Steps Towards Being A Humanitarian Charity

By Chasity Sheppard


Being an humanitarian charity is very involving. The humanitarians play a crucial role of assisting victims of humanitarian crisis. They assist them by providing for them the essential needs they would need to survive. Other humanitarians also advocate for the ways in which some of the issues should be handled in order to avoid the humanitarian crisis from taking place. This article looks at the various ways one can consider in becoming a humanitarian charity.

The first step involves getting the necessary education. It is extremely important that you get the necessary education. There are several institutions which train people on various ways of becoming humanitarian. Some of the things you should get training on are the various laws on human rights such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nation charter the International Convention on civic and political Right and any other related provisions. There are also other several documents which have been published with the United Nations which are also relevant. All these documents are important in the part of getting the right education.

The education should focus on making the individuals to understand the various international instruments advocating for the same as well as the laws protecting human rights. Humanitarians should have an understanding of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the other necessary convention by the United Nations. This education will also enable one to have respect for the human rights. You cannot help others if you do not respect their rights.

The other thing to consider is settling down on the area of humanitarian to work on. Humanitarianism includes a wide area of services which one cannot handle single handily. It is therefore important and necessary that you consider you are of interest then you start working on it to make it perfect.

Social responsibility is also worth considering. The humanitarians look at the social plight of human being. The individual should therefore be one who is socially responsible and is able to take good care of others. Social responsibility is what will enable the individual to feel that they have an obligation to act in a manner which is beneficial to the whole society. Therefore social responsibility is one of the core foundations to humanitarianism.

In order to effectively give humanitarian services, you should join an existing organization or even start one your own. This is because an organization can receive funding from various donors to help in the works which you are doing. Some of the funding you cannot get as an individual but you can easily get under the umbrella of humanitarian organization.

This is because most of the time, one cannot offer the help on their own, they need to be assisted with others and they also need to be funded. This will only be possible if they are working with other organizations or even if they have started their own charitable organization and they are working under the umbrella of that organization.

You cannot be an humanitarian if you do not respect peoples right. This is because most of the work of humanitarianism revolves around ensuring that each and every person is accorded the respect they deserve and they are helped when they are in need. The above points are some of the steps on how to be a humanitarian charity.




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