19 August 2010: World Humanitarian Day

The second World Humanitarian Day takes place this year on 19 August. The day will raise awareness of what it means to be a humanitarian aid worker by describing their work, explaining the principles that guide all humanitarians, and portraying the hazards that humanitarian aid workers face in the course of their work. World Humanitarian Day will also honour those who have been killed or injured in the course of their work.

This film is shot in over 40 countries, with the goal of showing the enormous diversity of places, faces and endeavors of humanitarian aid workers in 2010. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) provides more details on the event. Click here to read more.