Aid and relief programmes

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

From earthquakes to tornados, elected officials' responses to natural disasters can leave an indelible mark on their political careers.

A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature’s blazes.

Part of the popular Understanding Public Health series, this book provides an introductory overview of current health-related challenges and policy debates on appropriate responses to different humanitarian conflicts.

Every year, billions of dollars of environmental aid flow from the rich governments of the North to the poor governments of the South.

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

Elise Lufkin and Diana Walker once again present a moving collection of profiles, in beautiful, duotone photographs and moving text, of dogs that have found new lives after being throw away dogs.

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.

Only 15 kilometres away from the border of Zimbabwe, Musina is an obscure town in South Africa that the media cast into the public eye in the wake of the 2008 Zimbabwean economic crisis.

Drawing on international, state and private sector case studies and a global survey, this book examines local engagement in disaster relief.

Foreign aid is about charity.

Abdul Sattar Edhi, a simple Pakistani grandfather, heads the largest ambulance service in the world and has never had a day off in his life.

A longitudinal study spanning six decades to map the national and international humanitarian efforts undertaken by Australians on behalf of child refugees.

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.

This book provides the first comprehensive history of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the central aid agency of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, from 1917 to 1945.

What are the ethical issues involved in providing humanitarian aid?

Today, humanitarianism, as a moral imperative to help, is prevalent, especially in the so-called Western world.

Published Under the Garamond ImprintHunger and undernutrition are widespread in many advanced capitalist societies.

A Dream So Big is the story of Steve Peifer, a corporate manager who once oversaw 9,000 computer software consultants, who today helps provide daily lunches for over 20,000 Kenyan school children in thirty-five national public schools, and maintains solar-powered computer labs at twenty rural African schools.

The theories and case studies examined in this volume constitute a thorough study of foreign intervention in civil conflicts for the purpose of rendering humanitarian aid.

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.

Practical, step-by-step strategies for helping your own family, first responders and vulnerable community members during any emergency situation.

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

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.

The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was an unprecedented medical and political emergency that cast an unflattering light on multiple corners of government and international response.

This book provides a detailed and comparative assessment of the humanitarian responses to major disasters in Asia over the past two decades.

Do you know why Africa is so poor?

This book provides fresh perspectives on a key period in the history of humanitarianism.

In dieser Studie werden Grundformen und -strukturen des kommunalen Armenfürsorgesystems in Köln und Ōsaka im 19.

First discovered in 1976, and long regarded as an easily manageable virus affecting isolated rural communities, Ebola rocketed to world prominence in 2014 as a deadly epidemic swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia in West Africa.

First discovered in 1976, and long regarded as an easily manageable virus affecting isolated rural communities, Ebola rocketed to world prominence in 2014 as a deadly epidemic swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia in West Africa.

The term "e;sanctuary city"e; gained a new level of national recognition during the 2016 United States presidential election, and immigration policies and debates have remained a top issue since the election of Donald Trump.

In the spring of 2001, an industrial fishing trawler went down in the icy waters just below the Arctic Circle, with its position last recorded at 58 degrees north.

Let survival expert, Army veteran, NASA scientist help you and your family prepare for any kind of disasterflood, civil unrest, hurricane, fire, war, earthquake.

Afrika ist ein armer Kontinent.

Auf schlaflosen Nachtflügen, beim tristen Warten auf ein Einreisevisum oder den verspäteten Anschlusszug entstanden Jürgen Liesers nachdenkliche "Randnotizen" aus dreißig Jahren Reisetätigkeit für Caritas international, dem Hilfswerk des Deutschen Caritasverbandes.

La estadística es una herramienta esencial para extraer un conocimiento riguroso a partir del análisis de datos, tanto para la toma de decisiones empresariales como para la investigación científica.

Nachdem der Schotte Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow und sein Bruder im Fernsehen einen Bericht über das vom Krieg zerrissene Bosnien-Herzegowina gesehen hatten, beschlossen sie, eine Woche Urlaub zu nehmen um zu helfen.

In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed states--home to the poorest one billion people on Earth--pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century.

Das Alkoholentzugssyndrom ist eine ernsthafte Herausforderung, die sowohl körperliche als auch psychische Auswirkungen haben kann.

In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed states--home to the poorest one billion people on Earth--pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century.

Dieses Schulungsbuch wendet sich an Zielgruppen, welche in ihrer Arbeit mit Alkoholkranken-Menschen direkt und indirekt in Berührung kommen und sich mit dem Thema Alkoholismus aus verschiedenen Perspektiven beschäftigen wollen.

Krebs durch Alkohol das Krebsrisiko Welche Krebsarten löst Alkohol aus – Erfahrungen - Informationen Sie erhalten detaillierte Informationen zu diesen Themen und sind dadurch in der Lage, die gewonnen Erkenntnisse für sich, für Betroffene und für den Unterricht einzusetzen.

John Holmes was the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs from 2007 until 2010.