How can your organization improve your life as a humanitarian worker? A final question The final, open-ended question on the survey asked, “What are your thoughts about what your organization could do to improve your life as a humanitarian aid or development worker?”.  At the end of a 43 item survey, this question generated 53 responses, 35 from females and 18 from males. Below I have included over two dozen responses, broken down into themes.  The comments I make reflect some of what I have learned from the entire survey.   Need for attention to the emotional strain of the job This first set of responses addresses the emotional strain of doing humanitarian work.  As one respondent put it, “This line of work is very demanding, long hours, weekends, very little support, fatigue. It effects the physical as well as mental health.” Question 28 on the survey asked, “Humanitarian work can be emotionally … Continue reading How can your organization improve your life as a humanitarian worker?