No. 13, October 2011

Navy “Stability Ops:” Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief

Navy “Stability Ops:” Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief

On 26 December 2004, an earthquake off Southeast Asia produced a tsunami, which resulted in the confirmed deaths of more than 130,000 people in Indonesia. The massive loss of life and injury, coupled with the almost total destruction of infrastructure, caused the United States to respond by sending a Joint Task Force to conduct humanitarian relief and disaster assistance. The operation, which was designated ‘Operation Unified Assistance,’ was able to incorporate m...

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Earth Science Data for Humanitarian Aid

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Earth Science Data for Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian assistance to developing countries has long focused on countries having political, economic and strategic interest to the United States. Recent changes in global security concerns have heightened perception that humanitarian action is becoming increasingly politicized. This is seen largely driven by the “global war on terror” along with a push by donors and the United Nations for closer integration between humanitarian action and diplomatic, military a...

Disappearing Cultures Paraguay’s Indigenous Tribes

Disappearing Cultures Paraguay’s Indigenous Tribes

When the original colonists settled in the Americas, they came by ship and resided in the areas closest to the sea. As history progressed, the local indigenous populations were either eliminated or assimilated into the developing world around them. Many groups, however, remain throughout what is now the Republic of Paraguay where they are currently fighting for survival in today’s modern world. Paraguay, bordered by Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia, ...

A Passion for Change Humanitarian Engineering

National Guard Engineers Facilitating Cooperative Relationships

U.S. Forest Service: Unplugging America’s Children

Gary Braasch’s Images of Change: Documenting a Warming World

Honouring Life Network Tribal Youth Suicide

HDR Architecture Health Design Interventions

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