CARE is one of the world’s largest private international humanitarian organizations‚ committed to helping families in poor communities improve their lives and achieve lasting victories over poverty. Founded in 1945 to provide relief to survivors of World War II‚ CARE quickly became a trusted vehicle for the compassion and generosity of millions. CARE places special focus on working alongside with poor women and also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters‚ and helps people
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and people in need‚ need more than just short term help‚ they need more long term. Humanitarianism is short-term compared to development but without humanitarianism people would not want to stay long term to help with the development side of humanitarian aid. My personal view of humanitarianism was people helping people in need. Do whatever job needed to be done. After reading more information on the subject I learned that there is more involved than just people helping people. Whenever I thought
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has a market share of around 30%. Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organisations working in 90 countries worldwide to find solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. It helps to provide training‚ education and financial aid to people in developing countries and disaster areas. 2. Functional areas in organisations Functional area is a person‚ area or department which carries out a particular business function‚ for example‚ Administration‚ Customer Service‚ Distribution
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The first case of HIV was diagnosed in 1968. Within the next three decades it became the leading cause of death for adults 25 to 44 years old. AIDS is the final stage of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) ‚ a virus that ravages the immune system leaving the body susceptible to multiple infections. In the public’s mind HIV/AIDS was a disease that belonged to intravenous drug users‚ homosexuals‚ and others in an unfortunate and stigmatized group. On August 19th 1992‚ Mary Fisher‚ a young‚ white‚ wed
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Date: 10 January 2013 Executive Summary: Operating in an industry where intense competition exists‚ Foreign Aid Canada (FAC) has encountered some challenges and strategic choices that will be discussed and analyzed in this report. FAC is considering two strategic alternatives in order to introduce testing‚ treatment‚ and education of AIDS in Africa and Asia: 1. AIDS Clinics 2. Mobile AIDS Units This report will also assess another major alternative to outsource its HR function‚ travel‚ facilities
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League of Nations the majority of humanitarian work was done by missionaries with the intention of converting the people they are helping. However‚ after the first World War and particularly after the Armenian genocide‚ the humanitarian efforts in the Middle East were largely organized efforts
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Running Head: Face of AIDS: Gender Inequality and HIV/AIDS 1 Face of AIDS: Gender Inequality and HIV/AIDS Introduction The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ which eventually develops into acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a devastating disease that has reached pandemic levels‚ affecting all populations worldwide. Since the first reported case of HIV/AIDS in the early 1980s‚ HIV/AIDS has become one of the leading causes of mortality across the globe in the history of mankind (U
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young children affected by disasters and conflicts. The anticipated outcome is an enhanced assessment framework which takes into account holistic needs of young children and their families. The investigation includes an assessment of the humanitarian response to the needs of young children‚ including ways in which community capacity and community resilience impacts the recovery process for children and families. Where the Project is Conducted The project is conducted in the Irrawaddy
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significant fundraising and donations from external parties as it responded to the needs in Palestine. In 2003‚ MERCY Malaysia responded to the needs in Baghdad‚ Iraq and sent its first team in January. In February‚ MERCY Malaysia launched its China Humanitarian Fund and sent a team in response to the 6.8-magnitude earthquake which struck a remote area of Xinjiang province in northwest China‚ near the border with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. In April 2003‚ the
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The deaths of tens of thousands of people during the drought in east Africa could have been avoided if the international community‚ donor governments and humanitarian agencies had responded earlier and more swiftly to clear warning signs that a disaster was in the making‚ according to a new report. Figures compiled by the Department for International Development (DfID) suggest that between 50‚000 and 100‚000 people‚ more than half of them children under five‚ died in the 2011 Horn of Africa crisis
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