And the description of the Healing Category can be placed in this section
When the Deserving Poor Refuse to be Virtuous and Humanitarian Aid Fails to Imagine a Good Life
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Humanitarian virtues
Wars change life conditions.
There are the sheer number of civilian deaths and the flow of forcibly displaced people. There is family disintegration, weakening of social networks and breakdown of social services. There are material losses, disruption of social economies, dislocation of food production, and the exodus of the workforce. There are high unemployment rates and low wages; and there is poverty.
Wars also create new possibilities.
People reorient themselves towards one another and towards the influx of strangers – the mercenaries, the peacekeepers, and the aid providers. I observed for years how humanitarian aid with its entourage of experts, volunteers, and adventurers profoundly […]