Social Media Ideas for World Humanitarian Day

World Humanitarian Day — Protect Aid Workers Against Drones

UNITED NATIONS, August 20 (IPS) - World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often dangerous condi...

On World Humanitarian Day, UN calls on international community to act for humanity

World Humanitarian Day: CARE humanitarian worker shares life during war in Lebanon

On World Humanitarian Day 2026, CARE staff member Hiba shares what it's like to support families displaced by conflict in Lebanon while living through the same crisis herself. The...

Dubai Humanitarian Marks World Humanitarian Day With UN OCHA And Partners

In commemoration of World Humanitarian Day 2026, Dubai Humanitarian (DXBH) today hosted a gathering of the community, bringing together representatives from the humanitarian commun...

Serving through crisis: UN Women’s humanitarian workers on what keeps them going

For World Humanitarian Day, UN Women staff in the Central African Republic, Sudan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Ukraine share what it means to serve while surviving crisis.

Humanity must be more than a ceremony

There is a strange contradiction in the way the world observes World Humanitarian Day, falling on August 19. For one day, we pause to speak of compassion, dignity and solidarity. W...

Africa: World Humanitarian Day 2026 - Aid Workers Under Fire As Armed Drones Transform War-Making

[OCHA] (Geneva/New York, 19 August 2026): 2025 set another grim record for violence against aid workers, with 907 colleagues killed, injured or kidnapped, the Office for the Coordi...

UN flag at half-mast to honour humanitarian workers killed in line of duty

Marking World Humanitarian Day on Wednesday, the United Nations flag was lowered to half-mast at the UN headquarters in Nairobi. The gesture recognises the humanitarian workers wh...

HWPL, mashirika yaungana kuadhimisha Siku ya Kimataifa ya Huduma za Kibinadamu

Shirika la Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), Kundi la Kimataifa la Vijana la Amani (IPYG), Dingonet, G4TC, Shirika la Kimataifa la Uhamiaji (IOM) na Shiri...

Ashghal Lights Up Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor in Red for World Humanitarian Day

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) illuminated the Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor in red on 19 August 2026 to mark World Humanitarian Day and recognise Qatar’s humanitarian efforts arou...

Welttag der humanitären Hilfe: Hilfswerke prangern Angriffe auf humanitäre Helfer an

Die Vereinten Nationen würdigen den Einsatz von Helfer*innen. Die Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe verweist auf die großen Gefahren in Gaza und im Sudan. mehr...

The World’s Aid Workers Must Be Protected

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 7 (IPS) - This summer, an ambush on a marked humanitarian convoy in Duk County, South Sudan, left 17 dead and five injured. While the UN called for an immed...

Pakistan reaffirms commitment to humanitarian principles

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reaffirmed the country's commitment to humanitarian principles, h...

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, World Vision says

But unlike conflict zones such as Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan, they are generally not targeted by violence.

Sudan humanitarian crisis: When roads become impassable, help cannot wait

In South Kordofan, seasonal rains turn roads to mud and cut off entire communities from humanitarian assistance. Meet Hawa and the CARE Sudan team, determined to reach her anyway —...

الصليب الأحمر: ضرورة حماية العاملين الإنسانيين من الاستهداف

صراحة نيوز – دعت رئيسة الاتحاد الدولي لجمعيات الصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر، كيت فوربس، ورئيسة اللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر، ميريانا سبولياريتش، إلى اتخاذ إجراءات أقوى لحماية العامل...

International Youth Day: Helping young people build brighter futures through empowerment

This year’s International Youth Day, "Different Contexts, Common Aspirations,” shines through these stories of perseverance. Across countries and communities, young people are purs...

World Drowning Prevention Day: Turning the tide on drowning

On 25 July, organisations around the world will mark World Drowning Prevention Day, a World Health Organization (WHO) campaign that highlights drowning as a preventable public heal...

Dubai Set To Bring Global Humanitarian Community Together To Shape Future Of Humanitarian Action

As the countdown to the 22nd edition of the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference & Exhibition – DIHAD 2026 enters its final week, Dubai is preparing...

The Scottish humanitarian charities facing global disasters head-on

Around £1.4 million of Scottish funding a year supports life-saving interventions in some of the deepest - and often overlooked - global crises. Every pound is working hard on the...

Dubai Humanitarian facilitates new air bridge to deliver critical WHO medical supplies to Gaza Under Mohammed bin Rashid...

UN Women statement for International Youth Day

Different realities, shared dreams, collective power: International Youth Day, 12 August 2026

Kriege und Konflikte: Humanitäre Hel­fe­r*in­nen unter Beschuss

Hunderte Mitarbeitende von Hilfsorganisationen wurden 2025 getötet, viele weitere wurden verletzt. Caritas fordert Hilfe von Bundesregierung und EU. mehr...

Washington destina más de 200 millones de dólares para fortalecer la respuesta humanitaria mundial de la Cruz Roja

La iniciativa busca disponer de recursos inmediatos ante nuevas crisis sin recurrir a procesos adicionales de contratación, aprovechando la infraestructura y presencia global de es...