The year has seen huge humanitarian challenges: war in Ukraine, looming famine in Somalia, protracted crises in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria. This week on the Inside Geneva podcast, aid agencies reflect on the year.
\u201cOne of the things we see is that wars are not ending, they\u2019re lasting, they\u2019re enduring,\u201d says Jason Straziuso, spokesperson at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
\u201cThere is no health without peace, so the only solution is peace, in these countries,\u201d says Tarik Jasarevic, spokesperson at the World Health Organization (WHO).
\u201cIt just seems that we are in a situation of crises after crises,\u201d says analyst Daniel Warner.
How hard is it for aid workers to keep going?
\u201cIt is frustrating to go back to a place and talk again about a place year after year and things are not getting better,\u201d says Jasarevic.
Is the work of humanitarian organisations even sustainable?
\u201cHumanitarians can\u2019t substitute for the state. We can\u2019t step in for the medical system, we can\u2019t step in for the water system. We do in fact do that kind of work, but eventually the state has to take over because this is not a job in the long term for humanitarians,\u201d says Straziuso.
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