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A humanitarian setting is one in which an event, such as armed conflict, natural disaster, epidemic or famine, or a series of events has resulted in a critical threat to the health, safety, security and well-being of a community or other large group of people. The coping capacity of the affected community is overwhelmed and external assistance is required.
Humanitarian crises can have an enormous human impact by causing injury, loss of life and a decreased ability to meet basic needs, such as food, water, shelter and sanitation. They also have an economic impact by causing damage to infrastructure, crops and housing and increasing unemployment.
Humanitarian crises are relevant to the field of disability and to CBR because they can disproportionately affect people with existing disabilities and also create a new generation of people with disabilities who will require support and assistance.
