But delivering aid to places like Khatachira is not easy.
Most sympathisers are attracted by the peaceful charity work, preaching and delivering aid to poor areas.
France tried to deploy it as the prescription for forcibly delivering aid to Cyclone Nargis victims in Myanmar in 2008.
American helicopters began evacuating people and delivering aid to flood-ravaged northwestern Pakistan on Thursday in an effort to aid Pakistani rescue efforts and sway hearts and minds.
After hours of driving around and delivering aid to flood victims, the Nafeer volunteers headed back to their headquarters in Khartoum as night fell.
"Today's action by the House was a necessary and critical first step towards delivering aid to the people of New Jersey and New York," they said.
In Ukraine, parallel with his journalism, he has begun collecting and delivering aid to the front: "Here, I understand that I can help".
"We try and send aid everywhere we can," said Hüseyin Oruç, deputy head of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), a Turkish NGO delivering aid to Syria.
American helicopters were still delivering aid to earthquake victims in Kashmir, he explained, and they risked attack if still in the area when the designation was approved.
Three journalists were among the injured when a helicopter delivering aid to refugees crashed in the mountains of northern Iraq, killing the pilot.
The lack of security has prevented WFP from delivering aid to Syria via the port of Tartous, a key conduit in the past.
