Humanitarian assistance means providing help and support to people who are suffering from crises or emergencies, such as natural disasters or wars. It aims to improve their lives, provide essential supplies like food, water, and shelter, and offer medical care and protection. The goal is to alleviate their suffering and ensure their well-being.
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Due to a global recession and the increased number of refugees and
humanitarian assistance worldwide, the international community's financial and material support to lighten the burden has diminished.
Over nine million people have been forced out of their homes and a staggering 3.5 million people are now in need of
urgent humanitarian assistance, most in hard - to - reach areas.
Dr Williams, who is Chairman of Christian Aid which is providing
humanitarian assistance in South Sudan, said: «The recent escalation of violent conflict in Juba since July 7 has caused yet more appalling suffering for the people of South Sudan who have over the past two and a half years endured the terrible consequences of a return to war and the bitter disappointment of hopes denied or deferred.
Dr. Loubani and Mr. Greyson had been held in an Egyptian prison since they were arrested while assisting wounded demonstrators in mid-August, on a short - stop over in Cairo on their way to
provide humanitarian assistance in Gaza.
EMDR
Humanitarian Assistance Programs (HAP, Trauma Recovery Program) has a letter of inquiry sent out to nonprofit agencies to assess the nature of the agency (i.e., population, number of licensed clinicians, etc.).
«As part of the troops mandate of facilitating
humanitarian assistance by both Governmental and Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) to the IDPs, troops also provided security to International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) same day.
Tearfund is working in the region to offer
immediate humanitarian assistance, including providing safe water and sanitation access, psychosocial support and cash grants to people like Ali.
If it were not for
humanitarian assistance from the United States and Kurdish Peshmerga, many of these people would have died, either from exposure or dehydration if they stayed on the mountain, or at the hands of IS militants if they ventured down.
«May the many refugees from that country who are in need of
humanitarian assistance find the acceptance and solidarity capable of relieving their dreadful sufferings.»
We are extremely grateful for your government's support in the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the North East of Nigeria, as well
as humanitarian assistance to the Internally Displaced Persons, through agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development and other international partners.
The document says it preserves «significant» funding for
humanitarian assistance during natural disasters, though it would ask other nations to «pay their fair share.»
During last Thursday's nomination announcement, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert celebrated Isaacs's «34 years of experience living and working around the world to provide lifesaving
emergency humanitarian assistance and development aid.»
She commended the governments of Nigeria and Borno State for the support accorded UN workers discharging their role in
taking humanitarian assistance to those in need.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of a core course program
on Humanitarian Assistance in West Africa, the Deputy Director General of NADMO in charge of Technical and Reforms, Seji Saji Amedonu, said his outfit...
Burkle had gone to Yarmouk Hospital to convince the administrators to allow the head of the Department of Defense's Office of Reconstruction and
Humanitarian Assistance entry into the hospital for an inspection.
Dr. Gallaudet has led teams of Navy Sailors and civilians performing such diverse functions as overseeing aircraft carrier combat operations, planning and
conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster response efforts, assisting Navy SEAL Teams during high visibility counter-terrorism operations, and developing the Navy's annual $ 52 billion information technology, cyber security, and intelligence budget.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), an independent organization that provides economic, development and
humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States, predicts that by 2025, one - third of all humans will face severe and chronic water shortages.
In fact, one of the goals of
humanitarian assistance now is preventative: keep people home rather than trekking to refugee camps, argued Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, at the event.
Next Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas will head to St. Croix and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands to offer
humanitarian assistance following Hurricane Maria.
Team Rubicon does more than provide
timely humanitarian assistance to the hardest hit places, it also offers military veterans support with their transition to civilian life.
In crisis — West Nusa Tenggara Disaster Mitigation Agency head Muhammad Rum (right) hands
over humanitarian assistance for flood victims in Lembar village, West Lombok, on Monday.
The committee said the Navy should «prepare for increased strain on capabilities due to
greater humanitarian assistance / disaster relief - related missions, as well as the opening of new international and territorial waters in the Arctic.»
The Amendment requires a report to Congress on vulnerabilities to climate damage in military infrastructure and how climate change is affecting missions
like humanitarian assistance and disaster response.
We are developing new policies, strategies, and plans, including the Department's Arctic Strategy and our work in
building humanitarian assistance and disaster response capabilities, both within the Department and with our allies and partners.»
Participated in the 2008 Humanitarian Relief efforts in Bangladesh desalination efforts provided 3,000,000 gallons of potable water in 21 days /
Received Humanitarian Assistance Medal.
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providing humanitarian assistance through donated medicines, medical supplies and volunteer medical help.
Reviewing approaches to psychosocial support work in
international humanitarian assistance, Zaveri (2011) found that a lack of consensus on what should be included delayed the insertion of standards on mental health and psycho - social support in the earliest Sphere Handbooks published in 1998 and 2000.
Speaking at the Core Course program
for Humanitarian Assistance for West Africa, the Deputy Director - General of NADMO in charge of Technical services and Reforms, Seji Saji Amedonu, said...
«We expressed gratitude for the US support in the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the North - East of Nigeria, as well
as humanitarian assistance to the Internally Displaced Persons, through agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development and other partners.
«Over 50 Sailors who served on the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN - 76) are Suffering from Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia, and Brain Tumors after participating in
Humanitarian assistance during the Japanese earthquake of 2011.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the US government agency providing economic and
humanitarian assistance worldwide, has created the ProJustice program in Haiti and is implementing mediation in many communities in the center and in other strategic cities of the country.
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