{"id":4042,"date":"2014-08-21T18:09:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T16:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/?p=4042"},"modified":"2014-09-03T18:44:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T16:44:35","slug":"world-humanitarian-day-without-beyonce-or-guetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentfung.ca\/blog\/archives\/4042","title":{"rendered":"World Humanitarian Day without Beyonce or Guetta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year on August 19, the world celebrates\/commemorates World Humanitarian Day organized by UNOCHA, the UN organization I’ve been with since early this year. It’s a day to honor people who lost their lives in humanitarian service and those, who continue to bring assistance and relief to millions, and draw attention to humanitarian needs around the world. This is also the day that 22 United Nations staff were killed<\/a> following a terrorist attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad in 2003. <\/p>\n

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The last couple of years have been filled with celebrities getting involved from Beyonce in 2012 to David Guetta last year. This year was a bit different because there was more emphasis on local aid workers and profiling how we need more #humanitarianheroes<\/a>. It was my first time being a part of the preparations for the Geneva event and so I was excited to be a part of it, especially with all the focus it’s gathered in the last couple of years. It’s nice to see how the hard work didn’t go to waste, especially with the banners we designed…<\/p>\n

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MT @vfung<\/a>: Geneva's @UNOG_DG<\/a> putting our #WHD2014<\/a> poster to good use. @GenevaImpact<\/a>! #Genevameans<\/a> @UNGeneva<\/a> @UNOCHA<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SqYB4BfVWi<\/a><\/p>\n

— Green Cross (@GreenCrossInt) August 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n