Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties
Encyclopedia
The Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties (Dutch
for Cooperating Aid Organizations) is a cooperative effort of aid organizations. The organizations work together to give humanitarian aid
to people in disaster
areas. The SHO cooperatively collects donations and informs to the public.
The SHO had campaigns for Iraq
, Bam
, Darfur
, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
, for the 2005 Kashmir earthquake
, Birma, the 2010 Haiti earthquake
, 2010 Pakistan floods
and most recently the 2011 Horn of Africa drought.
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
for Cooperating Aid Organizations) is a cooperative effort of aid organizations. The organizations work together to give humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity...
to people in disaster
Disaster
A disaster is a natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment...
areas. The SHO cooperatively collects donations and informs to the public.
The SHO had campaigns for Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Bam
Bam, Iran
Bam is a city in and the capital of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 73,823, in 19,572 families.The modern Iranian city of Bam surrounds the Bam citadel. Before the 2003 earthquake the official population count of the city was roughly 43,000. There are...
, Darfur
Darfur
Darfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...
, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
, for the 2005 Kashmir earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
The 2005 Kashmir earthquake was a major earthquake centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad, affecting Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It occurred at 08:52:37 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October 2005...
, Birma, the 2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...
, 2010 Pakistan floods
2010 Pakistan floods
The 2010 Pakistan floods began in late July 2010, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions of Pakistan and affected the Indus River basin. Approximately one-fifth of Pakistan's total land area was underwater, approximately...
and most recently the 2011 Horn of Africa drought.
Participants
The participating organizations are:- ICCO & Kerk in Actie (Church in Action) http://www.kerkinactie.nl
- Mensen in Nood / Cordaid (People in Need) http://www.cordaid.nl
- Dutch Red Cross
- Oxfam NovibOxfam NovibOxfam Novib is the Dutch affiliate of the international Oxfam organization. It is an association dedicated to establishing a fair world with no poverty in it. The organization is based in The Hague.Oxfam Novib was founded under the name Novib in 1956...
- Stichting Vluchteling (Refugee Foundation) http://www.vluchteling.org
- Tear Fund
- Terre des HommesTerre des HommesTerre des hommes may refer to:* Terre des hommes , a 1939 philosophical memoir by French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry...
- Unicef
- World Vision
- Save the Children