humanitarians
Helpers of suffering
Humanitarians are people devoted to promoting human welfare and reducing suffering.
The term applies both to individuals who provide disaster relief or aid to refugees and to those who advocate broadly for human rights and dignity.
A humanitarian, as an adjective, describes efforts or crises involving human welfare: humanitarian aid, a humanitarian disaster.
People providing humanitarian assistance
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- disaster responseOrganized aid after catastrophe
- Red CrossInternational emergency relief organization
UNHCR · emergency supplies · displaced persons · food distribution · shelter · medical missions · refugee camps · donations
People who give gifts
- benefactorsGivers of aid
- foundationsStructural bases below ground
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
charitable giving · endowments · sponsors · patrons · Bill Gates · Carnegie · Rockefeller · scholarships
Honor for advancing harmony
- laureatesCelebrated prize recipients
- honorsRecognition for achievement
- awardsFormal honors bestowed
- citationsAcknowledged source mentions
commendations · medals · ceremonies · tributes · legacy · dedication · selflessness · courage
People working for causes
- campaignersPeople promoting a cause
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- policy reformAmending governmental regulations
injustice · oppression · dignity · equality · protection · vulnerable populations · documentation · testimony
Those opposing human bondage
- WilberforceBritish antislavery campaigner
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- antislaveryOpposing human bondage
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
Florence Nightingale · Harriet Tubman · missionaries · suffrage · orphanages · asylum seekers · famine relief · wartime nurses
aid workers
People providing humanitarian assistance
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- disaster responseOrganized aid after catastrophe
Red Cross · UNHCR · emergency supplies · displaced persons · food distribution · shelter · medical missions · refugee camps · donations · NGOs
donors
People who give gifts
- benefactorsGivers of aid
- foundationsStructural bases below ground
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
funding · charitable giving · endowments · sponsors · patrons · Bill Gates · Carnegie · Rockefeller · scholarships · trusts
Nobel Peace Prize
Honor for advancing harmony
citations · commendations · medals · ceremonies · tributes · legacy · dedication · selflessness · courage · sacrifice
activists
People working for causes
- campaignersPeople promoting a cause
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
policy reform · injustice · oppression · dignity · equality · protection · vulnerable populations · documentation · testimony · accountability
abolitionists
Those opposing human bondage
- WilberforceBritish antislavery campaigner
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- antislaveryOpposing human bondage
Florence Nightingale · Harriet Tubman · reformers · missionaries · suffrage · orphanages · asylum seekers · famine relief · wartime nurses · prison reform
- HumanitariansMother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr.
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- notable figurespolitical leaders, historical figures, dignitary, luminary, presidents
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- notablesleaders, celebrities, dignitary, rulers, VIPs
- supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, backer
humanitariansegoists
Self-centered individuals
misanthropes · profiteers · exploiters · narcissists · egotists
humanitarianswar criminals
Violators of armed conflict
oppressors · mass murderers · torturers · tyrants · warlords
humanitariansprofiteers
Those gaining from hardship
exploiters · slave traders · loan sharks · war profiteers · slumlords
- humanitarian aidCrisis relief for sufferers
- humanitarian crisisLarge-scale emergency harming populations
- humanitarian workEfforts aiding those in crisis
- humanitarian missionOrganized aid to suffering populations
- humanitarian crisesEvents causing mass suffering
- humanitarian effortsOrganized assistance for those suffering