Advantages Of Humanitarian Aid During Times Of War

David Rieff talks about the idea of the “international community which gives both the humanitarian worker and the victims of crisis “false hope” that something will be done (Rieff, 2003). He says that “the moment one taps on to the idea of the international community, it (humanitarianism) falls part like a toy” (Rieff 2003, p.9). The concept of international community, however vague or disastrous it might seem or sound, is also the source of logistics for

From recent disasters like the earthquake in Nepal and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Colombo Plan in the 1950s, Australia has a long history of foreign aid. This foreign aid has helped Australia create links with the rest of the globe which has helped cement Australia’s position in the world as one of the largest foreign aid providers. The effectiveness of this foreign aid by both government and non-government organisations (NGO) of Australia in relation to its cost vs benefits will be evaluated in this response.

In order to address the issues of humanitarian relief and foreign Aid, Specific steps must be taken. The US foreign aid is an essential part of American foreign policy. The U.S. government must implement a global policy on humanitarian support to guide and to save to save lives

Another example of chaos in humanitarian aid is when humanitarian agencies managing complex humanitarian crisis after the war in the Republic of Georgia. Dunn (2012, p. 2) points out this circumstance as adhocracy, ‘a form of power that creates chaos and vulnerability as much as its creates order’. Initially, the case occurred when the state failure in Georgia lead to a state building project by humanitarian agencies. The aim of this project was to make the Internal Displaced Person (IDPs) obtain their life again as citizens. However, in doing so, the agencies conducted apolitical approach for the political problem through cluster system. Here, they convert compassion into bureaucracy and misery into practical problems. They did it by utilising

WHOOSH! CRASH! A swirling windstorm quickly turned into a monstrous beast. It demolished houses, leaving the owners with nothing. It swept through the town like a broom sweeps up dirt. Nothing was spared. This is what a tornado is. Millions of people lose their homes from natural disasters. A humanitarian is someone who helps these people. They help them get some of their belongings and donate so they have someplace to live. Imagine not having a home, and nobody helping to get one. This is what it would be like without humanitarians. Humanitarians are important to this community because they help other people without a second thought.

Coordinating the delivery of aid is just the beginning, the effect the aid can have is something to look at. Of course this aid is meant to have a positive impact on the civilian population and that should be the case in the short term, however, humanitarian aid has the potential to make a civil war last

The Global Humanitarian Assistant Report (GHA) (2015) states that in 2014, the Ebola virus in Western Africa, the crisis in Syria, South Sudan and Iraq has severely affected millions of people. GHA (2015) further state that between the year 2013 and 2015 over 58 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence or persecution. Natural disaster and Hazards has affected over 107.3 million people. Because of this there has been an increase in Humanitarian aid assistance and hence Humanitarian aid or relief workers have been deployed to the affected areas.

has a moral imperative with its position of superpower. Humanitarian action is designed not to resolve conflicts but to protect human dignity and save lives. By evaluating interventions from the perspective of the victims rather than the interveners, it carves a new path for redefining the legitimacy and legality of interventions made in the name of human rights and humanitarianism. In general, the purpose of humanitarian governance might be not only to save lives but also to save humanity and create a cosmopolitan world order. The intervention is good not only for the object but also for the subject- it helps reaffirm the individual’s sense of her own humanity. Information and transformation technologies make it impossible to use ignorance as an excuse, and the rise of more efficient and effective delivery systems means that it is possible to respond to emergencies when something can still be done. The action of intervention would maintain the reliability of the United States, the international community, and the rule of international

Humanitarian emergencies affect millions of people annually and they can be in the form of either conflicts or disasters. Since 1990, natural disasters have affected more than 217 million people annually and about 300 million people live in the midst of violence and unsecure environment (Leaning & Guha-Sapir, 2013). In mission cases for countries that are experiencing conflict, refugees and internally displaced individuals typically experience high mortality rate. Typically, the increase in mortality rate is not directly correlated to the conflict but to disease such as cholera and dysentery, measles, acute respiratory infections, and malaria, often

American Near East Refugee Aid was developed in spite of the Arab-Israeli War in 1967 that left hundreds upon thousands of Palestinians homeless and impoverished. This clearly was not the only war that we have helped in, there have been others. When refugees along with poor communities are in need of aid, we are dedicated to helping them. 1967 may seem like such a long time ago, but wars break out all the time. One of the most recent wars was the Lebanon War that took place in 2006. With our help, we were able to aid more than 1 million civilians. Without our help, who knows where those people would be right now? Who knows if they would still be alive? ("ANERA's History | History of Humanitarian Aid and Relief to Palestine")

The history of humanitarian intervention was born in 1967 in West Africa. The Nigerian province of Biafra was going through a civil war. The separatist biafran rebels were fighting against the Nigerian federal army. The biafran rebels were fighting for a separate state while the other was fighting to keep Nigeria as one. The violence lead to deaths of civilians and this inspired the doctors from aid organizations to come and check on the people of Biafra. The army blocked the roads in the province, and this lead to shortages of food and now the new killer was famine. The famine changed everything as it attracted the world and the international community towards the biafran cause. Images of malnourished kids and starving women captured the world and

One distressing example of a current humanitarian crisis involves Bashar Al Assad’s regime in Syria which has displaced 12 million people since 2011. Due to lack of leadership in the Middle East, Assad’s regime sprayed thousands of civilians with chlorine gas in April of 2015, which resulted in numerous injuries and deaths. It was only after the U.S. allocated military forces and provided 4.5 billion dollars in financial assistance to Syrian refugees that the international community became involved. European nations such as France and New Zealand are continuing to accept 24,850 Syrian refugees in the next three years. The U.S. will alone accept 10,000 refugees next year. Overall, without America’s actions in humanitarian crisis, these refugees would continue to suffer at the hands of the Assad

Although genocide in Darfur has resulted where, “thousands of civilians were killed, 700,000 more were forcibly displaced within Darfur, and 130,000 fled to refugee camps in neighboring Chad” (Christian). The Sudanese government continues to impede “humanitarian access throughout Darfur” (Christian). The situation in Darfur is “the greatest humanitarian crisis in Africa” (Christian) and the number of those killed or displaced continues to increase. Minimal refugees have been allowed to return to Darfur from the displacement camps in Chad and even if they were allowed to return, refugees are reluctant because the country is still unstable. The Sudanese government will not allow relief workers into Darfur. Humanitarian relief is impacted, by

Wars, conflicts, and struggles are sites of innovation, leading to the creation of new forms of legitimacy and protection. (M Duffield, Global Governance and the New Wars: the Merging of Development and Security, London: Zed Books, 2001.) They are essential for the advancement of peoples that are affected by it. They are essential in the transformation of infrastructures, institutions and social structures. And those affected societies will appreciate the availability of such foreign aids to allow them to rebuild and restructure the remains of their struggles.

It has always been said that the things that are unlikely to happen does actually happen during an emergency or in a crisis situation. If one accept that it is by fate a crisis happens and do not have any precautionary measures, then the crisis management is doomed to fail. This holds true when dealing with humanitarian aids after a disaster,whether man-made or of natural cause. It is then of utmost importance that all the actors in the humanitarian community knows their roles and get their acts together harmoniously. Figure 1 shows the link between these different actors and how they work together (GHA Report, 2011). Who are then these actors within the humanitarian community?