Humanitarian aid organizations

People Who Made a Difference Throughout the history of the world, many humanitarians have had significant impacts on today’s society. Among these, certain few have strongly influenced a time for change and fought for their beliefs during that era. Although facing hardships along the way, many humanitarians strove for everyone’s well being, no matter their race, age, or gender. Three of the most remarkable humanitarians during past and present times include Mother, Irena Sendler, and Dorothea…

save lives. Doctors without Borders should be just that, they have no restrictions on who they will help or where they will go. Although, MSF takes a lot of money to provide the needed care given it is a worthy cause and deserves to further their organization until no one is left without the needed care they need. Just as Dr. Orbinski said “We are not sure that words can always save lives, but we know that silence can certainly kill." Without the care that is given by Doctors without Borders,…

Mercy Corps is a humanitarian aid agency whose main goal is help those struck by disaster. Mercy Corps is all over the world. They are stationed in places like South Sudan, Libya, Lebanon, Haiti, Myanmar, India, Uganda, United States, and Syria, just to name a few. (Mercy Corps website CITE) The reasons for needing aid in these countries include natural disasters and man-made disasters. Natural disasters include earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, avalanches, droughts, storms…

leg before the next patient is brought in,” she is being deliberately graphic. This graphic quality not only underscores the horrifying consequences of international neutrality in the face of war, but also punctuates discussions of peace talks and aid convoy negotiations with a graphic reminder of what was at stake in these discussions (Fink…

the necessary decisions to save East Bengalis from evitable starvation, violence, and disease. Even the most prominent aid contributors such as Britain and Australia spend much more on domestic luxury projects than on reducing fellow human suffering. Using Bengal as an example, Singer asserts that people have a moral obligation to give significant amounts of money to aid organizations. In disagreement, I will argue that we also have a right to keep our earnings because we have entitlements in…

that extent in the future. On a basic level, the idea of offering aid and promoting development seems the most logistical. Of course, it makes sense to provide for the future with development as demonstrated by the program idea of resilience. Resilience argues for the combination of humanitarian aid and development programs and has become popular in politics and basically argues that ending need is a priority of humanitarian organizations. However, based on evidence from articles on resilience,…

Throughout the community I reside in, there is a continuous problem of what goes on in the streets. It is not uncommon to see people walking the streets late at night, or begging for money during the day. The reality is these people are struggling, and they need help of some sort. They can’t provide for themselves and we as a community are unable to provide for the amount of people who are struggling. What is the best way to help solve the problem in our community? Many people are going without…

When I heard we had to a Capstone Project, I knew homelessness in VA had to be incorporated into my project. The project is called Project HOHRVA. Project HOHRVA consists of two drives at RRES & PVES and volunteering at HomeAgain, a small homeless organization located in Richmond, for a bit. The plan was to receive 450+ items from two elementary schools. We hoped to be able to proudly arrive at HomeAgain with an abundance of items. We wanted to walk in and have their faces light up like they…

The Personal Giving Journal The recipient I choose was World Vision, I found it after doing an extensive research online. I wanted to give only a certain amount and Word Vision was the only one who accepted. Additionally, World vision was the only charity I found that supported the restoration of the Caribbean, due to the destruction of the recent hurricanes. Giving this agency made me feel as though am contributing to the efforts to restore the Caribbean though little. I will be very honest,…

As Lorde sings in her song Royals, money is being spent on jet planes, islands, [and] tigers on a gold leash.” There are millions of people starving in this world. There are millions of homeless people in this world. There are children who would do anything for an actual toy, for an education, and even just a new pair of shoes. In our community there are also people who are starving, homeless, and poor. They need the same resources to survive as the people around the world do. What can I do to…