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Feature: Stop the Spread- The Disasters Emergency Committee, Ebola, and Humanitarian Fundraising in Britain
Andrew Jones is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham. His research examines the rise of modern humanitarian organisations in Britain, with a focus on those agencies connected to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). Originally set up in the 1960s, … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Jones, Features
Tagged Disaster Emergency Committee, disaster relief, emergency relief
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Aid in the archives
Historians of voluntary action, as this website makes clear, often find their interest kindled by headlines in the daily news. In the case of humanitarian action, this can happen with alarming regularity, as conflicts and natural disasters all too often … Continue reading
Posted in Eleanor Davey, Forum, Research
Tagged CFPs, emergency relief, history, humanitarianism, policy, publishing
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