{"id":132541,"date":"2021-08-19T12:05:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missoeshumanitarias.org\/education-a-priority-measure-in-humanitarian-aid\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T12:06:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T15:06:43","slug":"education-a-priority-measure-in-humanitarian-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missoeshumanitarias.org\/en\/education-a-priority-measure-in-humanitarian-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Education \u2013 A Priority Measure in Humanitarian Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Celebrating the World Humanitarian Day on August 19, the UN designated it as a way of honoring all those who are active in promoting and defending the humanitarian cause, giving of themselves to aid those impacted by natural disasters, wars or conflicts.<\/p>\n\n

The choosing of this date memorializes the 22 people killed in the attack on the United Nations Office in Iraq, which occurred in 2003. Among the victims was the Brazilian, S\u00e9rgio Vieira de Mello, the official representative at that time of the Secretary General of the UN in that country.<\/p>\n\n

A correct humanitarian response goes well beyond just alleviating the immediate material need of afflicted populations, and in this sense, Education in Emergency Situations is indispensable for establishing a continuity of proper growth and cognitive, emotional and social development of children and adolescents, and for the vocational, technical and professional training of young people and adults.<\/p>\n\n

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Education is an intervention that saves lives<\/h3>\n\n

According to the\u00a0<\/span>Interinstitutional Network for Education in Emergency Situations (INEE)<\/a><\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/span>\u201ceducation in emergency situations assures a physical, psychosocial and cognitive protection that can support and save lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Fraternity \u2013 International Humanitarian Federation (FIHF)<\/a><\/span><\/b>, active since 2011 in humanitarian responses, has constantly expanded their educational formats in the five shelters that it manages in Roraima, managing to offer both education to the children, and professional training to the young people and adults.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Examples of Humanitarian Servers that are active in the Humanitarian Fraternity (FIHF)<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n\n

Laerte Willmann<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

A humanitarian server in the\u00a0<\/span>Art-Education Sector<\/a><\/span>, and having participated in the\u00a0<\/span>Carmo da Cachoeira<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Roraima<\/a>\u00a0missions<\/a><\/b><\/span>, Laerte recognizes that the humanitarian work was able to transform his personal and professional life. \u201cBefore serving in the missions, I only worked in conventional schools and teaching institutions; after this experience, I expanded my personal and professional field of activity, and began to work with populations with which I had never dealt with before, such as disabled people, the elderly, street people, etc.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Using dance, singing, the telling of stories, theater and other group activities, Laerte states that \u201cwe live in times of accelerated change and emergency situations in all areas, and Education in Emergency Situations came about to help deal with all the challenges that emerge out of the multiplication of these emergency scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

For Laerte, \u201cthe\u00a0<\/span>Humanitarian Fraternity (FIHF)<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0has contributed to the improvement of the quality of life of this vulnerable population, mainly through offering a safe reference point, a friendly presence, a group of companions that are not frightened by the problems that arise at all levels, and tries to help that population calmly deal with them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n