Humanitarian action and Volunteering
I think there are as viewpoints of Humanitarian Action as there are people on Earth. For me, the goal of Humanitarian Action is to improve living conditions of human beings. Comprehension, respect, solidarity, sharing of ideas are the keys to succeed in it. You can do humanitarian at the other end of the world or close to your house. You can help and be useful whatever the place. Working with people, listen them is a good way to achieve your action.
Principles of humanitarian action are guiding actors of it as well as volunteers. As a EU Aid Volunteer thanks to ECHO program, I can better realize what these principles involve, during daily life and when I meet and work with people. To be volunteer of Humanitarian Action is first of all a commitment to myself. It’s a professional and personal experience where you find out a country, people, ways of life and you share a part of your life…
During my experience of volunteering in Nicaragua with Alianza por la Solidaridad, I have the opportunity to work with local people. That’s a good way to confront my own way of life with ones of people here… An interesting human and humanitarian experience…
By Emmanuelle Legay