Neg Kreyol (NK) Incorporated is non-profit organization that focuses on empowering Haitian students and Haitian communities. I held positions, such as Secretary and Financial Advisor, and I am currently an External Advisor. NK was established in 2007 at the University of South Florida and expanded to University of Central Florida and is working on expanding to other universities. It provides guidance to Haitian students and creates an environment where students with similar background can interact with each other.…
Did you ever wonder how countries that had some major accident rose back from such disasters?! The peace corp, that's how. The peace corp is the best organization in america for the 1960’s. The peace corp will help countries financially or physically when other countries turn their backs. First, the peace corp helps other countries when a natural disasters hit.…
SPD is a Voluntary Welfare Organization (VWO) founded in 1964 by a group of Rotarians. The organization was first known as Society for Aid to the Paralysed (SAP) in the early years and they provided employment opportunities to people with disabilities. The organization then changes its name to Society for the Physically Disabled in May 1998 and afterwards to just SPD which stands for Serving People with Disabilities, so as to better reflect the work that they do to serve people beyond physical…
Oxfam was established in 1994, during World War 2, by a group of non-governmental individuals who form a committee. This committee tried to influence and persuade the government to let them help European countries such as Greece and Belgium with vital supplies and relief to civilians. The following year they had launched their first appeal which was called “Greek Week”, where they raised over £10,700 which was a great achievement, bearing in mind that is was during the war. 5 years later they opened their first shop on Broad Street Oxford, however it wasn’t called Oxfam but the Oxford Committee. In 1951 they responded to their first emergency aid in Bihar, India which was a developing country.…
In this article Sikkink mentions that governments and NGOs work together to come up with the policies that are then implemented in other states. She states that, government human rights policy emerged due to network pressure and depended on the information provided by each network or NGO. (Sikkink 421) During the Carter administration the Bureau of Human Rights and the Humanitarian Affairs of the U.S. State Department formed, and they had close connections with NGOs that provided them with information that influenced their policies. (Sikkink 422)…
Goodwill has been in business for 113 years, and was the brainchild of Rev. Edgar J. Helms, a Methodist minister and an early social innovator. Helm’s philosophy was simple; collected used household goods and clothing in wealthier areas of the city, then hire and train the underserved to mend and repair the used goods. The goods were then resold or were given to the people who repaired them. The system worked, and the Goodwill philosophy of “a hand up, not a hand out,” was born (“Our History,” n.d.). Fast-forward to present day, and the vision of Rev. Helm’s is alive and well.…
In this chapter the characteristics of human service agencies are explored. social work has been practice in organizational settings. this chapter also talk about the types of organizations, and the types of organizations are private, public and nonprofit organizations. Furman and Gibelman talk about the types of organizations in detail. Furman and Gibelman (2013) explain the types of organization: public organizations are those who are concerned with social welfare and other agencies under government auspices, such as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Housing, and the Department of Public Health are created by legislative bodies at the local, sate, and / federal level.…
The topic was done on poverty. But what is a proper definition of poverty? Poverty refers to social and economic exclusion. Poverty is the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions(Poverty | Definition of Poverty by Merriam-Webster.…
THE MOTHERS FIGHT The Mothers Fight is a non-profit organization that seeks to connect women who may be experiencing Postpartum Depression (PPD) with local professional and supportive resources within their community. In collaboration with other non-profit organization, Mothers fight provides free screening tools to local practitioners, hospitals, and community health centers for the purpose of connecting and identifying those individuals with PPD. The Mothers Fight is composed of regional advocates dedicated to ensuring those resources are available to those healthcare networks, public health departments, and individual providers within the community.…
Additionally his was argument overall was effective because he gave valid information to help support his argument. By sharing some personal stories, citing experts, appealing logically and emotionally to the readers. The author wanted to get the reader to see that doing what a person love is not always the best decision because it might not benefit a person in the end. Marino feels that we live in a world where people have to be a service to other and put others needs before our interests. Marino feels like doing something that a person loves should not determine that persons life.…
NGOs are non-profit organizations, composed of volunteers with a development focus. Forest Heroes focus is to improve the environment. This organization wants to protect the Earth’s forests and climate, to ensure that the forests will have a future. Forest Heroes became involved when they wanted Tim Hortons to start using non-deforestation palm oil for their doughnuts. Having NGOs involved in a company’s issues, will most likely affect that companies’ business activities.…
This organization is currently part of Red Cross and Neighbor to Neighbors that does all kinds of volunteer works. In 2012, I was part of the volunteers who helped cleaned up Staten Island NY after the Hurricane Sandy and this organization made it possible for me to do it. Furthermore, this organization also does charity works in…
Red Cross. An international organization that's been helping other for 136 years, founded under the terms of the agreement from Geneva, Switzerland (the rule of the humane treatment). More than 25,000 volunteers support The Red Cross in helping others, and donations keep the programs running, but The Red cross foundation needs more help. I believe with your help The Red Cross can grow and keep working to save lives.…
Stakeholders Oxfam’s internal stakeholders; Oxfam’s internal stakeholders include Directors, organisers, employees/staff and trustees these are the internal stakeholder because they work within the organisation and have an interest in its success. As Oxfam is a non-profit organisation its staff still make money out of running it successfully so their interest is to do the best for the organisation so they can maintain their careers and help many people while at it. For example, the directors must make sure everything the organisation do will benefit them in the future, that it will help enough people and that it will not endanger the organisation in anyway. The staff would have to help out with the success of Oxfam as they are the one that…
Within her book, we should all be feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells anecdotes of what it is like to be a young feminist in Africa, she speaks at one point of the ‘helpers’ found in major cities around the continent, often young men who offer to help the wealthier park cars in the congested metropolitan area. To stand out, these young men add some theatrics to the service they provide. These young Nigerian men are not the only ones who add theatrics to helping others. There are often questions of organizations around the world and whether the methods they utilize are helping women in developing countries or whether they are merely using theatrics to make it look like they are helping those on the international stage. This is especially…