World Humanitarian Day I August 19, 2020 I History & Importance

On an unfortunate day, an incident happened in Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, which shook the world. On 19 August 2003, a total of 22 people were killed in the terrorist attack. Terrorist carried out a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad. Sergio Vieira de Mello, the chief of humanitarian in Iraq was among the deads. 

The above incident shows us the danger that our humanitarian workers are working in. Every year many philanthropic workers get killed or injured in the course of their work. 

In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly formalized the date 19th August as World Humanitarian Day. The UN-designated this day to honour the philanthropic work carried out by our aid workers. 

1.0 World Humanitarian Day - 19 Agust 2020:

Pic Credit: UN

The world is going through a pandemic and our humanitarian aid workers are among the first line of defence in this fight against the ongoing pandemic. Aid workers are putting up unprecedented efforts and overcoming communication hurdles to assist people across more than 60 countries. 

2.0 Theme of World Humanitarian Day:

It's been eleven years since the first world humanitarian day was celebrated. This year the world is paying tribute to the sacrifices that our aid workers made in the line of their work. 

This year's theme is "REAL LIFE HEROES".

This is a worldwide campaign to say 'thank you" to the people who have committed their lives to help others. It is a way of showing gratitude to the real-life heroes who dedicated their life for the improvement of others. 

This year the campaign focuses on what drives aid workers to protect and serve the people around the world despite the rising conflict, insecurity, lack of resources and risk associated with COVID-19

3.0 Facts About the Humanitarian activities around the World:

• In 2019 around 483 aid workers were attacked among which 125 were killed and 234 were wounded and 124 were kidnapped in a total of 277 separate incidents.
• Most of these attacks occurred in conflict infested countries such as Syria, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Central African Republic (CAR), Yemen and Mali.
• Despite this, a total of 28.9M children were vaccinated globally against measles and 6.9M children (6—59 months), pregnant and lactating women with acute malnutrition were provided with treatment facilities globally.
• Around 32.2M people provided with access to safe water, a basic necessity for life, for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene.

4.0 Global Humanitarian Overview 2020:

Credit: UN GHO

It is estimated that nearly 168 million people will require humanitarian assistance and protection in the year 2020. In other words, about 1 in every 45 people in the world are in the severe need of basic human necessities. 

Data Predicted by UN 

This number will keep on increasing if the root cause of all the conflicts, i.e., climate change is not properly addressed. According to GHO, projections show that the number of people in the need of humanitarian aid will increase to staggering 200 million by the year 2022

Other UN Observance - (August)

This is all about the world humanitarian day. 

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