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Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance, usually in the short-term, to people in need. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and victims of natural disasters, wars, and famines. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity.

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Types

Humanitarian funding

Delivery of humanitarian aid

Problematic aspects

Aid workers

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History

Post World War II and Cold War era 1940s–1960s

Critiques of humanitarian aid

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Humanitarian aid

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Humanitarian aid

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related to Origins · 26
Humanitarian aid → All, Army, Barracks Hospital, British, Crimean War, Early, Florence Nightingale, General Hospital, Great Britain, Great Irish Famine, Health, Her, In, More, Napoleonic Wars, Nightingale, Nightingale's, Once, Royal Commission, Scutari
related to Attacks · 23
Humanitarian aid → Additionally, Afghanistan, Aid Worker Security Database, Attacks, AWSD, Between, Far, For, Gaza, In, In November, International Red Cross, NGOs, Red Crescent Movement, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, The, This
related to Post World War II and Cold War era 1940s–1960s · 22
Humanitarian aid → After, At, Austria, Berlin Airlift, Canada, European, European Command, Hungarian, Hungarian Revolution, Hungarians, In, Operation Safe Haven, Red Cross, Soviet, The Marshall Plan, United States, West Berlin, Western, Western Allies, Western Europe
related to Late 19th century · 20
Humanitarian aid → An, British, British Raj, Catholic, Christian, Committee, Great Famine, In, India, Internationally, Northern China, Privately, Protestant, Retrospectively, Shandong, Shanghai, Simultaneously, The Shandong Famine Relief, Timothy Richard, United Kingdom
related to Gender and humanitarian aid · 14
Humanitarian aid → CARE International's Gender, Conflict, Even, Gender, In, It, Recent, The Geneva Learning Foundation, The Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Throughout, UN, United Nations, When, Women
related to Use of technology and data · 14
Humanitarian aid → Big Data, Coordination, For, Haiti Earthquake, Humanitarian Affairs, Hurricane Sandy, OCHA, Office, OpenStreetMap, Since, The, Twitter, UN, United Nations
related to Increasing existing conflicts · 11
Humanitarian aid → Aid, An, Furthermore, However, In, Iraq, Nevertheless, Similarly, There, Thus, United States
related to Composition · 8
Humanitarian aid → ALNAP, Humanitarian System, In, NGOs, Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, The, This, UN
related to Waste and corruption in humanitarian aid · 7
Humanitarian aid → For, However, Hurricane Katrina, Non-governmental, Overseas Development Institute, Researchers, Waste
has method · 5
Humanitarian aid → Actors, However, Humanitarian, The, United Nations

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wheatinstance ofto western crops0.80text
the United Nationsinstance ofand improving the interaction between formal humanitarian organizations0.80text
those developed by The Geneva Learning Foundationinstance ofRecent approaches to gender-responsive humanitarian action include peer learning programmes0.80text
which have been described in practitioner-led publicationsinstance ofRecent approaches to gender-responsive humanitarian action include peer learning programmes0.80text
independently evaluated within the context of CARE International's Gender in emergencies methodologyinstance ofRecent approaches to gender-responsive humanitarian action include peer learning programmes0.80text
improved seedsinstance offood aid distributed directly or through FFW programs to households in northern Kenya during the lean season can foster increased purchase of agricultural inputs0.80text
fertilizerinstance offood aid distributed directly or through FFW programs to households in northern Kenya during the lean season can foster increased purchase of agricultural inputs0.80text
hired laborinstance offood aid distributed directly or through FFW programs to households in northern Kenya during the lean season can foster increased purchase of agricultural inputs0.80text
thereby increasing agricultural productivityinstance offood aid distributed directly or through FFW programs to households in northern Kenya during the lean season can foster increased purchase of agricultural inputs0.80text
the fact that people should not make payments to be includedinstance ofhighlighting points0.80text
photocopyinstance ofhighlighting points0.80text
read aloud any lists prepared by leaders or committees.Abuse of power by aid workersReports of sexual exploitationinstance ofhighlighting points0.80text

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