During our online prayers for humanitarian workers, participants were invited to think about humanitarian organisations active today and put their names in the chat so that we can remember them in our prayers. Below is a transcript of those that were mentioned.
Doctors Without Borders, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Anglican hospital in Gaza and aid workers there, ACP -Anglican Children’s Programme, Christian Aid, Oxfam, The White Helmets – volunteers in Syria, Embrace the Middle East, Red Cross/Crescent, United Nations, ChiPS, Freedom from Torture, Episcopal Relief & Development (TEC – USA),World Food Programme, Save the Children, World Food Program, UNICEF, UNRWA, JESUITS REFUGEE SERVICE, CHURCHES AND COMMUNITIES WORKING IN THE FIELD, UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, WHITE HELMETS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION, Corrymeela, ZACOP (Zambia Anglican Council Outreach Programme)
Additionally, we call to mind the World Central Kitchen, 7 of whose members tragically lost their lives attempting to bring aid to the people of Gaza. We remember the many other aid workers who have lost their lives in this and other conflicts.