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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.
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Cedarvale Park, 181 Main Street South, Georgetown: Cedarvale Park is the site of Canada's first international humanitarian resettlement effort for orphans of the Armenian Genocide beginning in 1923. Cedarvale Park was later the site of the Cedarvale School for Girls until 1966.
A Caritas Ukraine distribution point for food, water, medicines and other essential goods in the city centre of Ivano-Frankyvsk. Staff and volunteers provide 1200 meals a day for displaced people.
Romana Zarovetska (61):
"For almost 29 years I have been cooking for poor people in the city. I am a professional cook and I used to work in restaurants. Now I only work for Caritas.
Right now, I'm making rice porridge with sausages and carrot salad.
I get lots of compliments on my cooking from the people who come here to get food. My approach is this: if my husband and children like it, then I will cook it for other people as well.
My favourite dish to make is borsch, the traditional Ukrainian beetroot soup."
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Large parts of Ukraine have been in a state of war since 2014. But since February 2022, the lives of all Ukrainians have been severely affected by violence, shortages of goods and food and a major displacement crisis.
In Ukraine, Cordaid funds partner organisations through Caritas Internationalis, a global network of Catholic aid organisations.
Caritas staff and volunteers have geared up and they are working day and night (not an exaggeration) to support people who have fled their homes with sometimes nothing more than the clothes they had on or those who, for whatever reason, cannot flee and are stuck in a warzone.
The western part of the country, and especially the city of Lviv, has become a humanitarian hub after the situation in the east deteriorated.
Trucks full of goods from neighbouring countries, often purchased with money from private donors from all over Europe, arrive there to be unloaded in storage spaces.
With great efficiency, aid workers load up their own trucks and start driving to the cities in the east, that have been suffering continuous air raids and bombings, and where, in some cases, people are still living in between the rubble.
Caritas does not only distribute food, water, clothes and medicines, they also provide a home for hundreds of displaced people or guide them to the border in case they are looking for safety outside of the country.
There is extra care for children in special centres or in family run orphanages, where they can learn, play and live at a safe distance from the ongoing violence.
In cities throughout the country, Caritas has set up tents where the most essential goods are being distributed and food kitchens where displaced people and others struggling with the hardship can get a daily warm meal. To give just an example: in the city of Ivano-Frankyvsk volunteers provide meals for 1200 people each day.
Many of those who are working in this immense humanitarian operation have suffered the consequences of the conflict themselves. It's a cliché, but it's true: war often brings out both the worst and the best in us.
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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حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل الله ينتقم منهم
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
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)
Staff Sgt. Shane Harding, a 647th Civil Engineering Squadron structures craftsman, paints a classroom during Pacific Angel 16-2 on June 12, 2016, at Wat Steung Primary School in Kampot, Cambodia. The U.S. developed Pacific Angel to enhance relations and interoperability with other countries in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, the mission gives the U.S. an opportunity to support the efforts of other governments in the region to provide medical, dental, optometry, and engineering assistance, and subject matter expert exchanges to host nation citizens. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Omari Bernard)
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
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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Yaya Dia Adama escaped violence in CAR and came to the Gado refugee camp with her five children. She is a seamstress by trade and is able to make a living using the sewing machines at the UN Women multipurpose centre. She is currently training three other women to use them to make clothes, and together the women produce dresses to sell in the market. “Each day I am able to earn 1000 to 2000 [CFA] francs a day [USD 1.75–3.50]. This has helped me to provide for my children.”
As of January 2016, 243,750 people had fled the violence in Central African Republic (CAR) and become refugees in Cameroon.
UN Women Cameroon supports economic and social rehabilitation for vulnerable women and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in seven refugee camps in three regions of the country.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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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)
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.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Arifa 4, outside her tent in Jalozai camp, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.
© UNICEF Pakistan/2013/Asad Zaidi
No time for a pic today.
Quarter to midnight.
Been out drinking with a friend.
Just enough time to wrap myself in a sheet and do stuff.
Obviously the original plan was to do better than this, but seriously, I should be in bed by now.
The humanitarian situation in Sudan is considered a ‘forgotten crisis’ by the European Commission. It is the scene of a protracted crisis far from the media spotlight. Emergency-levels of malnutrition persist across the country. An estimated 2 million children suffer from acute malnutrition while 4.6 million people face serious food insecurity. In 2016, 1.2 million people have been affected by El Niño induced drought as well as floods. With more than 350 000 mostly Eritrean and South Sudanese refugees on its soil, Sudan is also among the top five host countries of refugees in Africa. In 2016, the European Commission allocated €56 million for life-saving assistance to its partners in Sudan. There is a need to step up humanitarian assistance, but aid organisations operate in a difficult and constrained environment. Copyright: EU/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie
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.
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.
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.
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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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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As of January 2016, 243,750 people had fled the violence in Central African Republic (CAR) and become refugees in Cameroon.
UN Women Cameroon supports economic and social rehabilitation for vulnerable women and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in seven refugee camps in three regions of the country.
Pictured: Nene Daouda is a 38-year-old widow who lost her husband in CAR during the war. She escaped to the Ngam refugee site in the Adamawa region of Cameroon with her five children, one of whom recently passed away from illness.
Nene and one of her daughters, Salamatou Abubakar, 12, have been providing food to many refugees at a makeshift restaurant in a small market at the camp. “I witnessed a complete transformation in my business and income following the training I attended, organized by UN Women. At the end of the training, they gave us 50,000 [CFA] francs as capital (USD 85). I reinvested this money in my business and started weekly savings.” Today, she is able to provide education and other basic needs to her children.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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Line waiting to see the dentists at orphanage near Saigon. Cattle in background. [Children][Scene][Foreign Nationals][Truck][Farm Animals][Vietnam War]
Dental Support in Viet Nam slide set.
Navy Medicine Historical Files Collection - Subject - Vietnam War
Zaad Al-khair, 17, is a Syrian refugee living in the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, home to approximately 80,000 Syrians—80 per cent of whom are women and girls. Working hard to complete her studies and access higher education, she was among the first girls to work as journalists for the camp’s magazine. “In the camp, I went back to school and started to build new friendships. I learned English because I want to be a translator, because one day I want to tell the world what happened in Syria."
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Photo: UN Women/Christopher Herwig
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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