HUMANITARIAN AID: How Should it be Delivered?

HUMANITARIAN AID: HOW SHOULD IT BE DELIVERED? PRESENTED BY LYDIA GANS What does humanitarian aid mean in the context of the current war? Lydia will fill us in on some of the history of humanitarian aid organizations – such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Cooperative for American Relief to Everywhere (CARE), the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Doctors without Borders, UNESCO, and others – and explain how their historical role has been changing. Organizations which focus on victims of strife around the world are reevaluating their functioning today because of the world political situation. Drawing from a new book, A Bed for the Night, by David Rieff (a war correspondent) and from her own experiences in Vietnam and other third-world countries and the latest international debates, Lydia will make a presentation on humanitarian aid today and lead a discussion on the issues involved.