Top 22 Career Paths in Humanitarian Action

Millions of people in the world depend on immediate help from humanitarian aid workers and their organizations. These humanitarian operations and projects, run in cooperation between international and domestic organizations, are multi-sector and complex, employing great numbers of professionals to undertake an impressive variety of tasks. Those passionate about working in the field of humanitarian assistance and helping to save lives might think that there is only a singular career path in this...

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