What action for humanitarian aid?

Gift ofsilver, supply of equipment, shipment of goods or personnel. L’humanitarian aid can take many different forms. But it always intervenes in an emergency. In a crisis situation. Like the one known by these regions of the Gironde affected by Forest fires exceptional for several weeks.

Professionals, associations and even individuals mobilized to support the firefighters who were fighting the fires and the populations who had to flee the flames. They offered water, food, care, shelter or even just an ear to those in need. They are the heroes of this new World Humanitarian Day whose message they carry: “It takes a whole village to support people in crisis. »

Conflicts, climate emergency, pandemic, poverty, economic crisis. The number of people in need of humanitarian aid has indeed reached the sad record of 303 million. Even as disinformation campaigns fuel division and cynicism, humanitarian action continues to demonstrate unity and solidarity.

The Global Humanitarian Overview shows that two regions continue to concentrate the greatest humanitarian aid needs: the Middle East and North Africa on the one hand, and West and Central Africa on the other. . But needs have risen sharply in Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and southern and eastern Africa.

A whole village to get out of the crisis

In Afghanistan alone, more than 24 million people need assistance. A significant increase in needs due to the conflicts that plague the country, the Covid-19 pandemicpolitical unrest, recurring economic shocks and the country’s worst drought in 27 years.

In Yemen, famine threatens. More than 16 million people live in a situation of acute food insecurity. Current levels of humanitarian assistance leave 40% of the population without sufficient food. We should be able to do better.

And on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day 2022, the United Nations wants above all to remind that we can all mobilize. Teachers, not only to ensure the continuity of education for the youngest, but also to offer them a semblance of emotional stability in troubled times.

Caregivers to heal wounds physical. Water specialists to maintain a vital service even in times of crisis. firefighters and paramedics, often the first on the scene of a disaster. And even truck drivers to transport personnel and equipment. Or the specialists of construction shelters to give back a roof and dignity to those who are suffering. “A whole village”in short…