Sentences with phrase «of humanitarian disasters»

Ed Stetzer, Executive Director of LifeWay Research Rich Stearns, President of World Vision Stephan Bauman, President & CEO of World Relief Jo Anne Lyon, General Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church Frank Page, CEO of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention Alton Garrison, Assistant General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Jamie Aten, Director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute Sue Elworth, Vice President of Development, Marketing & Communications of the Willow Creek Association Paul Ericksen, Interim Executive Director of The Billy Graham Center for Evangelism Jenny Yang, Vice President of Advocacy & Policy of World Relief Amanda Bowman, Director of Church Mobilization of World Vision Micah Fries, Vice President of LifeWay Research

Jamie Aten, director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, shared four spiritual survival tips to keep in mind amid a storm like Harvey.

With the ANC government impassive in the face of this humanitarian disaster, the work of caring for Zimbabwean refugees has fallen to the region's churches, which have used whatever piteously small resources they have to see that these people do not literally die on the streets.

This does not seem to match the urgency of the humanitarian disaster in Iraq and Syria.

But today, Blair hit back at his detractors and accused Corbyn of being passive in the face of a humanitarian disaster in Syria.

Not exact matches

Yet Saudi Arabia is not without its critics, who lament its poor record on human rights, draconian executions of political prisoners and military intervention in the civil war in Yemen, a conflict that has caused a humanitarian disaster in the country and one which is seen as a proxy war between the kingdom and its regional rival, Iran.

It sends teams of volunteer health professionals to carry out disaster relief, long - term development and community health programs with local partners, ships millions in humanitarian aid to countries around the world, and provides mobile dental care to those in need in the US.

Matthew 25: Ministries is an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization that helps the poor locally, nationally and internationally, regardless of race, creed, or political ideology.

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- It could take months for Haitian farmers to recover as heavy rains brought by Hurricane Irma have flooded parts of the impoverished Caribbean nation, humanitarians said, calling for better disaster preparedness.

The 10 Haitians brought medical and humanitarian aid, but perhaps most importantly, they brought their own experiences of living through disasters, and with that, the hope that life does continue.

Its emergency response team responds to an average of 30 natural disasters and humanitarian crises worldwide each year from earthquakes and cyclones to disease outbreaks and civil conflict.

The Harper government's response to the humanitarian disaster in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, and the announcement on November 22nd of the Canada - United States Asia Pacific Defence Policy Cooperation Framework, signal that its policy towards Asia is developing a greater security dimension to accompany its single - minded emphasis to date on economic objectives.

We also have a board or directors and advisory committee composed of domestic and international experts with extensive disaster, humanitarian, and nonprofit experience.

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.

* Humanitarian service may include emergency response to natural disasters, such as an earthquake or a tsunami, or man - made disasters, such as the effects of war and famine.

Convened by the BGCE and the college's Humanitarian Disaster Institute, organizers of the GC2 Summit released the following statement:

What if augmented reality interfaces could help humanitarians better assist victims of disasters?

We are in the midst of one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history.

With bombs pounding mostly military targets in Baghdad 15 hours a day, and a humanitarian disaster looming in the rest of the country, Iraqi Christians and international relief agency officials fear that bottled - up aid may be too little, too late for thousands.

Today, I run the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, the nation's first social science research center devoted to the study of faith and disasters.

I told him I'm a college professor, and that I direct the Humanitarian Disaster Institute (HDI), a Wheaton College research center dedicated to the study of faith and disasters.

Jamie D. Aten, PhD, is an endowed professor of psychology at Wheaton College and founder and executive director of the college's Humanitarian Disaster Institute in Wheaton, Illinois.

The 13 member Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC), including CAFOD, Christian Aid, World Vision and Tearfund, have come together to call for funds to respond to the severe humanitarian needs of those affected.

From this enlightened perspective, they then pronounce virtually all military actions, regardless of what provoked them and no matter their ultimate aims, to be «humanitarian disasters.»

We also support humanitarian natural disaster relief projects around the world for those in need of clean water.

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.

The second set of activities relate to what appears to be the Secretary General's current preoccupation: the prevention of conflict and humanitarian disasters.

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.

This «new wave» of documents includes: the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (the Hyogo Framework's successor), the Sustainable Development Goals (the successor of the MDGs), and the Core Humanitarian Standards (the Project SPHERE's successor).

Members of Trump's staff said the trip was mainly a humanitarian mission, but they conceded that the stakes were high for the president on his first visit to a disaster area that was inevitably seen as a test of his competence and empathy.

The President is closely monitoring the situation, and will be receiving regular updates on the scale of the disaster, as well as the Federal Government's humanitarian response, a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu disclosed on Friday.

It was a journey to attend a crisis communication seminar for humanitarian workers and journalists covering disasters which was held in Maiduguri in the first week of December...

According to the statement, the grant was meant to augment ongoing humanitarian efforts in Nigeria by the USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and Food for Peace.

David Miliband said aid efforts by the country's officials have been «inadequate to the scale of the disaster» and warned the situation is turning into a «humanitarian catastrophe of genuinely epic proportions».

HOOAD is a humanitarian association of independent organizations that support emergency response efforts in any or all phases of disaster.

But, Auerbach noted, policymakers, military leaders and others need a firm hold on the science in order to respond to looming humanitarian disaster and be aware of the solutions that may or may not work.

The multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in March 2011 caused a humanitarian disaster: Upwards of 100,000 people had to be evacuated from within a 20 - kilometer ring around the site.

* Disasters around the world: a global and regional view, UN Department of Humanitarian AffairsVincent Kiernan, Washington DC

With the impacts of the flooding likely to continue well after the flood waters have retreated, Nature examines the escalating humanitarian disaster.

Dr. Gallaudet has led teams of Navy Sailors and civilians performing such diverse functions as overseeing aircraft carrier combat operations, planning and conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster response efforts, assisting Navy SEAL Teams during high visibility counter-terrorism operations, and developing the Navy's annual $ 52 billion information technology, cyber security, and intelligence budget.

Other factors that play their part include the incidence of HIV / AIDS, malaria, conflict, humanitarian crises, and natural disasters, some of which are modifiable, and others which are difficult to control or unavoidable.

Flooding is also often a humanitarian disaster when it strikes and can be an aftereffect of big development projects, like hydroelectric dams.

He also filed in - depth reports focusing on the humanitarian disaster and challenges of bringing relief to some of the Nepal's far - flung rural villages.

Redgrave juxtaposes our horrifying present of inadequate refugee quotas and humanitarian disasters (like last year's clearing of the Calais migrant camp) with the refugee crises of WWII and its aftermath, recalled with archival footage, contemporary news reports and personal testimony — including an interview with the eloquent Labor politician Lord Dubs, who was one of the children rescued by the Kindertransport.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights posits education as a fundamental human right essential for the exercise of all other rights, and today, education is no longer seen (at least by major humanitarian organizations and most governments) as a secondary consideration in stabilizing populations after disaster, but a basic emergency service.

Together, we refocused the task around the question of how to ship supplies more efficiently to victims of a natural disaster or other humanitarian crisis.

Médecins Sans Frontières - «Doctors Without Borders» - is an international humanitarian aid organisation, providing medical care and support to those in areas of conflict, as well as natural disasters and epidemics.

T - Mobile has just announced that it will offer free in - country roaming and domestic calling to Haiti in the wake of the January 12th earthquake and subsequent humanitarian disaster.

The audience for this dictionary includes medical professionals working in multilingual environments; global health professionals in tourist areas; professionals in public health, humanitarian medicine, emergency disaster management, rescue teams and above all, frequent travellers disposed to any kind of danger or health risk and therefore in the need of medical assistance while in some foreign speaking country.

In 2008, she was named Humanitarian of the Year by the Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference for her work helping to develop the state's disaster planning and response for animals.