Shelter and protection.Far from the spotlight and out of the headlines, humanitarians work around the clock to make our world a better place. Food and water. It also takes a village to support people living through a humanitarian crisis. There is a saying: “It takes a village to raise a child.” Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Humanitarian Day, observed today: On this year’s World Humanitarian Day, we celebrate humanitarians everywhere. It includes a global community pulling together to support them as they recover and rebuild. Help and hope. They represent the best of humanity. We salute their dedication and courage and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in pursuit of this noble cause. And it includes hundreds of thousands of individual humanitarians — volunteers and professionals alike. Delivering health care and education. Today, the number of people who need humanitarian assistance has never been higher, because of conflicts, climate change, COVID-19, poverty, hunger and unprecedented levels of displacement. This village includes affected people who are always first to respond when disasters strike — neighbours helping neighbours. Against incredible odds, often at great personal risk, they ease suffering in some of the most dangerous circumstances imaginable.
Humanitarians ‘Work Around the Clock to Make Our World a Better Place’, Says Secretary-General, in Message for World Day
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