A modification of Vorvoreanu's (2006) Website Experience Analysis (WEA) was used to evaluate the LDS Humanitarian Service's website. The approach combined quantitative and qualitative measures to allow participants of the WEA survey to describe their experience with the website. Recommendations were developed from the study that could help the organization improve its relationship and trust among visitors. A similar approach could prove useful to other nonprofits and humanitarian organizations that are desirous of improving their websites by making them more experiential. Improving websites to increase visitor trust and response should lead to an increase in the organization's competitiveness.
Former employees of a faith-based humanitarian organization cannot sue for religious discrimination, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment. The three plaintiffs in the case worked in administrative capacities for World Vision, a Christian organization that provides humanitarian aid to poverty stricken regions throughout the world.
Jake Harriman always believed he was meant to make a difference. One day as an infantry platoon commander in the Marine Corps, Harriman saw a man jump out of a car and begin sprinting toward him. He assumed it was another suicide bomber, and the troops ran toward the man to make him stop.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has developed a humanitarian supply management system (SUMA) that records, tracks and reports the flow of donations and purchased goods into a disaster area. While a lot of the received goods are in-kind donations, there is a procurement process triggered by the cash funds to meet specific needs. This procurement process also needs to comply with the humanitarian principles, and is therefore susceptible to manipulations from different stakeholders. SUMA has contributed to all the different deployments with the ability to build transparency and accountability in complex operations. These two contributions help to isolate the political factors from the supply chain and protect the humanitarian principles and space.
BOSTON, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International humanitarian organization Oxfam America joined a number of groups, churches and corporations around the country to mark the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day with more than 100 events this month to raise awareness about the struggles millions of poor women still face today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080221/DC14723LOGO)
Soaring food and fuel prices have left the United Nations humanitarian food program about $500 million short, and an urgent international appeal is being issued to raise the extra funds, the executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) said yesterday. For an institution like ours, we don't have buffering space" to accommodate rising prices in food and fuel markets, as has happened since June, Ambassador Josette Sheeran told editors and reporters at The Washington Times.
On Aug. 11, Walt Staton of No More Deaths, an Arizona-based humanitarian organization, was sentenced to 300 hours of community service for "knowingly littering. I regularly get hate mail that suggests government policy should be "shoot to kill all illegal aliens," and I am sure that some bloggers are complaining that Staton should have received a harsher sentence for "treason," as one wrote. I don't believe most Americans think that way. And I refuse to believe that most Americans want people to die horrible deaths of dehydration simply because they want to enter this country, a country whose Statue of Liberty proclaims: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,? The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.? Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to continue its mission of bringing safe drinking water to even the most challenging environments on the planet, the Safe Water Team (www.safewaterteam.org) has announced that it will be expanding its relationship with its international team members to increase distribution of the HydrAid(R) BioSand Water Filter. Beginning in Haiti, Safe Water Team (SWT) has been working with Thirsting to Serve (Rotary District 6290) and the United States Navy's "Project Handclasp" program, as well as supply chain team members from Amway, Inc., Cascade Engineering, Dow Chemical Company, and several other for profit and non-profit organizations to provide the Haitian non-profit organization, Pure Water for the World, with 1,000 HydrAid(R) filters ...
TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Airwalk, a leader in youth lifestyle footwear and apparel, is teaming up with Payless to democratize a new shoe-giving program to help those in need with the launch of The Good Shoe Project. Whenever a customer purchases the exclusive Airwalk Hope shoe for $19.99 at Payless between Dec. 15, 2010, through Feb. 14, 2011, the retailer commits to giving a free pair of kids' shoes to a child in need in Central America through a new alliance with humanitarian organization World Vision. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060627/CGTU040LOGO-b)
Haiti relief HOPE FOR HAITI, volunteers needed for a new group sponsored by Live In Peace Foundation (a Taos-based humanitarian organization) focusing on Haitian children, which is organizing a fundraiser featuring a Haitian drum/dance group from Albuquerque along with local musicians. This ongoing group will be donating funds to UNICEF and hopes to recruit Taos area children to help with their efforts. To participate, Call (575) 737-1166.
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