Word: humanitarianism
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...many other things we have to worry about, so why go and open this can of worms?" he asks. In some areas, tackling the militias can backfire. In the northeastern province of Badakhshan, local commander Nazir Mohammad runs the provincial capital, Faizabad, as one big protection racket. Foreign humanitarian organizations that don't hire his security services face attacks. When organizers at the German-run regional military-assistance base attempted to dismiss his men because of a compelling accusation of murder, the base was firebombed; Taliban militants were blamed even though they are not known to operate in that area...
...become inured to these huge numbers of deaths. Making matters worse, the conflict in Congo is often seen as a hopelessly byzantine African tribal war, encouraging the damning notion that nothing will ever change. This, of course, creates a sense of hopelessness - and nothing cuts down on humanitarian, foreign and development assistance so much as the jaded diminution of hope. The nation most in need of investment gets the least by the cruel logic that it is the most broken. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy that ultimately fosters indifference in the guise of wisdom. (See pictures of the fallout...
...lifelong fight for social justice is, as David G. Hernandez ’09 puts it, a “testament to the power each one of us possesses to make a positive difference.” Her acceptance of the Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian of the Year Award, given by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, is a fitting celebration of increased opportunity for Chicanos, Latinos, women, and workers. It also commends the struggle for equal rights and a better life for all, the struggle for the American dream...
...Humanitarian of the Year Award is presented by the students and faculty of the Harvard Foundation to individuals who have exceptionally contributed to the humanitarian cause and whose works exemplify the mission of the foundation. No one fits that description better than Dolores Huerta. Like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mahatma Gandhi, Dolores Huerta and César Chávez mobilized a massive nonviolent movement that empowered impoverished, abused, and disenfranchised people to fight against injustice...
...country, a national unemployment rate of 94%, a cholera epidemic that has already killed 3,000 people and a currency rendered nearly useless by hyperinflation, Tsvangirai says the time for negotiation has passed. Explaining his decision to join Mugabe's government, the former mine worker compared the nation's humanitarian crisis to a bus hanging over a cliff: "If you allow it to tip over, we will all tip with it." (See pictures of political tension in Zimbabwe...