Every day around the world there are natural disasters which cause several damages to homes, families, and people who are in need of help. Red Cross is a worldwide organization founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland, which has around 17 million volunteer workers that help people who are suffering from natural situations. As I go on social media I’ve noticed that there are many recommendations to help save lives from celebrities which gives a high proportion of donations from people around the world given to Red Cross. With the high amount of donations given to Red Cross yearly, the money seems to be not a big of a help that made any successful changes. Recently, on October 2017 there were wildfires coming from Northern California and more than 245,000 acres of land, burned over by fires which lead people to evacuate from their homes. On that date, I went on my phone to go on twitter and while I was on my phone on twitter as I scroll down tweets, I’ve noticed Red Cross has been promoted rapidly by celebrities asking people like me around the world to help to donate. Not only the fact how celebrities were promoting Red Cross, it’s sad to see as I scroll down that pictures of victims and fires were being used to …show more content…
On 31 August 2017, the ARC completely explained how they were going to treat the incident Hurricane Harvey according to Red Cross. For example, with the help of the ARC organization, they were able to help more than 33,800 people to put them in shelters, hand them supplies, and food. This indicates that Red Cross response on how they helped those in need in various ways by the donations. Overall, on the page, the title says, “How The Red Cross is Spending Your Donations” and yet again they put pictures of victims getting helped to get more donations but explains what they use the donations for. Furthermore, this proves why people should donate to Red
Virtually everywhere in the United States is affected to one degree of another by wildland fires. Even if a community is not directly involved with the fire itself, chances are that some of its members have gone to help fight wildland fires in other areas of the country by providing manpower, financial support, or other humanitarian aid.
Recent major national disaster relief occurrences, for which the Red Cross led efforts, have been the earthquake that struck Haiti and Hurricane Sandy.
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.
Everyday, millions of families are affected by natural disasters and left helpless within the international crisis of poverty. A lack of resources results in a lack of hope to many of those affected, and a little light is shed on this subject through the ad, “Coins” by the American Red Cross. The “Coins” ad produced by the American Red Cross explicitly promotes the act of donating to the organization, but it implicitly promotes humility, selflessness, and compassion.
Their work and basis is deeply rooted in its Catholic origins and it's deep basis in the Exodus paradigm and the Mosaic covenant. The Catholic Relief Services commitment to the poor and destitute in aiding them around the world through several means while still maintaining strong moral and physical standpoint by sticking to teachings of the Bible shows kinds of things that they can do using the teachings of Jesus. The organization does great work to help those all over the world affected by natural disaster.They have the strength to be a solid Catholic Institution but the ability to enact change all over the world. The fact that they keep the Catholic Social teaching principles in their mission statement and listed the forefront of their website shows how deeply committed they are to it as an organization. Come to realize how important the work of the Catholic Relief Services is even though it may seem large-scale, without the large-scale,the small-scale is ineffective.Create way for one to continue the work of the Catholic Relief Services end or to benefit it would be to donate to their cause so they can give supplies to the needy, or to volunteer as a ground soldier to the Catholic Relief Services. the two things the Catholic Relief Services cannot live without our manpower and supplies;the Catholic Relief Services is purely administrative and without these it is unable to function. Overall the Catholic Relief Services is a administrative juggernaut organizing aid to those in need around the
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.
Volunteering for a poverty program, policy group, or community service organization is an experience that will educate oneself and endure an involvement with those who may be in need of assistance for a period of time. When deciding where I wanted to do my volunteer experience for the class I wanted to make sure that I found experience that I would learn from. There were a variety of places that I could choose from that were in the area. For my experience I chose to volunteer at a salvation army in my hometown Springfield, Oh. This is an organizational group that provides services to those who are poor in a variety of ways. The Salvation Army is an organization that has several different branches in various locations. This branch helps in a variety of ways by having summer camps for children, social service programs that offer assistance with topics such as bills, food, clothing, furniture and a variety of other resources. They also provide several different opportunities around Christmas to help with the different assistant groups that they have available.
The recent devastations of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have taken countless lives through death as well as the loss of homes and belongings. It will take some people years to rebuild their lives to a fraction of what they were before the storm. We, NHS Officers and our peers, felt that we were called upon to help the communities that lost so much. Our town has felt the impact of numerous hurricanes, like Irene and Sandy in consecutive years, but we were able to recover with the help of donations and organizations like FEMA which provided food and clothing. Thus, we concluded that the best ways to help those affected were clothing and food drives. After receiving approval from the NHS advisor, Principal, and Vice-Principal we began to advertise
My approach to Red Cross service has also changed at the grassroots level. Shortly after my final chemotherapy treatment, I was dispatched to a residential fire in central Fort Worth. At the scene, I discovered a mother crouched at the curb silhouetted against her smoldering house. While listening to the mother, I learned that she lost her thirteen-year-old son in the blaze. Though I had rehabilitated disaster victims before my illness, this event carried a different significance. While I was learning to live anew, I comforted a mother coping with death. My conversation with the mother compelled me to re-confront my journey with cancer. By reflecting on my own anxieties, still real and familiar, I empathized with the mother on an equal plan rather than that of victim and volunteer. Through service, I now probe my own experiences to assist and empower others.
Almost 9 years ago an enormous hurricane smacked New Orleans that cause the outbreak of a massive flood. New Orleans was considered one of the most vibrant and poorest cities in America. The city of New Orleans as a whole had a very poor infrastructure that led them to a very catastrophic ending. Many people died during the event because no one took seriously the simulations that took place years before the happening, which had an organized system in which everyone knew what they needed to do in case of an emergency. The US government took responsibility over the catastrophe very fast and started a campaign to create awareness and to raise funds because the estimated amount of money needed to overcome the emergency was calculated at 81 billion dollars. The majority of the population was evacuated because the drowning was taking over the whole city in a very drastic way because the main levees in charged of keeping the water out of the city were completely devastated. New Orleans was not the only city that was taken over by Katrina; other states such as Arkansas & Kentucky that were situated in the route in which the storm went through were also affected by this natural disaster. Many organizations guided by celebrities and important companies contributed with the restoration of the city and its citizens, the US government
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
Although there are many well recognized organization, such as the American Red Cross, that fundraise to aid different causes, there also exist other organizations who may not be as trustworthy. People may think before donating not only on the trustworthiness of the organization, but also on the possibility that those funds may not ever reach their intended destination. Since the major outbreak of Ebola is in West Africa, people may question whether the intended funds ever reach their destination. However, it is important to note that this does not seem to be the major contributing factor to the disparity because in 2010 the American Red Cross raised 486 million dollars for the Haiti Earthquake, and in 2011 it raised 312 million dollars for the Japan earthquake and Tsunami. These numbers are substantially higher than what it has in raised in 2014 for the West Africa Ebola outbreak, 3.7 million dollars (Quartz). Despite the fact that all of these disasters have occurred in very distant places from the United States there has been much more aid for the natural disasters than for Ebola. Therefore, there seems to be other more powerful contributing factors to significant
In the United States a charitable foundation is an organization which has formalized the process of relieving poverty, advancing education, supporting disaster relief, and/or assisting with community projects. Charities are non-profit organizations which can take the form of either a non-operating private foundation (trusts) or operating foundation (public charities). When many of us hear of a tragic event that hits close to home, we give our support with an open heart in order to help others in need. Unfortunately, with this act of kindness we could be creating an environment that is highly vulnerable for fraud perpetrators and fake charity scams.
The controversy of the telethon arises with the distribution of the money. During the telethon, celebrities were stating that all of the money donated would go directly to the victims of September 11 and their families. Even though the charity supporting the event, the United Way, relinquished their administrative costs, the other organizations that were awarded donated money did use some of the donations to pay for their operating costs. The other controversial issue that is explained in this article is length of time taken to deliver the donated money to the victims of the national tragedy. The article explains that it takes time for charities to give money to disaster victims. Plans must be in place for who obtains the money and how much they receive. The last controversial issue examined in this article is the celebrities who encouraged people to donate to this fund and their role in how the money is spent. Bill O’Reilly has accused the celebrities of using the telethon to improve their public image instead of helping the victims of September 11. He also states that if celebrities put more pressure on the charities involved they would be better organized and aid the victims further.
Red Cross is a worldwide movement working towards the alleviation of human suffering through the power of humanity .It was first established by Henri Dunnant, Swiss businessman. He was on a business trip, when he felt touched by the victims of a war between France and Italy. He saw how the soldiers needed treatment, the women and the children too were wounded and needed food and clothing. He took them to a nearby clinic for treatment at his own expense. When he returned to Switzerland, he sold the idea to his friends who also sold it to others. These initiatives resulted into a society aimed at helping people during war. Since the Swiss flag host a white cross they decided to symbolise the society by a red cross. Hence, the Red Cross Society is represented by a red cross inside a white background (see appendix 1). The headquarters of the movement is in Geneva, Switzerland.