Humanitarian Studies

Checking your Charity

In the current economic times, the contributions from charities are significantly going down. This is not necessarily due to lack of funds but could also be due to the mismanagement of the funds by the organisation. Donors have to make major sacrifices to be able to continue their donations, but this also makes them want their donation to be used for the right purpose. Many donors who are not able to donate in terms of cash also donate with substance More

Financial crisis hits charities too

Unsurprising really, that charities have had their income affected by the financial crisis. Not only is the government cutting grants and public spending, that previously went to support these voluntary organisations, but now a new study has found that donations by the public have fallen dramatically too.

Of course, charity bosses expected this and understand the reasons for it too. But that doesn’t help them feed another homeless guy or support a child from an abusive home or help a More

The floods are coming – buy green

Have you noticed how many weather-based natural disasters have been affecting the globe in recent months and even years? Now, I’m not saying there were no floods or storms before the industrial revolution (that would be the kind of crazy assertion the climate change sceptics would leap on) but statistics do show that extreme weather is on the increase. Can we blame that on pollution too? Should we all rush out and buy one of the best hybrid cars to More

The Street Kids

I am currently supporting a children home in India. Now, since I have been doing this for some time and also had a chance to visit it, I have also had the opportunity to understand the kind of challenges they face to run it. I am sure I am not the only one who financially aids the children home as I would not be able to do so alone. But the problem that I see here is that most of More

Clutter-Free Me

Over the years, (and I’m not even that old!) I have accumulated so much clutter it is absolutely unbelievable. Everybody gets on at me to throw things away and stop hoarding what they describe as ‘total rubbish’. I just can’t bring myself to do it! I’ve got university essays, about ten billion books, photos, toys, magazines, teddies, ornaments, paints, posters, models, birthday cards, Christmas cards – you get the picture. And clothes – well I’ve filled and over-filled three wardrobes More

Lighting Up The World

There are so many communities throughout the world who don’t have access to many things that we take for granted. Clean water, education and medical supplies are all often tackled by the major charitable organisations, but other charities are now looking into helping these communities to generate their own electricity through simple measures like wind turbines.

Companies like Enigin can supply the expertise for these projects which aim to encourage communities to work together to build an infrastructure for their More

Risk assessment in case of emergency situations – measures and means for overcoming, restricting, eliminating emergency situations

Section VII Risk assessment in case of emergency situations – measures and means for overcoming, restricting, eliminating emergency situations

The possible emergency situations during the construction of the site are:

-accidental outflow of fuel-grease materials

-causing a fire

The technology of More