Sentences with phrase «humanitarian work as»

In addition to her teaching and research, Conway - turner has traveled to Haiti regularly over the past decade, performing humanitarian work as a member of H.O.P.E., a not - for - profit, volunteer organization based in Rochester, N.Y., assisting the people of Borgne, Haiti, in achieving equitable, just, and sustainable living conditions.

Coupled with this deliberate neutrality toward all parties in a conflict has been the ideal of humanitarian work as an act of charity and compassion extended toward all victims, independent of larger political alliances and agendas (the international organization that Rieff considers the model of this approach is Médecins Sans Frontières).

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As Clooney led off the first episode of The Late Show, the actor freely admitted he had nothing to plug and instead spent some time talking with Colbert about his humanitarian work in the Darfur region of Sudan.

The working group has been urging governments, companies and other stakeholders to increase the role Christian and other faith - based organisations have in tackling humanitarian crises such as lack of food, water or sanitation, as well as civil wars, religious persecution or natural disasters.

Heck — my father was knighted into the Order of St. John as recognition for a lifetime of humanitarian work and it is a protestant order!

while the writer has little knowledge of the bible, he is also greatly lacking what he should know to write such a article, the laws give to people of all walks of life is the commandments given by moses, religion does not have anything to do with goverments laws or rulings, he told us straight the one law that there is no forgiveness for is murder, rulers and goverments take it upon themselves to make the decision whether to go to war, or if a person should be put to death, as far as jesus and the apostles are concerned thier labours was a work of love and true humanitarian towards all peoples, races, religions, they never asked for anything for themselves, and they never took from one to give to another.

The desperate humanitarian needs of people caught up in conflict in Gaza, Iraq and Syria and the work Christian Aid partners are doing to meet these needs will be uppermost in my mind as I run.»

What disturbs Rieff most, however, is the prospect of humanitarian organizations as an instrument of «the new imperialism» and the way this role alters the very nature of relief work.

This bleak record has led critics such as David Rieff (author of the recent A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis) to argue that humanitarian intervention and humanitarianism itself no longer work.

As the rich accumulated wealth, they saw it as their duty and responsibility to give this wealth back to society in the form of music, arts, schools, hospitals, and other such humanitarian workAs the rich accumulated wealth, they saw it as their duty and responsibility to give this wealth back to society in the form of music, arts, schools, hospitals, and other such humanitarian workas their duty and responsibility to give this wealth back to society in the form of music, arts, schools, hospitals, and other such humanitarian works.

Talk about the aide that people who are victims of disasters or violence receive from humanitarian groups, and discuss ways that she may help, such as by working with her school to raise money for the victims.

Serendipity takes her by the hand as she marries her French husband, works with him in a humanitarian effort in East Africa, before settling down in France and building a family.

She has a highly successful, 16 - year career as a publicist to over 450 brands; she works with A-list celebrities to create brand buzz; she founded «Family Fun Day Sunday»; and is a mother of six, wife and humanitarian.

There is also a blatant lack of involvement of groups of people with disabilities (DPOs) in planning, implementation and monitoring of humanitarian projects, as well as a limited number of technical experts on inclusion working for mainstream organisations.

From 1983 - 1994 he worked as a frontline humanitarian worker for Save the Children UK and the United Nations in Morocco, Sudan and Ethiopia, the Palestinian Territories and Bangladesh.

If the Somali women in Shaffer's piece view working as instrumental, so does the neoliberal governmentality agenda, according to Elisabeth Olivius, who examines humanitarian aid workers in refugee camps in Thailand and Bangladesh.

In my view, member states should put emphasis on areas such as mediation and let the UN step back from traditional development and humanitarian assistance, as plenty of other actors are now involved in this work — state agencies, NGOs, local communities, foundations and companies.

Eleanor Nwadinobi stated that the team was mandated to research and work out strategies in the areas of Humanitarian, Socio - economic, Educational, Governance, Gender as well as Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism to revitalize and stabilize the Lake Chad Basin.

According to him, President Buhari believes that Mustapha, who has inspired many Nigerians as well as national and international humanitarian organisations, earned the award because of his courage, hard work and extraordinary commitment to the welfare of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country, even at the risk of his life.

According to Price's Facebook and LinkedIn pages, she works as a project manager and consultant at the United Nations New Futures Foundation on humanitarian projects.

Abby Davidson Maffei splits her time between Syracuse and Washington in her work as an executive for CARE, an international humanitarian relief organization.

Mathematician Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva combines her work as a university researcher with designing computer tools to support humanitarian aid organizations.

The first recipient of MDA's Humanitarian of the Year Award, Masak's work as field announcer for the Special Olympics and his eight - year stint as host of The Jerry Lewis Telethon represents only a fraction of his remarkable work as a compassionate philanthropist, and though Masak's film work may not be as prolific or as frequent as his extensive television work, his roles in such films as Tora!

Along with a few other members of the foreign community including doctors and missionaries who remained in the city, and driven by simple humanitarian concerns, shock at the appalling behaviour of Germany's Asian ally, and a love for the country and people among whom he had worked for so long, he created a safety zone in which a quarter of a million civilians survived what was later to go down in history as the «Nanking Massacre.»

Now working as a humanitarian in Africa to atone for his sins, it is not long before Jim's past catches up with him.

convincing as Dick Cheney, and Elizabeth Banks (Definitely Maybe, Fred Claus), though never quite looking old enough for Laura Bush throughout most of the film, does give her the outer and inner beauty that Stone obviously feels should be there, given her many humanitarian works.

The 2013 Governor's Awards were last night, with Angelina Jolie receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her work as a UN Goodwill Ambassador, the multi-Oscar and Emmy nominated legend Angela Lansbury receiving an Honorary Oscar for her body of work and a former Oscar host, multi-nominated Emmy and Golden Globe comedian Steve Martin.

Projects such as the Humanitarian Leadership Academy and the Norwegian Refugee Council's Frontline Humanitarian Toolbox, designed specifically for aid workers in Syria, are working to boost capacity via online courses.

Abstract: This article explores my key areas of work as the Director of African Centre for Community and Development which is involved in diverse humanitarian and development devices towards poverty alleviation, education, sustainability and the empowerment of vulnerable sub-populations in Cameroon, Africa and the world.

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.

Edelman has received significant praise for her work including hundreds of honorary degrees and many awards such as the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Prize, the Heinz Award, and a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship.

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Humanitarian work must in the highest degree be seen as promoting the «fraternity between nations» of which Alfred Nobel speaks in his will.

Ross concentrates instead on Gonne's humanitarian aspects in her work among the poverty stricken people in Donegal and also on her love of her children, as well as her sometimes manipulative traits essential to a 19th century independent woman.

As a result of this research, the WRC has worked with the UN and humanitarian organizations to develop and disseminate tools to provide for the safe collection of fuel in refugee camps.

Examples are veterinary medicine, working with animals in humanitarian efforts such as search and rescue, managing animal shelters... Learn More.

It celebrates working dogs, which are fit and healthy enough to perform the jobs for which they were originally bred, such as those in the Gamekeeper classes or which line up for the Police Dog Team Operational and Humanitarian Action of the Year award, and it hails hero dogs through the Friends for Life competition.

2006 - Pit Ed Training Classes - Best Practices in Behavior and Training by the American Humane Association 2007 - Nominated «Sportsman of the Year» by Sports Illustrated 2010 - «Best Of» Award 7x7 Magazine for «dog education, rescue and training» 2010 - American Dog Magazine Humanitarian Award - Three Categories 2011 - City of Pittsburg CA, Proclamation of Appreciation from Mayor Will Casey and Pittsburg City Council for service to community and general welfare of dogs 2011 - Ranked nationally as the top high - impact nonprofit working on a local / state level for «Local Animal Welfare, Rights, & Protection» by 170 experts for Philanthropedia at GuideStar 2013 and 2014 - Bay Woof's Beast of the Bay Award: «Best Overall Website for Dog Lovers» and Runner - up for Best Blog and Best Rescue.

Examples are veterinary medicine, working with animals in humanitarian efforts such as search and rescue, managing animal shelters...

It seems like Overwatch has a knack for marrying humanitarian work with some skull cracking, seeing as how tampering with the game's files and making cheats earned some South Korean Overwatch hackers serious fines and even two years of probation.

Initially you are playing as returning series regular Claire Redfield, who now works for an agency called Terra Save; a non-governmental humanitarian group which manages different situations the world over.

As some of you know, Peter spends a lot of time performing humanitarian service work.

As a viewer, what I take from your work is that I am not dealing with an irony that can be verbally reconstituted but with the humor of a humanitarian.

He received a 2016 recognition award from the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, as well as awards from NATO and the U.S. Departments of State and Defense for his humanitarian aid work.

In Design Like You Give a Damn, Sinclair sketches an engaging image of himself as a young architect working as a «CAD monkey» in NY, stumbling into the world of humanitarian aide, and then managing to catalyze Architecture for Humanity on a shoestring.

Design Within Reach is selling the BeeBoard Desk - «When Piet Boon was asked to create mobile housing for some of the world's vast refugee population, he saw it not only as an opportunity to engage in humanitarian work, but to pioneer new uses for sound building materials that could benefit other populations.

«The world can expect, however, a return of between $ 3 and $ 34 for every dollar spent on sanitation, realized through reduced poverty and health costs and higher productivity — an economic and humanitarian opportunity of historic proportions,» adds Dr. Adeel, who also serves as chair of UN-Water, a coordinating body for water - related work at 27 UN agencies and their many global partners.

The course begins with a general introduction to international peacekeeping and peace support operations and international humanitarian law and students can complement these modules with optional modules such as conflict and post-conflict studies, human rights field work, and refugee law.

More than 150 countries are participating in the month - long 72nd session of UNGA First Committee in addition to key UN agencies such as UNIDIR, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working to advance humanitarian disarmament.

We chose these three organizations because of the inspiring work they do in providing humanitarian assistance to refugees and displaced people as well as in defense of justice, human rights, and civil rights.