@dolletteliv: “as you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands: one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.” in this time of selfishness and greed i really do miss audrey and all the humanitarian aid she provided. audrey viewed her humanitarian work as the most important role of her life. driven by her own near-starvation during world war II, she believed that helping others was an absolute moral obligation. audrey insisted on visiting active war zones and the most impoverished regions, she believed in sitting directly with the suffering rather than just observing from a distance. although people often think she became a humanitarian because she was a mother, she had another personal reason for choosing to work with UNICEF the children’s organisation helped her survive malnutrition as a child. UNICEF was created in the aftermath of world war II to help children in crisis. It was then, in the winter of 1944, when audrey first met UNICEF. "i was in holland during the war, during the german occupation” she said. “the last winter was the worst of all. food was scarce and whatever there was went to the troops.” "i can testify what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after world war II. theres a big difference between dying of starvation and malnutrition, of course, but I was very, very undernourished” #fyp #vintage #60s #audreyhepburn #humanitarian

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