The Danger That Comes With Trying to Do Good

Often working near the front lines of regional and international conflicts, humanitarian aid workers face an acute security threat while doing their jobs. In the past five months, threats have forced Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) to suspend operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations to withdraw aid workers from the Gaza Strip. In January 2018, Save the Children suspended operations in Afghanistan after an Islamic State attack on its offices in Kabul. And aid workers are constantly targeted in hot spots such as South Sudan, the Sahel and the Central African Republic, just to name a few. ...