The Social Change Career Podcast E2S8: A Career in International Disaster Relief with Yotam Polizer
After 2020 we all know a thing of two about disasters. But there are folks like Yotam Polizer who have built amazing careers providing humanitarian relief at a global scale.
Yotam Polizer is CEO of Israel’s biggest humanitarian NGO active in 15 counties including Israel, U.S., Italy and currently very busy with Covid-19 victims. Under Yotam’s leadership, IsraAID have participated in several contexts including the Syria and Yazidi refugees, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Guatemala and Colombia.
In Episode 2 of Season 8, listen to how Yotam initiated his passion for helping disaster victims in Nepal. How he considers disasters opportunities for peace; why he calls his work “active anthropology” and what should you do if you want to enter the field of humanitarian aid.
Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.
**Episode recorded on January 25th, 2020
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