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Humanitarian relief

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British Red Cross: UK wing of the volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that aims to help people in crisis, worlwide, by providing aid and resources. Official publications, details of how to volunteer and articles on the history and principles of the Red Cross are provided.
Author: The British Red Cross Society
Subjects: humanitarian relief, poverty
DeweyClass: 361.7634
Resource type: documents
Charity Choice: Encyclopaedia of UK Charities on the Internet: Directory of more than 7000 UK charities listed by category and searchable by name, town, county and Charity Commission registration number. Telephone numbers are supplied for all entries, and some have further details.
Author: Waterlow
Subjects: animal rights, charity directories, health charities, humanitarian relief, social welfare
DeweyClass: 361.7
Resource type: directory
ECHO: European Community Humanitarian Office: Organisation established to provide humanitarian aid to countries outside the European Union in the event of natural disasters and armed conflict. Documents the growth of aid since 1991, describes methods of intervention, and details related activities such as the coordination of disaster prevention measures and the organisation of training programmes.
Author: European Communities
Subjects: humanitarian relief, international relations
DeweyClass: 361
Resource type: documents
Human Rights Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2000: Report addressing the UK Labour Government's policies and activities on humanitarian issues, both nationally and internationally, between June 1999 and June 2000. The issues covered include topics such as the protection of war victims, child exploitation, refugees, the EU stance on the death penalty, and responses to issues raised by the Kosovan conflict. A list of sources detailing additional humanitarian resources is also provided.
Author: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Subjects: civil liberties, humanitarian relief
DeweyClass: 323
Resource type: document
Humanitarian Practice Network: Mechanism for professional information exchange in the field of humanitarian aid. Includes information on HPN objectives, membership information, abstracts of HPN publications, and online newsletters focusing on political emergencies in specific regions.
Author: Overseas Development Institute
Subjects: development studies, humanitarian relief
DeweyClass: 361.77
Resource type: documents
ICRC: International Committee of the Red Cross: The ICRC acts to help all victims of war and internal violence, attempting to ensure implementation of humanitarian rules restricting armed violence.
Author: International Committee of the Red Cross
Subjects: emergency medicine, first aid, humanitarian relief
DeweyClass: 361.77
Resource type: documents
Kosovo Crisis Update: Information about the current situation in Kosovo. Includes daily population statistics and estimates of the number of humanitarian evacuations of Kosovar refugees, detailing receiving countries. The number of asylum applications lodged by citizens of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is also documented.
Author: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Subjects: humanitarian relief, kosovo
DeweyClass: 320.9
Resource type: news
Oxfam UK and Ireland: Oxfam is a development and relief agency working to put an end to poverty worldwide. Oxfam works in partnership with local groups and with poor people to help them help themselves.
Author: Oxfam
Subjects: humanitarian relief, poverty
DeweyClass: 362.5
Resource type: documents
Planet Aid: Charity addressing issues of sustainability, health and development through education and teaching, with the aim of supporting self-sustaining communities in the developing world through the dissemination of good practice. Planet Aid raise funds through the sale of second hand goods and actively seek volunteer Development Instructors.
Author: Soe, Birgit
Subjects: humanitarian relief, poverty
DeweyClass: 362.5
Resource type: documents
ReliefWeb: Aims to strengthen the response capacity of the humanitarian relief community through the timely dissemination of reliable information on prevention, preparedness and disaster response. Includes information on emergencies, and 'The Bulletin', a listing of new developments and major announcements.
Author: United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Subjects: disasters, humanitarian relief
DeweyClass: 368
Resource type: documents
Studying Development: Run by a group of former LSE students, this free resource allows users to find study and training courses in International Development and Humanitarian Aid. Aims to help orientate those wishing to enter, or already active in these areas. This course directory is international in scope and covers professional training, as well as university degree courses. Job listings are provided and users can add useful links, job adverts or news. Users are asked to register for a free account.
Author: Studying Development.org
Subjects: employment, higher education, humanitarian relief, international development
DeweyClass: 338.9
Resource type: articles, directory
United Nations: Official site of the UN which works to protect human rights, promote the protection of the environment, help the advancement of women and the rights of children, fight epidemics, famine and poverty, assist refugees, help improve telecommunication, deliver food aid, protect consumers, combat disease and help expand food production, make loans to developing countries and help stabilize financial markets.
Author: United Nations
Subjects: economic development, food production, humanitarian relief, international law, international relations, united nations
DeweyClass: 341
Resource type: institution
VSO: Voluntary Service Overseas: News, campaigns and events, publications and information about volunteering overseas. Includes a small sample of jobs.
Author: VSO
Subjects: development studies, employment, humanitarian relief
DeweyClass: 361.26
Resource type: institution
World Disasters Report 2000: Annual report which analyses the humanitarian crises of the past, present and future and provides comprehensive analysis of the world's humanitarian crises, for disaster professionals and donors, politicians and planners, scientists and academics, journalists and community aid workers.
Author: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Subjects: disasters, humanitarian relief
DeweyClass: 363.348
Resource type: documents