Natural disasters. A world humanitarian summit has been convened to look for solutions. What are the demands on emergency relief today . In wartorn iraq over a quarter of the population is dependent on humanitarian aid. In somalia that figure is as high as 40 . Its a country in a permanent state of civil war. Theres civil war in south sudan, too. There, twothirds of the population are in desperate need of help. The war in yemen has caused terrible suffering. Nearly 80 of people there are reliant on foreign aid. Its similar in syria. Years of war there have displaced millions of people, many of whom have fled to turkey, often to the border towns. Two rockets in a row have hit the turkish town of kilis. One landed in a field. The other hit a residential district. Once again, panic has broken out. Shrapnel has hit several buildings. This has been going on for three months. Crying children can be heard here almost every day. These young men say the rocket hit here five minutes ago. Accordi
Natural disasters. A world humanitarian summit has been convened to look for solutions. What are the demands on emergency relief today . In wartorn iraq over a quarter of the population is dependent on humanitarian aid. In somalia that figure is as high as 40 . Its a country in a permanent state of civil war. Theres civil war in south sudan, too. There, twothirds of the population are in desperate need of help. The war in yemen has caused terrible suffering. Nearly 80 of people there are reliant on foreign aid. Its similar in syria. Years of war there have displaced millions of people, many of whom have fled to turkey, often to the border towns. Two rockets in a row have hit the turkish town of kilis. One landed in a field. The other hit a residential district. Once again, panic has broken out. Shrapnel has hit several buildings. This has been going on for three months. Crying children can be heard here almost every day. These young men say the rocket hit here five minutes ago. Accordi
Natural disasters. A world humanitarian summit has been convened to look for solutions. What are the demands on emergency relief today . In wartorn iraq over a quarter of the population is dependent on humanitarian aid. In somalia that figure is as high as 40 . Its a country in a permanent state of civil war. Theres civil war in south sudan, too. There, twothirds of the population are in desperate need of help. The war in yemen has caused terrible suffering. Nearly 80 of people there are reliant on foreign aid. Its similar in syria. Years of war there have displaced millions of people, many of whom have fled to turkey, often to the border towns. Two rockets in a row have hit the turkish town of kilis. One landed in a field. The other hit a residential district. Once again, panic has broken out. Shrapnel has hit several buildings. This has been going on for three months. Crying children can be heard here almost every day. These young men say the rocket hit here five minutes ago. Accordi
Second world war. The causes are war, terrorism, natural disasters. A world humanitarian summit has been convened to look for solutions. What are the demands on emergency relief today . In wartorn iraq over a quarter of the population is dependent on humanitarian aid. In somalia that figure is as high as 40 . Its a country in a permanent state of civil war. Theres civil war in south sudan, too. There, twothirds of the population are in desperate need of help. The war in yemen has caused terrible suffering. Nearly 80 of people there are reliant on foreign aid. Its similar in syria. Years of war there have displaced millions of people, many of whom have fled to turkey, often to the border towns. Two rockets in a row have hit the turkish town of kilis. One landed in a field. The other hit a residential district. Once again, panic has broken out. Shrapnel has hit several buildings. This has been going on for three months. Crying children can be heard here almost every day. These young men
In ways that i dont think is really completely understood. Narrator but can it be used for more than Just Entertainment . Man they come out of it very deeply mov. Id say half of the people who watch cry. Narrator using Virtual Reality to create empathy in humanitarian crisis, one viewer at a time. Humanitarian crises are all too familiar to television viewers. Civil wars that cause huge movements of refugees. Worldwide pandemics. And natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis. This is the way most of us are used to seeing these heartwrenching eventson a screen in front of us, watching passively. But what if you could step into the frame and actually feel what its like for the individuals on the ground . Man people come out of it feeling enlightened and often moved and often ready to take action. A lot of people automatically say, well, what can i do . How can i get involved . Narrator gabo arora is a creative director leading a team at the United Nations who are using cuttingedge