 Today, humanitarians all over the globe are being honored for their extraordinary lengths. They go to support various causes. Today, people also remember those who lost their lives working for humanitarian causes. A humanitarian who has been in today's field for 10 years, shares her experience. Plus, TV Africa Ngozi Kaohsi tells us more in this report. Eighteen years ago, on the 19th of August, 22 United Nations staff members and relief agency staff died in a hotel bombing in Baghdad. And since then, the day is set aside each year to pay tribute and honor the effort of aid workers on the front lines who sacrifice their own lives to help people affected by crisis. The chief executive officer of Web of Hearts Foundation, Bosse Agri, shares her own experience as a humanitarian. People always run to me for problems. People always run to me to solve their problems. My family called me a solution provider, you know, where you need something to go on to mama. So, and that in itself drew me to being able to take that position. And of course, I feel more pleased. I feel more satisfied. I feel more fulfilled when I'm always able to reach out to help the other person to be able to gain one level of comfort or stability or the other. Agri would like government leaders in Nigeria to collaborate with private organizations to help ease the burden on workers. It should be a front burner issue for leaders of Nigeria to be able to form a collaboration with CSOs, with NGOs, with bodies that are willing to reach forth to these persons of concern, you know. So if there is that collaboration, then of course, the needs of these persons and their target needs are brought to the front desk. And so they begin to receive a national and local attention. The humanitarian work could be tasking and risky. This has led to some people stepping aside from helping others. But Bosse advises aid workers to stay strong and not be discouraged. We must not limit ourselves by the limitations that are trying to strengthen us and discourage us. Because if we do, then that means that these persons of concern will just be committed to suicide every day. And we must reduce this suicide rate. We must reduce the level of despotency, destitution. You know, we must be able to do the little that we can to rehabilitate, settle and integrate this person. We must not be discouraged. Nigeria is a country where aid workers are needed to manage the growing rate of internal displacements. Apart from Boko Haram insurgency, cases of headers attacks, banditry, and in some cases, communal clashes have led to millions being displaced. For Plus TV Africa, Ngoziqa Ohaihisi. And joining us from Lagos here is Dr Tyre Thomas. He is the president of the Widows and Offends Support Society of Africa. Many thanks Dr Tyre Thomas for joining us on Plus TV Africa. Thank you for inviting me. All right. Let's just talk about the, just for the sake of emphasis and of course for people who might not really know. Just run us through the essence of this particular day. Why is it important? Yes. The World Humanitarian Day is a very important day. In fact, it was observed in the year 2009 by United Nations. And every 19th of August, the day has been observed. And it's a day for us to have a reflection over humanitarian issues. And it's a day to be observed for people who are working for material. And a lot of people who have lived their lives, who have died in course of doing the material service. So it's a day to be remembered. Because people who are working for material costs. And those who have lived their life for material costs. That is why United Nations accepted that day being today as a day to reach out to people. It's a day to reach out to people. Mother Teresa said, he said, if you cannot reach out to 100, at least reach out to one. It means if you cannot feed 100, we should feed at least one. So if every one of us can think of others and give material service to others, your neighbor that needs food out there, you don't close your eyes. You give food. The other one that needs medical care, you give medical care. It's a means of reaching out to people. And United Nations has seen it. Dr. Thomas. All right, let's try and bring it closer now to Nigeria. Finally, it is a day to reach out to people who are in need. Nigeria indeed has gone through a lot of security challenges over the past couple of years. A lot of people who lost their homes in the wake of the Boko Haram crisis. How would you really say aid workers have been treated here in Nigeria? Would you sort of score them a past mark as it is over the years for their works here in the country? Well, I would not score a past mark because there is a lot more work to be done. A lot of people have lost their life in terms of costs of floods. And a lot of people, you know, even after this COVID-19 thing, many families, they can't feed. A lot of families are passing through a lot. We are an NGO that is catered for widows and orphanage children. We know what we come across with all these widows. Today, we have to gather over 500 widows, feed them, give them food. And when they come out to say something, people say, we can't eat. Somebody who cannot feed, somebody who is finding it difficult to feed. Would that kind of person be able to send a child to school? Or are there children to school? Of course, no. So we have not done well in the area of service to humanity because if you look at it, after the COVID-19 era, which we are still in during the lockdown, a lot of people have passed through a lot. Many people, as a result of hunger, a lot of people have seen a lot of trouble. So we can do more. If the government can work with an NGO to ensure that this food gets to the people who really need it, the people who really need this food, they are in pain because they can't feed. Before we let you go now, Dr. Thomas, just before we let you go, you have actually appealed to the conscience, of course, those are the hems of our friends, but let's talk about them, the average Nigerian. Although almost everyone is complaining about the harsh condition of the economy, and they can barely eat square meals in their homes. So if they cannot really take care of their own immediate needs, what would you advise? How can they reach out to the average man who actually also needs help? Can you come again? I didn't get to that. The question is, the average Nigerian complains about the harsh economic conditions in the country, and most of them can hardly even eat three square meals. So just how do you suggest will go about being our brother's keepers in the wake of this harsh economic reality that we found ourselves in Nigeria? Thank you so much. Yes, we know the economy is harsh, but some of us, we are coping. An average Nigerian sum can afford three square meals, but there are people who cannot just eat one square meal. They find it difficult, it just wants a day. And what do we do if we think of them? If we can think of them, at least from the little we have, we can share. We can share. Nobody have it all, but if the government, what we are even saying is that if the government can help come forward and support the angels, definitely all these people with the angel will be able to reach out to others. So those of us that are doing average things, we can see out of the little we have to support the needy. Some people just need a little help, and that little help, it means a lot. So we cannot reach out to everybody. That's why Mother Teresa said, if you cannot reach out to 100, if you cannot feed 100, at least feed one, you know that one you are feeding. If everyone of us can feed one, one person, I feed one person, you will see that the world would be a better place. All right, thank you so much indeed. If we just reached out to our neighbors just beside us, of course the world would indeed be a better place. We have been speaking to Dr. Tyre Thomas. He is the president of Weedos and Often Support Society of Africa. Many thanks for joining us on Plus News now. Thank you so much. Thank you. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.