* Devastating flooding in Pakistan impacted over 33 million people and caused an estimated $10 billion in damage.
*Following terror attacks in Somalia that left more than 120 dead and 300 injured, International Humanitarian Council airlifts trauma kits and medical equipment. Almost 38 tonnes of trauma kits and surgical equipment, valued at approximately $130,000, to help over 55,000 people were delivered.
*Indonesia hit again by earthquake — a 5.6 magnitude earthquake leaves over 250 dead in Java.
*34 active conflicts globally, resulting in over 100 million displaced people.
*356 million people will go hungry, particularly in Africa.
Floods, earthquakes, terror attacks, conflicts, hunger, pandemic — any grave situation and the global community gets together to ensure aid reaches people. The question, however, is — right aid at the right time or are efforts getting wasted?
“Covid-19 has clearly shown that the world is a very complex and heavily interconnected system,” writes Professor Luk Van Wassenhove, who leads INSEAD’s Humanitarian Research Group, for the Humanitarian Logistics Organisation. “This system complexity also hits the humanitarian world in the face. Complex systems require a different outlook and willingness to align many stakeholders. We can’t do it alone and we heavily depend on what others decide to do. Moreover, the problems are so huge that we cannot even dream of having sufficient resources. There is simply no other solution than to collaborate/exchange/partner with others, be they humanitarian, commercial, or academic.”
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