Services Provided by Humanitarian Aid

The primary goal of humanitarian aid is to assist those in need during an emergency. This differs from development aid, which is focused on addressing the ongoing issues that contribute to the suffering of individuals.

The various organizations that work together include the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, and different national and international groups. In an effort to help those in need, they provide aid in multiple ways.

Shelter

Shelter is essential to humanitarian aid, as it is often needed to help people displaced by various disasters and conflicts. The UN Refugee Agency distributes plastic sheets and tents, though they do not want to establish camps. When creating centers, they must ensure that the environment is safe from diseases and fires.

Food

Food insecurity is a global issue, as various factors, such as conflict and climate change, contribute to the problem. According to the World Food Program, people from areas affected by conflict are three times more likely to go hungry than those from other countries. In 2020, the organization provided over 115 million metric tons of food aid to 84 nations. Each year, they distribute over 15 billion rations.

Disaster Relief

The rising number of natural disasters is a significant cause of the world’s suffering and death. According to a report released by the UN, the number of recorded disasters has increased significantly over the past two decades. In 2020, natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes affected the world.

Healthcare

Various activities are carried out in medical care, such as providing funds, personnel, and materials. The Covid-19 pandemic led to multiple programs and promises, such as the UN’s $2 billion response plan. Despite the seriousness of the situation, the success of humanitarian aid remains to be seen.

Water

A lack of clean water can lead to various health issues, such as death. According to a report released by the WHO in 2019, around 1 in 3 people worldwide don’t have access to safe water. Women often collect water for the community, which takes up a lot of their time. This contributes to the cycle of poverty and keeps them from being able to provide for their families.

ABOUT FRANCESCA ROME-MARIE

Working out of Rome, Italy, Francesca Rome-Marie is a compassionate and dedicated healthcare professional who has spent her life building a career in the service of others. She works in areas focused on health, humanitarian aid, and human development particularly focused on the nonprofit/not-for-profit sectors doing work in underserved and marginalized communities.

Throughout her career, Francesca Rome-Marie’s work and experience have helped her to develop skills in multiple areas. Her experience includes family medicine, nursing, family nursing, primary care, community health, mental health, global health, medicine, research, reproductive health, preventative medicine, and family nursing. She is also skilled in areas that include human rights activism, crisis counselling, sexuality education, gender theory, gender studies, cross-cultural communication skills, humanitarian assistance and intervention, interpersonal communication, nonprofit organizations, and disaster response, recovery, and preparedness. She is also known for her collaborative problem-solving abilities and disaster risk reduction capabilities.

Francesca Rome-Marie has developed a particular passion for work in areas regarding sexuality and gender as well as refugees, forced displacement, health, and rights. She is especially focused on improving access to care, visibility, and research while implementing programs dedicated to vulnerable populations, including women, girls, LGBTQI+ individuals, and sex workers, including any individuals who overlap between the three. She has worked previously doing research on LGBTQI needs within the humanitarian sphere.

As part of her work in mental health and gender studies, Francesca Rome-Marie understands just how deeply a role that respect for individual dignity and sovereignty plays when it comes to making decisions about one’s own body and life. She has developed a commitment to viewing an individual’s mental and physical health through the lens of not only gender, sexual, and reproductive rights but also gender-based violence.