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Author Parry, Ann, 1949-

Title Red Cross / Ann Parry
Published South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan Education, 2005

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Description 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits ; 29 cm
Series Humanitarian organisations
Parry, Ann, 1949- Humanitarian organisations
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Contents What is a humanitarian organisation? -- About the Red Cross -- History of the Red Cross -- The found of the International Red Cross -- Early work -- Core values of the Red Cross -- Where in the world is the Red Cross? -- Timeline -- Concerns, campaigns and classic actions: problems caused by conflicts ; community members in need of help ; responding to disasters ; International Humanitarian Law -- The people of the Red Cross: Don Atkinson ; Dr. Merritt Schreiber -- Belinda Barnard -- Jane Clarke -- What can you do?
Summary This series presents well-known organisations representing a range of special interests, such as environmental, medical, human rights or rebuilding communities, and explains how they help those in need. Each book focuses on the organisation in terms of its work and history, its core values, its main concerns and what you can do. 8+
Analysis International organisations (Australia)
Medical administration
Notes Includes index
Audience For upper primary school students
Subject International Committee of the Red Cross -- Juvenile literature.
Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Red Cross and Red Crescent -- Juvenile literature.
Red Cross and Red Crescent.
Humanitarian assistance -- Juvenile literature.
Humanitarianism -- Juvenile literature.
Humanitarian assistance.
Genre/Form Juvenile works.
Children's nonfiction
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