The Humanitarian Coalition

The Humanitarian Coalition is a coalition of Canadian non-governmental organizations consisting of CARE Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam-Québec, Plan Canada, and Save the Children Canada. Since 2010 it has launched five major appeals to global humanitarian disasters, these included the earthquake in Haiti in 2010,[1] the floods in Pakistan in 2010,[2] the earthquake in Japan in 2011, the drought in East Africa in 2011 and the food crisis in the Sahel in 2012.[3][4]

The Humanitarian Coalition's stated mission is to "maximize Canadian fundraising efforts in support of member agencies' assistance programs for the survivors of international humanitarian disasters. By working together, we seek to increase the awareness of needs, reduce the duplication of costs and take the guesswork out of giving for Canadians."[5]

The Humanitarian Coalition's most recent appeal in the Sahel region of Africa was launched on June 14, 2010 and raised more than $2.7 million for the 18 million+ at risk in the region.[6]

Governance

The Board of Directors is made up of the respective CEO or Executive Director of the five member agencies, Patricia Erb from Save the Children, Robert Fox from OXFAM Canada, Rosemary McCarney from Plan Canada, Kevin McCort from CARE Canada, and Pierre Veronneau from OXFAM-Quebec.[7]

The day-to-day activities of the Humanitarian Coalition are run by the organisation's Executive Director Nicolas Moyer.

International counterparts

Around the world, agencies have begun to collaborate and launch joint appeals. Successful national humanitarian appeal mechanisms include the Disasters Emergency Committee (UK), Aktion Deutschland (Germany), Agire (Italy), Japan Platform (Japan), SHO Netherlands and others.

References

  1. ↑ CBC News Online. 5 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120419173750/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/05/pol-haiti-two-years.html. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Canadians donate millions for Pakistani relief". CBC News. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  3. ↑ . 21 February 2012 http://www.680news.com/news/national/article/333267--refugees-add-to-sahel-hunger-woes-say-canadians-experts-in-west-africa. Retrieved 24 October 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Our Appeals". Humanitarian Coalition. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Who We Are". The Humanitarian Coalition. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Sahel Appeal". The Humanitarian Coalition. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Board of Directors". The Humanitarian Coalition. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

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