Why Are So Many Aid Workers Being Killed in the Line of Duty?

Feb 03, 2020

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Tabarre Issa camp for IDPs (internally displaced persons) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday, June 7, 2010. All images copyright Kendra Helmer kendra.helmer@yahoo.com

Aid work can be a dangerous business. According to the latest verified data, 131 aid workers were killed in the line of duty in 2018. Many more were injured in serious attacks.

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