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Job
Opportunities
Q:
How can I find information about jobs, internships and volunteer opportunities
in humanitarian organizations?
A:
We
suggest that you take a look at ReliefWeb's Humanitarian
Vacancies section. In addition to the latest vacancy announcements by
humanitarian organizations, you will find a list of links to various
organizations. Please contact them directly to inquire about job and volunteer
opportunities.
You
may want to consider United Nations Volunteers
(UNV). You will find many interesting volunteer openings at their site. You can
also find a list of US-based NGOs (non-governmental organizations) at Interaction.
Other good sources for job and volunteer opportunities are OneWorld
Online, Action Without Borders, the UK-based British
Overseas NGOs for Development (BOND) and Balkan
Sun Flowers.
For information on internships
with the UN, see:
http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/examin/internsh/intern.htm
Donations
Q:
How can I donate money, food, clothes etc. to victims of natural disasters and
emergencies?
A:
We suggest that you contact humanitarian NGOs (non-governmental organizations)
directly to find out if they are appealing for specific donations. You will find
a list of NGOs in the Directory of
Humanitarian Organizations. You can also look at the page of the disaster or
emergency for which you are interested in giving a donation. Use “By Format”
view to find a link to appeals and contributions raised by the international
humanitarian community.
Other useful
sites are: [pdf format]
Q:
I’ve received an email with a link to “The Hunger Site”. Supposedly you
can donate a portion of food just by entering the site. How does this work?
A:
The Hunger Site is an independent
website created to alleviate hunger. Visitors to the site are invited to donate
a serving of food by clicking on a button. The donations are paid for by
corporate sponsors.
ReliefWeb
has received assurances from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) that
The Hunger Site is giving all of the donations it generates via the internet to
WFP. Cash donations equivalent to millions of servings of food have been donated
since the site opened in June 1999.
WFP is using
donations from The Hunger Site to provide food to mothers and children in the
developing world, as part of its efforts to end hunger. For more information
about WFP, click here.
Emergency
Updates
Q: Is it
possible to receive information directly by email immediately after a crisis
happens somewhere in the world, without having to visit ReliefWeb?
A:
You can subscribe to the ReliefWeb Bulletin, a mailing list used to alert
subscribers to new natural disasters. Typically, the first OCHA (Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) situation report will be sent. The
Bulletin list is also used to disseminate other major announcements concerning
the humanitarian community. Subscribers can expect one to two email messages per
week.
You
can also subscribe to updated OCHA situation reports on complex emergencies and
natural disasters.
To
subscribe to the bulletin or to OCHA situation reports, click here.
Q: How often is ReliefWeb
updated?
A: ReliefWeb
is updated from our New York and Geneva offices every half-hour, from 0800 to
2400 GMT. We plan to open an Asian office in 2000 to allow ReliefWeb to provide
time-critical updates 24 hours a day.
Q:
For natural disasters, do you only post information relating to developing
countries?
A:
The ReliefWeb mandate is to post reports and documents only from disasters in
countries whose governments request external humanitarian assistance, to which
the UN responds. This is why you will not find information on our site on
certain disasters.
General
Q: How
can we post vacancy announcements? Is there any cost?
A:
ReliefWeb posts
vacancies related to humanitarian work free of charge in the Humanitarian
Vacancies section. The advertiser needs to specify job descriptions,
deadlines, contact information, application procedures, etc. The advertisement
should be in Word or Text format, attached to an email and addressed to <submit@reliefweb.int>.
It is the responsibility of the advertiser to let us know if the advertisement should
remain posted, be removed or deadlines extended.
Q:
May we use maps from ReliefWeb in our publication?
A:
For permission to publish maps created by ReliefWeb, please contact us at
<maps@reliefweb.int>. If the requested map is produced by an external
source, please contact them directly for permission.
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