World Humanitarian Day 2024: A Call to Protect Those Who Serve
As we mark World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, we find ourselves at a grim crossroads.
2023 went down in history as the deadliest on record for humanitarian workers – selfless individuals who risk everything to provide life-saving assistance in the world’s most perilous regions. Alarmingly, 2024 is on track to be even worse.
In most cases, the majority of humanitarian assistance is provided by local actors. Humanitarian workers are often people from the impacted communities – and they are the majority of those killed or injured.
So far, 192 humanitarian workers have been killed in 2024, 119 of whom were local staff.
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/world-humanitarian-day-2024-call-protect-those-who-serve
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