What are global humanitarian problems?
I can explain what a global humanitarian problem is and the range of responses from countries and international organisations.
What are global humanitarian problems?
I can explain what a global humanitarian problem is and the range of responses from countries and international organisations.
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Key learning points
- Humanitarian problems can be sudden or long-term and often lead to widespread human suffering and displacement.
- Short-term responses to humanitarian crises focus on saving lives, providing immediate aid and preventing further harm.
- Countries support long-term responses through development aid, peacebuilding and human rights protections.
Keywords
Humanitarian problem - a situation or event, often large-scale, that poses a serious and immediate threat to the health, safety or wellbeing of a community or group of people
Refugee - a person who has been forced to leave their home due to a well-founded fear of being persecuted
Natural disasters - a harmful event caused by natural forces, like a volcanic eruption, earthquake or drought, that can damage communities and the environment
Common misconception
Humanitarian problems are just conflicts.
Humanitarian problems can be a range of issues, including conflicts. It could be a natural disaster such as an earthquake or it could be other events which lead to a refugee crisis. Conflicts are one example of humantiarian problems.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
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when people live without enough money to meet their basic needs
the suffering of people due to extreme scarcity of food
long term change in weather patterns
basic freedoms and protections that every human is entitled to
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
serious threats to health or safety of a community or people
a person forced to flee due to danger or persecution
harmful events caused by nature, like earthquakes or storms