In that spirit, this column will serve as a sort of Humanitarian Gift Guide: I'll lay out some of the loftiest gifts of all, those that touch human lives and connect us.
Caught in China during the Boxer Rebellion (1900), Hoover displayed his gift for humanitarian rescue by organizing relief for trapped foreigners.
Whether we are celebrating a five-year-old's birthday in the middle of the projects or organizing a huge humanitarian event, "The Perfect Gift" can be found in the simplest of things... even inside of an empty cardboard box!
For starters, the Web sites of the major humanitarian organizations offer alluring holiday gifts.
A humanitarian from Australia with a gift for drawing others to his cause, Mr. Evans, 30, has become a prominent voice in the antipoverty movement, as co-founder of the nonprofit Global Poverty Project and chief organizer of the festival, which aims to raise something more lasting than funds.
On behalf of the United Nations Children's Fund, I am very pleased to welcome Heloisa Sabin, who has worked tirelessly to carry on the legacy of her husband, Dr. Albert Sabin, the visionary scientist and humanitarian who gave us the gift of the oral polio vaccine, or OPV, as it is known in the field.
It's possible to designate a gift directly to Syrian humanitarian relief through this form.
The "gift" of scaled-up humanitarian intervention could be considered a "Trojan Horse," in that "it had exactly the effect the central government had for so long been seeking to avoid, namely of attracting international attention to the protection disaster in northern Uganda.
Clearly, the Anonymous Hug Wall is the perfect gift for everyone, from humanitarian to gay strangler.
Is he really a hilarious, gregarious humanitarian and MIT grad with a gift for languages and a love of travel?
