Sentences with phrase «humanitarian agencies»

Human beings are precious and the primary goal of humanitarian agencies is to save human life and prevent suffering.

It might be wise for humanitarian agencies to instruct their research departments to start reading the considerable social, psychological and political literature on crowds and mass demonstrations.

But, if not, then humanitarian agencies may be required to provide some innovative new forms of rapid response in the midst of widespread political protests of all kinds.

The moral problems confronting humanitarian agencies exist on three levels.

The report's authors recommend humanitarian agencies move away from a donations - focused funding model.

The page goes on to investigate the specific roles of government and humanitarian agencies in South Sudan.

Despite the irresolvable nature of some of these dilemmas, according to Dr Cocking the distance of outside groups like ELAC and their ability to interpret and rationalize outcomes is an incredibly valuable asset to humanitarian agencies working in the trenches.

Christian humanitarian agency Tearfund has built 108 houses in Nepal after a catastrophic earthquake in the country three years ago.

«The food will be distributed by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in partnership with State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and our friends from the international humanitarian agencies.

# 4 According to The American Veterinary Medical Association: The capture, impoundment and eventual destruction of unwanted animals costs taxpayers and private humanitarian agencies over a billion dollars each year.

The American Veterinary Medical Association estimates that the capture, impoundment, and eventual destruction of unwanted animals costs taxpayers and private humanitarian agencies over a billion dollars each year.

The re-establishment of schools and child care programs — including Early Head Start and Head Start centers — is one of the practices that is most highly endorsed by humanitarian agency leaders with disaster experience.

«It has left communities even more reliant on outside aid, stretching humanitarian agencies and local authorities to their limits.

Christian humanitarian agency Tearfund has built 108 houses in Nepal after a catastrophic earthquake... More

For example, humanitarian agency leaders with disaster experience highly endorse re-establishing schools.

In August 2017, World Vision and WFP, were the first humanitarian agencies to begin food distributions in Kasai Centrale region.

«WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, feeding more than 90 million people in more than 70 underdeveloped nations.»

Dr Hugo Slim is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict where he is working on humanitarian ethics in war and disaster with 12 of the world's leading humanitarian agencies.

In the immediate future, ELAC's partnership with Oxfam and other humanitarian agencies appears to offer the most promising outcomes.

While identifying a clear target within the military bureaucracy and demonstrating the value of moral theorizing will likely prove difficult for Dr Leverinhaus's programme, ELAC's clearly defined partnership with a dozen humanitarian agencies and the immediate relevance of ethical principles on decision - making provide a strong mechanism for application.

If humanitarian agencies have been preoccupied with intra-state wars in the last twenty - five years, might they now have to refocus and respond to humanitarian needs around mass demonstrations?

Dr Idler has co-designed a training module for UN staff, has facilitated UN training in Jordan and has published a policy briefing, circulated to staff from humanitarian agencies, international governments, and the UN.

Without any post-secondary institutions available that would have enabled him to pursue further education within the camp, he started working as an interpreter within the refugee camp for the various humanitarian agencies.

The lesson concludes by specifically looking at the role of different humanitarian agencies including the WFP in South Sudan.

Nearly 60 million people worldwide have been displaced due to conflict, war, and human rights violations, yet there is an enormous funding gap for humanitarian agencies seeking to provide food, housing, medical care, and other assistance.

The team has set up a Kickstarter and is hoping to secure funding to start manufacturing and distributing coats through humanitarian agencies by summer 2016.

Siloam Mission is a Christian humanitarian agency offering programs and services at no charge to those experiencing homelessness.

«There must also be an immediate end to violence by Syrian security forces, the release of all political prisoners, an end to the torture and abuse of those who remain in detention and access given to international humanitarian agencies,» he concluded.

It matters that we, as supporters of humanitarian agencies, are aware that to be short of the political label is a choice made by MSF.

Stretched humanitarian agencies could save millions of dollars — and reduce carbon emissions, deforestation and violence against women and girls — if solar power and other clean energy sources were installed at refugee camps, according to new analysis released today.

He said he met «Saddened and pathetic Condition of IDPs in Camps», urging government, security agencies, Media Practitioners and other Humanitarian agencies to scale up a coordinated efforts in addressing the plights of IDPs and other victims of violence, as well as nip terrorism in the bud.

This shift in communications does not merely alter the dynamics of humanitarian response: it changes the scope of what can be considered a humanitarian situation.The communications revolution has, in a direct sense for humanitarian agencies, implications for both humanitarian operations and power relations.

The capture, impoundment and eventual destruction of unwanted animals costs taxpayers and private humanitarian agencies over a billion dollars each year.

In the first report looking into energy use in refugee camps around the world, a consortium of NGOs, thinktanks and donors says that the refugees» energy use has been neglected by both the international energy access lobby and by humanitarian agencies.

In a speech at a World Jewish Relief dinner at the Guildhall in London, he said the humanitarian agency's work in tackling poverty helps «support people practically, emotionally and spiritually.»

«In this dark moment I urge Catholics in England and Wales to pray for the people of Eastern Ghouta and Syria; to encourage our own government to help end the violence; and to support generously those humanitarian agencies that are bravely working to save lives.»

As Jane Cocking, the Humanitarian Director of Oxfam GB, illustrated in her remarks on humanitarian dilemmas in practice, the challenges that the humanitarian agencies grapple with on a daily basis reflect some of the most difficult issues in humanitarian ethics.

As such, humanitarian agencies will need to change to keep up with new communications realities, but some domains will remain distinctly familiar: complex humanitarian emergencies; politically challenging environments; forgotten, difficult and smaller crises; and most vulnerable groups in major disasters.

He recently brought together several member of the Oxford faculty who specialize in humanitarian ethics and just war theory with twelve humanitarian agencies to try to understand the moral problems these agencies face and give them ethical frameworks that can be applied in the field.

Jidawa who is also the chairman security and protection sector of humanitarian agencies in the state, noted that the media report had claimed that 30 rape cases were recorded, «yet no local or international humanitarian agency in the state came across any.»

He explained that an inter-ministerial task force had been established by the President to coordinate the response and work with humanitarian agencies to support the governments and other structures in the affected states.

Humanitarian agencies say Iraq's hospitals are reaching breaking point, as the battle for Baghdad causes the number of civilian casualties to rise rapidly.

But there is a dire shortage in Syria, and until recently they were not included in emergency medical packages distributed by the WHO and other humanitarian agencies.

This final section offers links to a few of the humanitarian agencies at work in the Balkan region.

$ 20 billion dollars — that's the amount the United Nations and humanitarian agencies are requesting to assist the largest refugee crisis the world has seen since World War II.

«This bond marks a new era of cooperation between private, public and humanitarian agencies and will allow provide vital services to people in need.