Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to help the student identify humanitarian crisis, the impact on health, and the involvement of international humanitarian organizations.
Course Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will meet the following course outcome:
CO 4: Evaluate the special health challenges, capacities, and requirements of communities impacted by armed conflict, mass violence, and socio-natural disasters.
Requirements
Identify an international humanitarian crisis that has taken place in the past six months. You may refer to reports from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), other UN agencies, international non-governmental organizations, government agencies, media, or other sources to identify an international humanitarian crisis.
Draft a memorandum, identifying yourself as a student in the MPH program at Chamberlain University.
Identify an NGO that you will request funding or other assistance from to be given to a humanitarian organization that is working in the country experiencing the international humanitarian crisis you identified.
Include in the memorandum the following:
Name and address of NGO requesting funding or other assistance from, and the humanitarian organization that will receive the aid
Facts of the crisis
Humanitarian needs
Unmet needs/Response gaps
Use the attached MEMORANDUM TemplateLinks to an external site. to produce your document.
The memorandum is to be 2-3 pages long.
For help with writing your memorandum, search the internet for the following .pdf document (just copy and paste into your search engine): Educational Equity. Guide to Writing an Effective Policy Memo. You may find that document here: https://educationalequity.org/sites/default/files/documents/best_practices_-_policy_memo.pdf