Upcoming Events

HDI Supports Beyoncé and the United Nations to
Draw Attention to Humanitarian Work

HDI is enthusiastically supporting international star Beyoncé, the United Nations and humanitarian aid organizations in a new a global campaign to draw attention to humanitarian work. They campaign is encouraging people around the world to get involved by doing something good for others on World Humanitarian Day on August 19.

World Humanitarian Day is a global day to celebrate humanity and the spirit of people helping people. The World Humanitarian Day music video for Beyoncé’s song “I Was Here” will be filmed in the UN General Assembly Hall in New York in front of a live audience. It will be released globally on August 19.

HDI has signed on to the campaign and urges our supporters to do the same. It takes only five simple steps to support World Humanitarian Day.

1. Visit www.whd-iwashere.org
2. Click on “Show Your Support”.
3. Choose to support World Humanitarian Day via Twitter, Facebook or both, and get the word out to your friends and followers.
4. Continue tweeting and posting in the lead-up to 19 August.
5. On 19 August, make your mark by doing something in your local community, and watch as everyone’s World Humanitarian Day messages are simultaneously shared around the world.

For updates on HDI’s humanitarian work, contact David Prettyman David.Prettyman@theHDI.org at 212-944-7111.