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The Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR), formerly the Mine Action Information Center (MAIC), is a public policy center at James Madison University that manages information, conducts training, holds conferences and workshops, and performs research relevant to humanitarian mine clearance, victim assistance, mine risk reduction and other explosive remnants of war (ERW).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. Higher Education Institute in Geneva, Switzerland Geneva Graduate Institute Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement Former names Graduate Institute of International Studies (1927–2007) Type Semi-private, semi-public graduate school University institute ...
Alight, formerly the American Refugee Committee (ARC), is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 40 years. In 2011, Alight helped nearly 2.5 million people get essential services to regain their health and take back control of their ...
Humanitarian education is an area of learning that concentrates on the desire or impulse to save lives, protect human dignity and reduce suffering. It particularly relates to offering assistance to others in an emergency or crisis and is also used to refer to the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed for individuals and communities to help ...
Free the Children rebranded as WE Charity in 2016. [29] The charity runs domestic programs for young people in Canada, the US and the UK, and international development programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. [2] In September 2017, the organization moved to a new headquarters in downtown Toronto, named "WE Global Learning Centre". [30]
Canada cut off government financing in 1997 to HCI. As of 2000 the group was being investigated by the United States. [ 7 ] In 1999, the group filed an application for judicial review of a decision by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to refuse funding the organization's activities.
The International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) is an independent, “non-profit, humanitarian association having social values as its objectives”, founded in 1970 in Sanremo, Italy. Its headquarters are situated in Villa Ormond, while a liaison office of the Institute is established in Geneva , Switzerland .
GlobalMedic later established annual Rapid Response training days near its Toronto headquarters and at several other locations across Canada. Recruiting is concentrated on, but not restricted to, members of paramedic services, police forces and others in professional rescue service communities.