section are working long days and late nights to keep pace with the required maintenance that comes with supporting the battalion-sized element currently executing Exercise Koolendong 13. Koolendong is a week-long, live-fire exercise that demonstrates the operational reach of the 31st MEU and reinforces why it is the force of choice for the Asia-Pacific region. Also participating in the exercise is the Marine Rotational Force - Darwin and soldiers of the 5th Royal Australian Army. The 31st MEU brings what it needs to sustain itself to accomplish the mission or to pave the way for follow-on forces. The size and composition of the 31st MEU makes it well suited for amphibious operations, which includes raids, assaults, evacuations and humanitarian assistance operations.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paul Robbins/Released)
Sara Pantuliano, Managing Director, Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom, and Ion Yadigaroglu, Managing Partner, Capricorn Investment Group, USA, speaking during the session, Transforming Humanitarian Finance, at the Annual Meeting 2018 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2018. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Ciaran McCrickard
Call the pass of the time of evolution process is a deception that will serve some. In truth we never left the caves and the only evolution is the sophisticated way we found to attack each other. We maintain the same survival instinct and added a unruly sense of ownership. We can’t plan together and in a long term and from the color of skin, religion or natural resources, everything seems to be an excuse for misunderstanding. We are ruled by mobsters or unable which rely on our passivity to keep this cycle of things. It remains for us the hope that one day we can be succeed be united around a true evolutionary ideal.
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