WHILE shells exploded nearby, TEAR Fund’s Ian McInnes kept his cool, helping victims evacuated from Sri Lanka’s war zone, to reach medical attention. TEAR Fund is proud of the contributions its partners and the individuals who work for them make around the world, on the inaugural UN World Humanitarian Day (Wednesday August 19), said TEAR Fund executive director, Stephen Tollestrup.
World Humanitarian Day was established to increase public awareness of humanitarian assistance activities worldwide and to honour the contribution made by people like Ian McInnes, who undertake humanitarian work, sometimes at the risk of their lives, said Mr Tollestrup. Over the past few TEAR Fund has had many Kiwis working in some of the most dangerous places in the world, including Darfur, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
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