Supporting the Stephen D. Vance Foundation

by Michael Bear · 2008-12-25 00:56:00 UTC
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A quick posting, late on Christmas eve - I just recently learned of the Stephen D. Vance Foundation, which provides support to the families of slain international aid workers.  The Foundation honors Stephen Vance, who was murdered this past November while working on a development program in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan.

Attacks against aid workers are all too common, and becoming ever more so.  This year alone, 36 aid workers have been killed in Somalia, and 33 in Afghanistan.  Others have been murdered in Darfur and Chad, Sri Lanka and the Congo.  Tragically, even this is not a definitive list.

For more information, see the August report by the UN Secretary General, Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations Personnel.

During the holidays, I'd like to take just a moment to recognize all those who died over the past year, trying to do what they could to help others.

If you're at all interested in supporting the Foundation, please visit their website here.

For more information about the psychological strain on aid workers, and resources to help, see here.

[Photo of Stephen Vance from the Stephen D. Vance Foundation]

Michael Bear
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