The non-governmental organization that this paper will focus on is the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton and her friends in 1981. Barton heard of the Swiss inspired Red Cross when she travelled to Europe after the Civil War. When she return home, she campaigned for the American Red Cross and for the ratification of the Geneva Convention, which protected individual injured in war and in 1882, the United States ratified (Red Cross, 2015).
The Red Cross received their first charter in 1900 and the second one in 1905. The most recent charter was in 2007; which restates the traditional purpose of the organization, which includes giving relief and an agent in providing communication to American armed forces and their families and providing national and international
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The responsibilities include fulfill the provision of the Geneva Convention, provide communication and support to the U.S. Military and their families, and to maintain domestic and international relief. The American Red Cross does not receive any funding from the federal government; they rely on support from donations and cost recovery from some of their services; such as blood and blood product and health and safety training class (Red Cross, 2015.)
The mission of the Red Cross is to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergency. The vision of the Red Cross is to always be there in time need and that member of the armed forces and their family find the support and comfort when needed (Red Cross, nd)
The work that is done by the American Red Cross is countless. They are there during disasters, they support military families, they have blood drives, they provide health and safety services, and response international disaster. (Red Cross,
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The American Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that has made its mission to help people worldwide and help make our world a better place. The American Red Cross has supported the military families of America, provided Disaster Relief, Health and Safety Training and Services, Blood Drives, and other endless services since 1881. Clara Barton and a few close associates founded the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 1881.
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Did you know that every 2 seconds someone in the United States needs blood? Where does that blood come from? The American Red Cross, is a nonprofit humanitarian organization. It assists with disaster relief and provides emergency services to those in need. The American Red Cross has been around for aver 100 years and has come a long way in the process.
It is important to know how the Red Cross began. It was in June 1859 when Henry Dunant went to Solferino, north of Italy. He was a spectator of a small but bloody war. French and Italians had a battle against Austrians. There were more or less 40,000 victims. He was completely horrified with the scene. He interrupted his trip to help the hurt and organized volunteers to save lives.
Doctors Without Borders work in war zones, places where natural disasters have occurred, where populations have displaced or where hunger and epidemics have increased. Specifically, they work in 80 countries worldwide, in Europe, Africa, and in America (particularly in South America). They choose these places because that is where their help is particularly needed, so their action is not biased in any kind of way. The MSF is prompt to answer to any emergency around the world – it takes about 48 hours or less to reach the country in which they are needed (the trip will depend on the distance and the weather), and the medical machineries will get to the country in about 72 hours. Astutely, every MSF is provided with a pre-packed disaster kit,
(FOUO) The mission of the CRD is to plan, conduct, and provide CBRN reconnaissance and surveillance support for special operations forces in support of strategic, operational, and tactical objectives in all operational environments to support functional and geographic combatant commander intents and objectives. (ATP 3-11.24)
Red Cross, Josea’s feed the hungry and UNICE- what do they all have in common? They are all nonprofit organizations. Throughout the world, but especially in the United States nonprofit organizations are very important and a necessity for many cities. It has become one of the main focuses for a growing amount of majors and studies for many people. With more than 8 million employees and more than 80 million volunteers in the United States alone nonprofit are some of the most important job in recent times (Drucker). The importance of many nonprofit organizations could be the difference between many people’s lives and their deaths. The importance of nonprofit organizations is growing throughout the United States day by day. The fact that nonprofits are built solely on helping the people throughout your community and neighboring communities make nonprofits important based on that fact in itself. Nonprofit provide places to sleep when maybe a family has nowhere to go or somewhere to have a hot meal. This could be someone in your family, a close friend or even a distant neighbor but in all people are people and help is help so the reasons for nonprofit being important are ongoing.
A Non Governmental Organization that works for human rights issues that interested me is, Amnesty International. I have been hearing many good things about this organization, so I decided to find out for myself what Amnesty International really does for human rights. My mind was blown away at how much they do to further human rights after my research. It is an organization that fights for civilians caught in the crossfire between warring groups, fights for a total ban on torture, and fights against any form of discrimination.
UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund, is a nonprofit organization, founded by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 in New York. Initially, UNICEF was created to provide temporary emergency help like medications, nutrition and clothes to children in the destroyed after World War 2 countries. In 1953 UNICEF became a permanent organization which has been supported by voluntary contributions and donations. Today UNICEF operates in 190 countries all over the world, saving and improving children’s lives and protecting their rights. It also provides healthcare, immunizations, food, education and emergency relief. “The number of children dying every day from all preventable causes has declined to about 19,000, down from 33,000 in 1991. At the U.S. Fund for UNICEF we won’t stop at “fewe...
Executive summary: the information presented below is the case study for The American Red Cross association. The organisation operates on its own and is supported by donations from people. Its main objective is to provide alleviation to those suffering from natural disasters such as earthquakes, flood, tsunami and other natural calamities. The organisation on an average, responds to about 70,000 disasters in one year, across the globe. There was massive criticism for the association for the route they took to care of the attacks on September 11, 2001 including the Hurricane in 2005. The allegations were ineffective and bad management, be that as it may, and the organisation has additionally tended to claims
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The non-charitable organisations objective embedded within its mission statement is to work with all its partners towards the attainment of the sustainable human development goals adopted by the world community and the realisation of the vision of peace and social progress enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. UNICEF was created with the purpose of working with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path, thus advancing the cause of humanity.
No truer words have ever been spoken by a General to his men before battle. General Dufour not only understood the nature of war but also that of being humane. The General agreed with Henri Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that certain basic rules should be in place to protect all sides in conflict. This argument is based on the idea that certain human rights should always be protected; that even in the worst of conflicts a sliver of hope should prevail. To distribute this hope evenly on the battlefield, there must be an organization to provide this aid impartially. For an organization to be truly neutral, it is never an easy path. Said organization will continually be pulled in all directions in a conflict by the interests of all sides. An impartial organization must answer the question of how to render aid, protect basic human rights, and yet not to become part of the conflict. Perhaps the answer to that very question is this: For the Red Cross to truly maintain battlefield neutrality they must offer training, medical aid, and support to friendly combatants, enemy combatants, and people on the battlefield who are not connected to either side. Some would argue that providing aid to each side would cause the conflict to b...
The Charity Organization Society was based in the scientific movement of organizations. Workers believed that charity work needed more definition and organization and that charity should be focused more on individual need rather than as a whole population. Focusing on individual need was intended to improve relief operations while making resources more efficient. They also intended to eliminate public outdoor relief. With the promotion of more organization and efficiency the new Charity Organization Societies were born. Trattner states that these new requirements for organization and efficiency spread so “rapidly that within 6 years 25 cities had such organizations and by the turn of the century there were some 138 of them in existence” (Trattner, 1999).