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A Paradigm Shift in Humanitarian Aid: From Victims to Protagonists
LIMITED
Saturday August 8, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
207
Limited Capacity seats available
Amid escalating global crises, the traditional humanitarian model is proving unsustainable. This presentation, drawing on Bahá’í teachings, proposes a paradigm shift: moving from viewing survivors as passive victims to active protagonists of their own recovery. True resilience lies not just in material resources, but in a community’s spiritual capacity for consultation, unity, and collective action. By correlating crisis management with the Nine-Year Plan's goal to "release the society-building power of the Faith," we examine how a model of "accompaniment" empowers survivors. This approach restructures humanitarian aid, ensuring that post-disaster reconstruction builds a lasting framework.
Speakers
avatar for Munirih Tahzib

Munirih Tahzib

Founder, HumanitarianMD
Dr. Munirih N. Tahzib is a practicing physician of thirty years. Originally from the Netherlands, she moved to the USA in 1996 and completed her subsequent specialty training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC. Dr. Tahzib organized and led countless volunteer medical-humanitarian... Read More →
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Chris Ward

Chris is a serial entrepreneur with forty years of global IT leadership experience, bringing empathy, passion, service, and vision. Chris is currently serving as Secretary of the National Assembly of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. His latest ventures include Empathy North Botswana... Read More →
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Inault Saint Jean

Inault is a pioneer from Haiti, a survivor of the 2010 earthquake, currently serving on the National Assembly of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands while studying Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Technology, Jamaica. He served at the Baha'i World Centre in security, statistics... Read More →
Saturday August 8, 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
207
  Development / Sustainability, Breakout
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