International Olympic Committee

military service members and their families; Preparedness & Health & Safety Services that offers education and training on health and safety topics; Disaster Cycle Services that provides assistance to people affected during and after disasters; and International Services that offers relief services and developmental efforts in countries abroad. The project that I participated in is The Pillowcase Project which…

Introduction: Clara Barton was born December 25, 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She attended Clinton Liberal Institute and became familiar with abolition, women’s rights and education. (Whitelaw, 5) Her father, Captain Steven Barton, a veteran of the Indian Wars, was a great influence on her. Not only did he teach Clara military tactics, geography, and how to properly equip an army, as a woman he told her that she could do anything she desired. (Whitelaw, 6) She refused to be treated as less…

Nursing is known to win the title of being the most trustworthy and caring careers. For a long time nurses have tend to make an impact on the society by helping them and making a difference that last a life time. Throughout history there has been numerous nursing leaders that have created a great image for the nursing profession. Clara Barton was one of those many nurses that made a significant impact on the world; and is still making a difference to this day. Clara Barton’s bravery and success…

organization reaches out to over 187 other countries to provide charitable relief with a grid of 13 million working on behalf of the corporation. Yet these tasks barely scratch the surface of what the Red Cross works to provide for not only national but international society. Barton's life works continue in an innumerable amount of saved lives which continued on to nurture their own…

world are suffering from the effects of natural disasters, poverty, and war. There are two humanitarian organizations that offer a number of programs to assist those in need. The Cooperative for Assistance Relief Everywhere or C.A.R.E and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or I.F.R.C, are two organizations that over relief to people all over the globe. Each of these organizations have several different programs specified to a particular need. The C.A.R.E…

the end of that search she began to look onto bigger goals and ideas. After she had done her volunteer work for the soldiers in the United States she had went to Europe to take a break and try to relax. It was there when the IRC, which is the International Red Cross, had contacted her to continue her relief work because they had heard what superb work she had been doing for the Civil War soldiers. When Barton had visited Europe in search of rest in 1869, she was introduced to a wider field of…

Zika Virus Spreads”). The Zika virus will also have a remarkable impact on the Olympics scheduled to be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the summer of 2016. In addition to the cost of building the stadium, Brazil will have to deal with low audience and athlete attendance rates because of Zika. Athletes expected to perform in the Olympics have been given permission to not attend if they wish not to by the U.S. Olympic committee. Hope Solo, a…

For many of years, the Olympics have been missing many games, Many people and many opportunities to make the world a better place. The Ancient Olympics were a set of games played and ran by Ancient Greece. The Modern Olympics are a set of games played by the whole world and ran by the IOC. The modern Olympics are better than the ancient Olympics.The Modern Olympics are better than the Ancient Olympics because they make better rules and because they make the world a better place. In a little more…

Question 1 The upcoming 2018 Tour De France race will be the 105th anniversary of the race and will begin on July 7, concluding on July 29. Throughout the race there will be 21 stages, where riders will have to face six mountain stages, three of six will be summit finishes, one independant time trial, one team trial and eight flat routes. All of the 21 stages total up to a staggering 3229 km, meaning preparation, training and nutritional requirements are key components if a cyclist is set on…

Originally the 2014 winter olympics in Sochi were planned to cost around $12 billion, however they ended up costing Russia $50 billion. The extremely large investment that is the olympic games, rarely pays off. There have been few games that bring financial good for a host country. The olympics require constructing new venues for sports that aren’t traditionally common, and upgrades on the hosts transportation, sanitation, and security systems. To add to that, many olympic stadiums end up being…