World Humanitarian Day: Teachers
Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a whole community to help people in need.
In an emergency, the first people to respond are always crisis-affected people themselves.
Starting today, we showcase their often invisible but always indispensable work.
Teachers play a transformative role in the lives of their students.
Teachers work in armed conflicts, forced displacement situations, climate change disasters and many other crises.
For children in humanitarian crises, teachers are a lifeline.
- They provide education and stability in traumatic times, and they protect children from harm.
- They are part of a wider village of humanitarians who support people in need.
About World Humanitarian Day
In 2008, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution designating 19 August as World Humanitarian Day. This was to commemorate the 22 humanitarian workers killed in a bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, on 19 August 2003, including the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Each year on 19 August, World Humanitarian Day advocates for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises, and for the safety and security of aid workers.
Learn more about teachers' critical role in humanitarian crises: worldhumanitarianday.org
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