Group 2AYDAN KOCAEZGİ ULUÇTÜRKER ŞENGÖZÇAĞDAŞ ŞENBİL

IE 482 - HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organisation

• It serves as an umbrella organization for 33 member organizations

ADRAAmnesty InternationalCARE DanmarkDansk ArbejdsgiverforeningDansk ErhvervDansk FolkehjælpDansk ForfatterforeningDansk KunstnerrådDanmarks LærerforeningDansk MusikerforbundDansk Ungdoms FællesrådDet Mosaiske TroessamfundFOA, Fag og ArbejdeFN-ForbundetFolkekirkens Nødhjælp

FTFHK, Handels- og Kontorfunktionærernes Forbund i DanmarkIngeniører uden GrænserJohanniterordenenKirkernes IntegrationstjenesteKvinderådetLandsforeningen for bøsser og lesbiskeLO, Landsorganisationen i DanmarkMellemfolkeligt SamvirkeRed BarnetSct. Georgs Gilderne i DanmarkTværkulturelt CenterU-landsorganisationen IbisUngdomsringenUNICEF Danmark

ORGANIZATION MEMBERS

• Formed after the Second World War in 1956

• In response to the European refugee crises caused by the Soviet invasion of Hungary

FORMATION

WHERE• Working in more than 30 countries around the

world• Working to ensure that no refugee must be in

need of help to find protection and durable solutions

• Provides direct assistance to conflict-affected populations, internally displaced people (IDPs)

• Advocates their rights internationally based on the Human Rights Declaration

• Collects information that can assist IDPs

FOR WHOM?

• Housing and small-scale infrastructure

• Income generation through grant and micro-finance

• Food security & agricultural rehabilitation and development

ACTIVITIES

• Displacement-related law and information

• Social rehabilitation

• NGO networking and capacity development

ACTIVITIES

• Humanitarian mine action

• Information management and coordination

• Emergency logistics and transport management

ACTIVITIES

OBJECTIVES

• Alleviate suffering and promote dignity and rights of civilians in crisis situations

• Build resilience and prevent future crisis by breaking in the cycle between crisis and vulnerability

• Administering a fund that Somali and Afghan diaspora organizations in Denmark

• Building evidence-based knowledge of the comparative value of diaspora engagement in development

DIASPORA PROGRAMME

THE GREAT LAKES CIVIL SOCIETY PROJECT

• Proposing realistic policy solutions to conflict and displacement

• Drawing on existing legal and political frameworks for the protection of refugees and IDPs

SUPPORT FOR THE SYRIAN REFUGEES

• Two million Syrians flee the country

• Seven million Syrians seek help

• DRC distributes emergency aid in Syria, Turkey, Iraq

ACHIEVEMENTS• Global Journal ranks DRC as the world’s

best humanitarian NGO in 2013.

• Has been active in large scale humanitarian projects around the world

• Delivered half of the international humanitarian aid to Yugoslavia during the 1990s

• Supported 26 families returning to Kosovo from Serbia in 2003

SUCCESS AND FAILURE STORIES

CURRENT SITUATION

• DRC launches child protection project in Congo (21.02.14)

• A new beginning for 510 Iraqis (19.02.14)

• DRC responds to new influx in Lebanon (13.02.14)

• 200,000 internally displaced Syrians received winterization assistance (12.02.14)

SIMILAR NGO’S WORLDWIDE

[1] Dannish Refugee Council (2014). DRC Kosova [Online]. Avaliable FTP: http://drc-kosovo.org/

[2] Dannish Refugee Council (2014). Diaspora Programme [Online]. Avaliable FTP: http://drc.dk/relief-work/diaspora-programme/

[3] Dannish Refugee Council (2014). What We Do? [Online]. Avaliable FTP: http://drc.dk/relief-work/what-we-do/

[4] Dannish Refugee Council (2014). Dannish Refugee Council [Online]. Avaliable FTP: http://www.drc.dk/home/

[5] Dannish Refugee Council (2014). A Brief Presentation [Online]. Avaliable FTP: http://drc.dk/fileadmin/uploads/pdf/Om_dfh_PDF/Organisation_PDF/UK_DRC_presentation_2012.pdf

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