{"id":14328,"date":"2021-12-07T11:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T16:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/?p=14328"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:57:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:57:55","slug":"graduates-working-towards-a-better-tomorrow-sami-fakhouri-emba-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/2021\/12\/07\/graduates-working-towards-a-better-tomorrow-sami-fakhouri-emba-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduates working towards a better tomorrow – Sami Fakhouri, EMBA 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n“One of the things the EMBA made me do is to think about what I want to do next, it turned out to be humanitarian work which made me follow a different career path, influenced by volunteering, moving from the private sector to the humanitarian one, and since 2014, I have been working for the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in different positions and countries, currently heading IFRC\u2019s Delegation in Yemen.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>
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“The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC<\/a>) is the world\u2019s largest humanitarian network, bringing together local Red Cross and Red Crescent members (including the Canadian Red Cross<\/a>) in more than 192 countries and 14 million volunteers for the good of humanity.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
The mission of the IFRC is to inspire, encourage, facilitate and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies<\/a>, with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering, contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world. National Society volunteers are often first on the scene to respond when a disaster strikes. And they remain active within affected communities long after everyone else has left. In some cases, National Societies are the only organizations able to operate in countries experiencing disasters, conflicts, or a collapse in their social fabric.<\/p>\n