The Topic

In this webinar, Gareth will explore the question ‘Why Humanitarianism?’.   He will share his extensive experience in the field and explain why humanitarianism is so important today and address some of the challenges it faces. Gareth will reflect on the history of humanitarianism, and in particular the founding story of Save the Children, then ask the question of what has changed, and more importantly what needs to change.

The Agenda

In the first half of the webinar, Gareth will make his presentation and facilitate initial responses.

In the second half, we'll move into a reflection-application session:

- 'Composting': experienced peers work the material in small groups to sprout new ideas;

- 'Weaving': attendees gather to collectively reflect and question, weaving our experiences together;

- Discuss how we will apply learnings to our personal practice in Reflection Application Pairs (RAPs).

The Speakers

Gareth Owen OBE is the Humanitarian Director of Save the Children UK. Over the last two decades, he has led responses to numerous emergencies all over the world including the Boxing Day Tsunami, Pakistan and Haiti earthquakes, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, East Africa and Niger food crises and the Somalia, Angola, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria conflicts. Today, he leads a team of 190+ humanitarian professionals and in June 2013 he was awarded the OBE for ‘For services to Emergency Crisis Response Abroad’.

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