Sunday, November 14, 2010

History of Disasters & Humanitarian Aid

1960
Biafran Civil - doctors without borders started
1970's
Cambodia- first long term massive refugee migration
Vietnam
1980's
Ethiopia - showed politics, distribution of aid problem, world media
Chernobyl and Exxon - major industrial disaster
1990's
Iraq- new weapons
Rwanda - NGO held accountable - unnecessary deaths
2000's
Katrina- governments need to get into order and have a plan
China - china opened to help
Bosnia - disasters can happen outside of Asia and Africa
Tsunami - good for orgs to have a mandate, too many lone wolfs cause
of cynicism about aid. NGO held to accountability cause of media
Cyclone nargis- politics blocking aid, aid workers needing security (
white flag no longer guaranteeing safety)

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