From Braille Without Borders and Unite for Sight, to Geekcorps and
PeaceWorks, humanitarian groups are working worldwide largely in
undeveloped countries to better the lives of the residents. Whether
they are empowering people with schools for the blind, prosthetic
limbs, the devices to understand and use technology, or the
information to work for civil peace, the men and women of these
agencies offer tremendous talent to their causes, great dedication
and, sometimes, even risk their lives to complete their missions.
Working in war or civil war zones, humanitarians with nonprofits,
non-governmental agencies, and university-connected centers and
foundations have been injured, kidnapped, or killed. Now terrorist
events and war crimes are more and more often bringing these
self-sacrificing workers into the national spotlight by media
headlines. Their work is, doubtless, remarkable. And so too are the
stories of how they developed - including the defining moments when
their founders felt they could no longer stand by and do nothing. In
this set of books, founders and top officials from humanitarian
organizations established in the last 50 years spotlight how and why
they began their organizations, what their greatest victories and
challenges have been, and how they run the organizations, down to
where they get their funding and how they spend it to grow the group
and its efforts. Led by Chris E. Stout, named Humanitarian of the Year
by the American Psychological Association, the contributors here come
from across training disciplines including psychology, medicine,
technology, science, politics, social work, and business. Stout, who
has worked in Latin American terrorist zones, in Vietnam, and along
the Amazon in Ecuador with Flying Doctors of America, has chosen to
feature a sample of humanitarian groups across four primary areas -
medicine, environment, education, and social justice. He also
concentrates on what he calls guerilla humanitarians - those who step
into unsafe or unhealthy conditions despite the dangers. There is also
a concentration on those that have been very successful with
on-the-ground-guerilla-innovations without a lot of bureaucracy or
baloney. Above all, They are rebels with a cause whose actions speak
louder than mere words, Stout explains. They have all felt a moral
duty to serve as vectors of change. In addition to being
psychologically insightful, these volumes hold invaluable practical
information.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780275997694
Publisert
2023
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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