Tag: Humanitarian Relief

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Seeking answers for grieving parents in Nigeria

Chibok and the scourge of enforced disappearance

Toyin Ojora-Saraki Founder-President, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa writes in advocacy for missing- enforced disappearance of the Chibok girls of Borno State, and the need for collective action…




See- “As we mark the International Day for Enforced Disappearances this week, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa continues to advocate not only for the secure release of the Chibok girls, but for all access to safe and quality education for children to be protected. We also call for the health and wellbeing of all retrieved girls, and indeed all displaced persons, to be compassionately and appropriately managed by Governments, NGOs and other international organisations who have all committed to protecting the safety, sanctity and dignity of mankind everywhere.




Through the use of public health records, we can monitor and evaluate the health and psychological condition of every released victim of enforced disappearance in Nigeria – not only to ensure they are physically well, but in order to identify needs, and ensure they receive any and all necessary psycho-social support.”
Full report: Source: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/11833210

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Sudan crisis: need for swift humanitarian response, in support of victims [affected persons and agency actors], 2013-2016 update.

Consider this report – “relief operations in the country have been severely affected by violence against aid workers and aid assets, as evidenced by the looting of vital humanitarian warehouses during and after the fighting in capital Juba.”



Aid workers are being affected – “Since December 2013, at least 57 aid workers have been killed in South Sudan, including one worker who was killed during the recent conflict in Juba. Many more are still missing.”

Source http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54622#.V6X6MPdwbqB

 

 

 

 

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The Giving Pledge: Facilitating Game-changing Gifts for Social Change

The Giving Pledge: Facilitating Game-changing Gifts for Social Change

By Melissa Beck CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire
See this report on philanthropists pulling resources together by means of a pledge… a tool for social change. Beck writes –
“Donors should also know we want to have an upfront conversation about expected results. Because a major gift is an investment in change, you should feel you have made a significant difference. Social change involves people on the receiving end, an understanding has to be reached that results take time. These conversations about evaluating outcomes are necessary, especially in the event of under or over-performance.”
Also- “Most of all, we want philanthropists to remember that their gifts are an investment in change, entrusted to competent people on the receiving end. Trust is the key ingredient to any successful relationship, especially one as significant as this. Game-changing gifts are rare occurrences, and many that could happen, don’t. Let’s continue the conversation about maximizing philanthropy within the social realm and together, make some change.”
Full post was originally featured on www.ocbigs.org/blog
Source: <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-beck/the-giving-pledge-facilit_b_9385114.html>
[Added references for further research- http://givingpledge.org/;
http://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/leadership-skills-daily/servant-leadership-and-warren-buffetts-giving-pledge/;
http://africanleadership.co.uk/africas-top-10-richest-charity-donors/]

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