Humanitarian workers are the last lifeline for over 300 million people caught in conflict or disaster. Yet, funding for that lifeline is drying up. And those who provide humanitarian aid are ...

DUBAI, 19th August, 2026 (WAM) -- Dubai Humanitarian (DXBH) marked World Humanitarian Day 2026 with a gathering bringing together representatives of the humanitarian community, United Nations agencies ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 2026 (IPS) - World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often dangerous conditions. This year, ...

Let me begin by acknowledging the survivors of the Canal Hotel attack who are with us today, and the families of those we lost. Your presence makes this commemoration especially meaningful, and I am ...

CNN’s Christina Macfarlane speaks with International Rescue Committee CEO David Miliband on World Humanitarian Day about the growing risks facing aid workers, as 2025 became one of the deadliest years ...

Humanitarian work can be challenging, demanding and, at times, deeply uncertain. Yet across the HelpAge global network, those working in humanitarian responses continue to stand alongside older people ...

Harare, 19 August 2009. Today Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world to commemorate the inaugural World Humanitarian Day. The General Assembly of the United Nations designated 19 August as World ...