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UNICEF and the issue of child soldiers in South Sudan
Hnaníčková, Barbora ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Burešová, Jana (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with child soldiers in South Sudan and activities of the international humanitarian organization UNICEF. The goal of this thesis is to analyze the worsening situation of child soldiers in South Sudan, to evaluate the humanitarian work of UNICEF in solving this issue and to determine if UNICEF uses all its possibilities, or whether its work can be make even more effective.
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The problem of poverty in African countries
Melicharová, Michaela ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Sejkora, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to draw attention to the issue of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. The first part focuses on the definition of poverty and indicators for its measurement. It also outlines the causes which lead to poverty. The second part defines the main problems related to the existence of underdevelopment in African countries. It includes mainly a lack of access to basic needs, incorrect way of managing water resources and the problem of food waste. Last part concentrates on some of the tools which could lead to eradication of poverty. The attention is devoted to the Millennium Development Goals, humanitarian and international organizations and the concept of Fair trade. The bachelor's thesis draws upon Czech, mostly foreign books and Internet resources, particularly the annual reports, statistics and databases of international institutions.
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Czech Humanitarian Organization in Chechnya
KOLÁŘ, Jiří
This bachelor work is divided into four parts. The first of them explains basic conceptions and acquaints the reader with the definitions of humanitarian aid and its specifics. In the second part, there are defined standards of provision of humanitarian aid in areas afflicted with war or natural disaster. The third part is intented on Czech humanitarian organizations, which commited themselves in humanitarian aid in Chechnya. The reader can findout which organizations helped there and what sort of aid it was. The last part is focused on Chechnya, its history and goes back to its conflict with Russia. Also the part of enclosures can be interesting. The statements of four ex-employees of humanitarian organizations, who took a share in aid in Chechnya, are written down there.
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The role of a social worker in humanitarian organizations
KOPECKÁ, Kamila
Social work encourages social change, solving problems in human relations, strengthens and liberates people, in order to fulfill their personal welfare. Its goal is to let all people to fully develop their abilities and prevent failure. The point of social work in humanitarian aid area is removal of significant negative factors, which could negatively influent already difficult social situation of individual or whole society. The goal of providing humanitarian aid to suffering is alleviation of consequences of their social situation and providing self-sufficiency for individual and whole society. There have been radical changes in social area since 1990. Various social problems are growing and so is growing the need for solution. Social worker skill requirements are increasing. Social working education had to be re-gained to university level as a professional activity. Minimum social working education standards emerge, universities got accreditations for additional areas of social work. Newly emerged humanitarian work field prepares student for quality work in humanitarian and developing help. New ways of competence for social work are sought. The theoretical part of thesis informs about traditions, goal of humanitarian and developing aid, current education possibilities, describes method, theory and ethics of social work. It also focuses on effect of traumatizing events on individual and society. The research part of thesis uses experience, views and opinions of social workers on problematics of social workers role in humanitarian and developing aid, opinions of social working students about education in humanitarian and developing aid. Motivation for the thesis was also own interest in social working domain, the need to inform social workers about specificity of work in humanitarian and developing organizations and current options for education of social workers. The thesis can also be useful source of information for wide public and social working or humanitarian aid applicants.
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