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  2. Humanitarianism - Wikipedia

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    Volunteers from AmeriCorps in Louisiana. Humanitarianism is an ideology centered on the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional reasons.

  3. Children International - Wikipedia

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    Santa Paula Community Center in Tonalá, Jalisco, México. Known in its earlier years as "Holy Land Christian Mission," Children International was founded in 1936. [23] The organization distributed food baskets to widows and poor families, provided early childhood education [24] and operated a small medical clinic as well as a children’s home for orphans.

  4. UNICEF - Wikipedia

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    The organization was created by resolution 57(I) of the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946 and named United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). As its first chairman, Rajchman chose Maurice Pate of the Commission for Relief in Belgium to direct the agency and "to think about organizing an action, a fund ...

  5. Humanitarian assistance - Wikipedia

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    Humanitarian actors must be able to act in accordance with humanitarian principles without interference. [10] Voluntary Service: Voluntary service reflects the idea that humanitarian assistance is provided without a desire for gain. It is a humanitarian act provided by organizations and individuals motivated by a desire to help those in need. [11]

  6. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent ...

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    The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 191 member National Societies. [4] It acts before, during and after disasters and health emergencies to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people.

  7. 6 reliable charities for those looking to help civilians ...

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    International Committee of the Red Cross: ICRC is a humanitarian organization that helps those affected by conflict around the world, with a mission that stems from the Geneva Convention of 1949 ...

  8. Humanitarian principles - Wikipedia

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    The core principles are defining characteristics, the necessary conditions for humanitarian response. Organizations such as military forces and for-profit companies may deliver assistance to communities affected by disaster in order to save lives and alleviate suffering, but they are not considered by the humanitarian sector as humanitarian agencies as their response is not based on the core ...

  9. Aid agency - Wikipedia

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    The second-hand shop of UFF (U-landshjälp från Folk till Folk i Finland), a non-profit and non-governmental humanitarian foundation, [1] in Jyväskylä, Finland. An aid agency, also known as development charity, is an organization dedicated to distributing aid. Many professional aid organisations exist, both within government, between ...