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Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people in need. It is usually short-term help until the long-term help by government and other institutions replaces it. Among the people in need belong homeless, refugees, victims of natural disasters, wars and famines. The primary purpose of humanitarian aid is to save lives, reduce suffering and respect to human dignity. Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disasters and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity. It may therefore be distinguished from development aid, which seeks to address the underlying socioeconomic factors which may have led to a crisis or emergency.

Als humanitäre Hilfe (von lat. Humanitas: Menschlichkeit, Wohltätigkeit) bezeichnet man Maßnahmen zum Schutz und zur Versorgung von Menschen in einer humanitären Notlage, die über eine Erstversorgung hinausgehen.

L’aide humanitaire est une aide d'urgence et ponctuelle mise en place lors d'une situation de crise exceptionnelle ou de catastrophe naturelle. On distingue souvent à ce titre l'aide humanitaire (ou aide d'urgence) et l'aide au développement.

Pomoc humanitarna (ang. humanitarian aid) – to działania prowadzone w celu udzielenia pomocy ludności w trudnej sytuacji, zwłaszcza gdy odpowiedzialne władze nie mogą albo nie chcą takiej pomocy udzielić.