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What people demand as they celebrate World Humanitarian Day
World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on August 19 to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to mobilise people to advocate for a more humane world.
Aid Workers are the people distributed internationally to do humanitarian aid work. Very often, they have to leave their homeland to very distant places to help others. Every day, some of them witness the saddest consequences of wars and violence going on around the world.
The theme of this years commemoration is “One Humanity”. It speaks to how shared human experiences binds humanity across divides, and create a common responsibility to demand action for the most vulnerable and at risk of being left behind.
However many people think the World Humanitarian day is an exercise in futility because only one day is not enough if violence and suffering prevails on the other days. They are asking for an end to violence and calling on all to embrace dialogue.
This video illustrates the one thing that all of humanity is demanding while the tweets are opinions of people who think World Humanitarian Day should be everyday.
This #WorldHumanitarianDay choose the world you want to live in: https://t.co/471GHCkbaq #ShareHumanity pic.twitter.com/gpTX0N4Sz7
— UNOCHA (@UNOCHA) August 18, 2016
I’m so confused about this trend #WorldHumanitarianDay humanity is bleeding in this world & world is silent pic.twitter.com/IzvYniFERO
— Fatima Rashid (@fatima_rashd) August 19, 2016
@UNOCHA @UN #Humanity is a #Shame on #injured face of Ümran!#WorldHumanitarianDay https://t.co/57PbxQ1WNs pic.twitter.com/zmGdSUWvWi
— ÖZLEM ÖZER (@ozlemozer1969) August 18, 2016
What is the point of having #WorldHumanitarianDay if you don’t arrest the War Criminals that create the refugees? pic.twitter.com/st2QIDVQGh
— Ian56 (@Ian56789) August 19, 2016
#NigerianIDPs in Maiduguri.
Under-reported & underserved.#WorldHumanitarianDay
photo: @NellWhitehead pic.twitter.com/qgZ0PCdsrj— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) August 19, 2016
#WorldHumanitarianDay we pay tribute to those colleagues who have lost their lives in humanitarian service pic.twitter.com/UbNAauO5Rv
— ACF_France (@ACF_France) August 19, 2016