Outskirts Press, INC.

Only by extending a helping hand can one truly feel the power of humanity.

For the first time since World War II, the number of asylum seekers, refugees, and internally displaced persons has reached 51.2 million. Across the globe, people are finding themselves forced from their homes due to conflicts, wars, and natural disasters. Many of the displaced need a helping hand to save their lives, alleviate their suffering, and help them get past their loss and trauma to find hope and dignity again. These helping hands come in the form of funding and also through direct work with the displaced. The Heartbeat of the Humanitarian chronicles the life work of humanitarian worker Janet Asiimwe, who has worked with and among refugees from Sudan, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Syria, Iran, India and Pakistan among others. The book not only highlights the pain of displacement but the hope that humanitarian efforts bring to the displaced across the world. These efforts form the true nature of what human nature should be—humanity.