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Relief Chief is Mark Lowcocks behindthescenes account of his experience as the worlds most senior humanitarian officialthe UN Relief Chief In his four years on the job Lowcock coordinated the work of UN agencies the Red Cross and countless national and
international humanitarian groups to save lives and protect the most vulnerableAppointed inLowcock was witness to the biggest explosion in humanitarian need in modern history Wars droughts floods storms earthquakes volcanoes and then the COVID global pandemic put humanitarian agencies under unprecedented strain Longstanding crises like those in Syria Yemen and the Sahel got worse New ones arose in Ethiopia Mozambique Venezuela and elsewhere Over his tenure Lowcock raised record amounts of money to tackle these problems but this was not enough to prevent humanitarian agencies from being overwhelmed by the emergencies they were asked to deal with as Lowcock documents from a personal inside perspectivePart memoir and part manifesto for reform Relief Chiefnbspdepicts the brutality misery and inhumanity inflicted on innocent people in crises Lowcock recounts what people he met in dozens of countriesespecially women and childrenshared with him about their plight and the help they needed He warns that crises will continue to get worse without a renewed global effort to tackle their causes But Relief Chiefnbspis also an uplifting story of lives saved and suffering reduced and a detailed practical agenda for solving crises faster and better in the future