Courage, Compassion & Commitment: Saving Lives in a Conflict Zone

Almost half the world’s population lives below the poverty line. The need for humanitarian aid is undeniable – very real and often desperate - and no more so than in devastating conflict zones around the globe, areas grappling with years and sometimes decades of violence, fighting and trauma with dreadful consequences to the local population. The effective utilization of humanitarian aid in local communities has never been more critical.

An esteemed panel of speakers will address the impact and consequences of humanitarian aid at the grassroots level. Using Sudan as a primary example, panelists will discuss and explain what it takes to implement effective, quality programming in areas under intense strife with limited resources. Learn first-hand about the very real life and death choices, challenges of prioritizing issues and fundamental difficulties of trying to help distressed populations with too few resources. Meet some people who are overcoming these challenges and having a life-saving impact.

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Monday, November 25, 2019

Panel Discussion 6:30-7:30pm

Reception by invitation immediately following

W.S. Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

 

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Margaret E. Brawley, MPH

Moderator, CEO and President of Medicines for Humanity

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Dr. Tom Catena

Medical Director, Mother of Mercy Hospital in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan; 2017 Aurora Prize Laureate

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Dr. Pamela Steiner

Senior Fellow with the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health

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Founded on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors, the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative seeks to empower modern-day saviors to offer life and hope to those in urgent need of basic humanitarian aid anywhere in the world and thus continue the cycle of giving internationally. The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is Gratitude in Action. It is an eight-year commitment (2015 to 2023, in remembrance of the eight years of the Armenian Genocide 1915-1923) to support people and promote global projects that tackle the needs of the most helpless and destitute and do so at great risk. This is achieved through the Initiative’s various programs: The Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, the Aurora Dialogues, the Aurora Humanitarian Index, the Gratitude Projects and the 100 LIVES Initiative. The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is the vision of philanthropists Vartan Gregorian, Noubar Afeyan and Ruben Vardanyan who have been joined by more than 440 new supporters and partners. Our Chair, Dr. Tom Catena, draws on his experience is a surgeon, veteran, humanitarian and the 2017 Aurora Prize laureate to spread the message of Gratitude in Action to a global audience. The Initiative welcomes all who embrace a commitment to our shared humanity.

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Founded in 1997, Medicines for Humanity (MFH) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization with the mission of reaching the world’s most vulnerable children with effective life-saving health services to reduce the mortality rate of children under 5 years old. MFH works to increase the capacity of its in-country partners to support and provide services for clinics and communities with pediatric healthcare, nutrition, perinatal, water and sanitation initiatives. We train staff and volunteers to recognize, refer and treat children; transform community health through education and innovation; support provision of medicines and equipment and monitor progress and results to ensure positive outcomes. MFH leverages every dollar donated to make the greatest life-saving impact possible.

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The Harvard Armenian Student Association (ASA) was created to bridge the gap between Armenian and non-Armenian students with the greater Boston community. All students interested in learning about Armenian culture are welcome to the Harvard ASA.

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