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Relief & Development Organizations

Relief & Development Organizations. International. United Nations Organizations. World Food Program Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) United Nations Development Program United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) International Fund for Agricultural Development

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Relief & Development Organizations

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  1. Relief & Development Organizations International

  2. United Nations Organizations • World Food Program • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) • United Nations Development Program • United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) • International Fund for Agricultural Development • World Health Organization (WHO) • World Bank http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/newsroom/wfp182359.jpg

  3. World Food Program • World’s Largest Humanitarian Agency • 104 million peopled aided • 81 countries • 5.9 million tons food • $3.275 Billion • 8,770 Employees • Relief and Development • School Feeding • Fight against HIV/AIDS • Food for Work • Focus on women http://www.wfp.org

  4. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) • Information/data Network for agriculture • Statistics, publications • 1 million website hits/month • Field Projects • Manages 1000s of projects • Technical expertise • Global Ag Policy • Offices in 100 countries • $750 million www.fao.org

  5. United Nations Development Program • Better life for people • Democratic Governance • Poverty Reduction • Crisis Prevention and Recovery • Energy and Environment • HIV/AIDS • Millennium Development Goals • 166 countries • $280 million www.undp.org

  6. United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) • For every child: • Health • Education • Equality • Protection • Priorities: • Girls’ education • Immunizations • HIV/AIDS • Early Childhood Nutrition • Child Protection • Violence, child soldering • Exploitation, child labor • Sexual abuse, trafficking Darfur, Sudan www.unicef.org

  7. Child SoldieringUNICEF Child Protection • 100,000 child soldiers • Mostly Africa • Recruited into armed groups by force • Taught to kill, rape • Drugged, abused • Easier to train than adults • Psychological damage http://en.kindernothilfe.org/multimedia/kmdb/%5B005%5D/5811_326x397_326x397_114x2-width-326-height-397-view_image-1-called_by-knhfs-original_site--original_page-105.jpg

  8. Rape and ViolenceUNICEF Child Protection • Systematic rape of women and girls • Areas of armed conflict • Refugee camps • Women of all ages targeted • Tactic of war • Congo • 100,000 raped since 1998 • Rwanda • 250,000 raped during genocide http://www.unicef.org/protection/images/protection_040242.jpg

  9. Child traffickingUNICEF Child Protection • 1.2 million children trafficked • Adoptions • Labor • Mail order brides • Prostitution • Virgins thought to be AIDS cure • 30% of sex workers in S.E. Asia are under 17 • 7,000 trafficked to USA/year • Abuse, degradation • Slavery • Poverty is root cause • Parents sell children to pay debts • Or are duped • Linked to criminal activity Child Prostitution http://www.icatlanta.org/rescue_and_restore/2004-11_Child_Trafficking_6.jpg

  10. International Fund for Agricultural Development • 900 million extremely poor rural people worldwide • Goal: enable the rural poor to overcome poverty • Microcredit • Household food security • Livestock and rangeland • Sustainable livelihoods • Women’s empowerment: • Credit, Land, Technology Microcredit meeting http://blogs.newamericamedia.org/images/266.jpg

  11. World Health Organization • Goal: attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health • Information resource • Statistics • Publications • Crisis management • Outbreaks • Immunizations • $450 million • 192 countries Immunization http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/africa/photos/immunization-002.jpg

  12. World Bank • Goal: • fight poverty in developing countries • Improve standard of living • Loans • Roads, ports • Education, health systems • Policy advice • Technical assistance • 184 countries • 9,300 employees • $20.1 billion for 245 projects www.worldbank.org

  13. Governmental Agencies

  14. Government aid for development • United States • Japan • France • United Kingdom • Germany • Netherlands • Sweden • Italy • Norway • Denmark • Canada • Australia http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/business_aid_and_development/img/1.jpg

  15. USA: Peace Corps • Peace Corps • Volunteers work in developing countries • Promote: • Education • Agriculture • Health, HIV/AIDS • Business • International understanding www.peacecorps.gov

  16. U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) • Started with Marshall Plan after WWII • Principal U.S. foreign aid agency to help countries: • Recover from disaster • Escape poverty • Democratic reforms • Partnership with • 3,500 U.S. businesses • 3,000 Organizations • $8.8 Billion USAID in Uganda www.usaid.gov

  17. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

  18. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) • CIMMYT • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center • IRRI • International Rice Research Institute • CIP • International Potato Center • ILRI • International Livestock Research Institute www.cgiar.org

  19. Policy Organizations • Center for Global Development • Food First • Greenpeace • Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy • International Food Policy Institute • Winrock International • Worldwatch Institute • World Food Prize 2004 World Food Prize www.worldfoodprize.org

  20. Relief Organizations • Oxfam International • Rotary International • Heifer International • Freedom from Hunger • CARE • Save The Children • Doctors without Borders • International Red Cross Doctors without borders http://web.mit.edu/msfweek/Images/malnutrition.jpg

  21. Religious Relief Organizations • Bread for the World • Catholic Relief Services • ELCA World Hunger (Lutheran) • Feed the Children • Food for the Hungry • Presbyterian Hunger Program • UMCOR World Hunger/Poverty (Methodist) • Food for Life Global (Hindu) Catholic Relief Services http://www.risva.org/images/Refugee-Children-Photos.jpg

  22. Hunger Relief Progress

  23. Hunger Relief Progress

  24. Hunger Relief Progress http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44093000/gif/_44093855_child_mortality_22.gif

  25. Hunger relief Progress http://practicalaction.org/images/events/publicgood-king-6.gif

  26. Hunger Relief Progress http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Gdp_real_growth_rate_2007_CIA_Factbook.PNG/800px-Gdp_real_growth_rate_2007_CIA_Factbook.PNG

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