Demystifying the role and meaning of humanitarianism in the eyes of survivors of the Rwandan Genocide

In recent years, there has been a glut of organisations set up to evaluate the role of
humanitarianism. Much money is being spent on appraising the lessons learnt from recent
crises and conflicts, facilitating reconciliation and the sharing of experiences and
proclaiming recommendations for the future.

But despite all of this, the humanitarian world continues to get it wrong. Darfur is just
one current example. The humanitarian community talks a lot and discusses a great deal
about the need to act, but seemingly it is doing little. Sadly, it appears that history is
being left to repeat itself - as we begin to hear all too familiar stories from Sudan about
mass rape.