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Expanding your heart - Ulrika Richardson - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti

Expanding your heart - Ulrika Richardson - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti

FromAwake At Night


Expanding your heart - Ulrika Richardson - UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti

FromAwake At Night

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jan 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Ulrika Richardson has dedicated her life to the UN. As resident and humanitarian coordinator in Haiti, her belief in the organization’s idealistic values drives her to brave significant dangers in her mission to alleviate the suffering she has witnessed there. “When you see people suffer, those images stay with you … that keeps you awake, and it should keep you awake.” Life in Haiti remains precarious. Armed gangs, cholera, and fuel and food shortages mean violence, hunger, disease, and deprivation are everyday hurdles for millions of Haitians. In this episode, Ulrika Richardson reflects on the scale of their suffering, on preserving the dignity of those in need, and on the importance of saying goodbye.
Released:
Jan 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (97)

What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous locations? How are health workers, humanitarians and peacekeepers racing to protect the most vulnerable populations from the threat of the COVID-19 virus? Stationed in remote locations and far from family, how are they coping themselves? To find out, Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, meets them. Here you will discover extraordinary personal stories from people who devote their lives to helping others.