Aid and relief programmes

This book takes a look at the key challenges of HIV and AIDS from a gender perspective, and describes positive responses in areas of the world as diverse as Cambodia, South Africa, the UK, and Papua New Guinea.

Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp is one of the world's largest, home to over 100,000 people drawn from across east and central Africa.

A comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference for disaster robotics that covers theory, specific deployments, and ground, air, and marine modalities.

An Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation is designed to help practitioners and students of emergency management understand various aspects of the exercise design process.

From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments.

There are many books about aid and development, but most of them either assume a good deal of prior knowledge about the subject, or are written to make the case for or against aid.

Uses interviews with evacuees and service provider reports to analyse the response to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina.

As millions continue to face a future of food poverty, lessons can be learned by considering how farmer cooperatives succeeded in improving India's food security.

Many communities in the United States have been abandoned by the state.

In Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence, James W.

At turns surprising, funny, and gut-wrenching, this is the hopeful story of the ordinary yet extraordinary people who have figured out how to build lasting peace in their communitiesThe word "e;peacebuilding"e; evokes a story we've all heard over and over: violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, peacekeepers and million-dollar donors come rushing in, warring parties sign a peace agreement and, sadly, within months the situation is back to where it started--sometimes worse.

Armenia receives one of the highest levels of international aid per capita in the Western world, and among the highest of the post-Soviet states.

This book responds to a previously unmet need: unlocking the mysteries of Social Security disability programs and providing medical and mental health clinicians, as well as advocates, with the information necessary to act in the best interests of their clients.

A study of the emergence and development of humanitarian intervention from the nineteenth century through to the present day.

It was long assumed that the Soviet Union dictated Warsaw Pact policy in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America (known as the 'Third World' during the Cold War).

The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before.

A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings.

Aid workers commonly bemoan that the experience of working in the field sits uneasily with the goals they've signed up to: visiting project sites in air-conditioned Land Cruisers while the intended beneficiaries walk barefoot through the heat, or checking emails from within gated compounds while surrounding communities have no running water.

There are many books about aid and development, but most of them either assume a good deal of prior knowledge about the subject, or are written to make the case for or against aid.

The magnitude of refugees movements in the Third World, widely perceived as an unprecedented crisis, has generated widespread concern in the West.

An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint''s struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy.

A child may be born into a poor country, but not a poor world.

Using international case studies to critique recent health and aid policies, this book presents strategies to create fairer health services.

Sir Nick Young's memoir is a fascinating and candid account of his thirteen years as chief executive of the British Red Cross (2001-2014).

What is the relationship between education, aid and aid agencies?

Foreign aid is one of the few topics in the development discourse with such an uninterrupted, yet volatile history in terms of interest and attention from academics, policymakers, and practitioners alike.

'A profound memoir' Daily Telegraph'As revealing as the writing of Oliver Sacks' Mark CousinsOutside the Asylum is Lynne Jones's personal and highly acclaimed exploration of humanitarian psychiatry and the changing world of international relief.

Was bedeutet es, die Folgen sozialer Hilfen zu erforschen?

This report examines the disaster resilience efforts of the executive and legislative branches of government and public-private partnerships.

It was almost November 2012 when Hurricane Sandy, a late arrival in an otherwise quiet tropical season, slammed into the Mid-Atlantic US coastline.

An eye-opening account exploring common themes between major disasters and providing important lessons for successful natural hazard mitigation.

Many communities in the United States have been abandoned by the state.

Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties.

Social workers are increasingly engaged in supporting individuals and communities in long-term disaster recovery.

Foreign aid can be made much more effective by shifting emphasis from poverty alleviation to leadership cultivation and cultural transformation.

Explains why the EU interacts and intervenes beyond its borders, using case studies to present a theory of practice-driven action.

In Making the World Safe, historian Julia Irwin offers an insightful account of the American Red Cross, from its founding in 1881 by Clara Barton to its rise as the government's official voluntary aid agency.

It was long assumed that the Soviet Union dictated Warsaw Pact policy in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America (known as the 'Third World' during the Cold War).

Uses interviews with evacuees and service provider reports to analyse the response to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina.

This interdisciplinary study applies human rights theory to the problems of rural poverty in the Third World.

Heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctor's inspiring account of his extraordinary life, growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza and Israel regardless of their ethnic origin.

The Aid Triangle focuses on the human dynamics of international aid and illustrates how the aid system incorporates power relationships, and therefore relationships of dominance.

This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism.

Islamic Charity Under Suspicion': such headlines have become familiar since the attacks on the United States on 9.

At turns surprising, funny, and gut-wrenching, this is the hopeful story of the ordinary yet extraordinary people who have figured out how to build lasting peace in their communitiesThe word "e;peacebuilding"e; evokes a story we've all heard over and over: violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, peacekeepers and million-dollar donors come rushing in, warring parties sign a peace agreement and, sadly, within months the situation is back to where it started--sometimes worse.