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 • World Health Organization
(WHO)• World Bank
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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
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
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
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
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
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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
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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 activityChild Prostitution
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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
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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
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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
Governmental Agencies
Government aid for development
• United States• Japan• France• United Kingdom• Germany• Netherlands• Sweden• Italy • Norway • Denmark• Canada• Australia
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USA: Peace Corps
• Peace Corps – Volunteers work in
developing countries
– Promote:• Education
• Agriculture
• Health, HIV/AIDS
• Business
• International understanding
www.peacecorps.gov
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
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
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
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
Relief Organizations
• Oxfam International
• Rotary International
• Heifer International
• Freedom from Hunger
• CARE
• Save The Children
• Doctors without Borders
• International Red Cross
Doctors without borders
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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
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Hunger Relief Progress
Hunger Relief Progress
Hunger Relief Progress
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Hunger relief Progress
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Hunger Relief Progress
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