Finding Food and Manpower for Tsunami

&

the Implementation of the Plan

 

An Annotated Bibliography by Yinuo Qian

Sep, 2005

Websites:

The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/worldspecial4/?excamp=GGGNtsunami

As one of the most influential media in the nation, even in the world, the NY Times provides a panoramic as well as detailed description of the events after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Information and links related are also included in the website. LOG IN required.

 

The Alertnet:

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/emergency/SA_TID.htm

As famous as The NY Times, this website lists much information about the donors to the Indian Ocean Tsunami, and statistical analyses of the funding. Best recommended to those who want to do special research about the donation and funding for tsunamis and other natural disasters.   

 

The United Nations( and its development program):

http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=102&Body=tsunami&Body1=as

http://www.undp.org/dpa/pressrelease/releases/2005/june/pr23jun05.html

The UN definitely is one of the most responsible organizations for rebuilding of the disaster areas.

To some extent, it’s the authority and a very powerful conductor. Go to the link and find what have been done and are being done for the tsunami by all the member nations. You can choose your preferable language to read the information on this website.

 

TheSite.org.

http://www.thesite.org/workandstudy/gettingajob/volunteering/tsunamivolunteers

Practical information for the youth on how you can help the tsunami victims of the eastern Asia and Africa through volunteering from TheSite.org. See what you can do and what others are doing there.

 

The International Redcross:

http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/(VSearch)?SearchView&Query=tsunami&searchWv=1&searchWv=1&searchFuzzy=1&SearchOrder=1&SearchMax=0&style=Custo_results_search

This link will bring you to 80 links about the ICRC rescue and programs of the tsunami. As an official organization owning branches in every corner of the world, the ICRC gives a whole view of the medical and daily care issues for the people in the disaster areas. You can choose your preferable language to read the information on this website.

 

Books and other references:

Critical Chain Project Management Solutions: Break Old Rules, Get Results
by
Realization Technologies, Inc.December 09, 2004

can be found at http://www.knowledgestorm.com/search/viewabstract/60667/index.jsp?pos=1&referer=SEARCH_RESULTS:BROWSE&trkpg=browse_results_researchname  (LOG IN required.)

 

 

Using the Internet to Raise Funds and Build Donor Relationships: Tools, Tips and Techniques for Boosting Donations
by Convio ( June 2005)

can be found at

http://www.knowledgestorm.com/search/viewabstract/

75763/index.jsp?pos=1&referer=SEARCH_RESULTS&trkpg=search_research_researchname

 In this thesis, the author explains the new idea of project-flow, including how it works and its advantages, demonstrated by a number of examples. The idea suits especially the government organizations.

Convio is an Internet software and services company that provides online Constituent Relationship Management (eCRM) solutions for nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions.

This paper contains extremely practical details teaching you how to use internet to raise funds, make campaign, etc. It also contains some helpful illustrations and useful tips.

 

Tsunami!

by Walter C. Dudley, Min Lee

This is a book written for both professionals and laymen. Many have found it very helpful and written reviews of it on the internet. It contains a review of the tsunamis of the recent years, which are valuable references for researching.

 

Report: The Indian Ocean Tsunami 26th Dec 2004 Antonios Pomonis, Risk Management Solutions.

http://www.istructe.org.uk/eefit/files/Indian_Ocean_Tsunami.pdf

by Antonios Pomonis, Risk Management Solutions.

Dr Tiziana Rossetto, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University College London.

Dr Sean Wilkinson, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Newcastle

Domenico Del Re, Buro Happold, London

Dr Navin Peiris, Arup, London.

Raymond Koo, Arup, Hong Kong.

Raul Manlapig, Arup, Philippines.

Dr Stewart Gallocher, Halcrow, Glasgow.

The authors officially did various researches about the tsunami and wrote in a scientific way about the detailed truth of that dreadful day. It is a very basic material for those who want to dig further into the topic.

 

Fundraising for Nonprofits : How to Build a Community Partnership

by P. Burke Keegan HarperCollins Publishers (March 1994)

This book is a guide that shows nonprofit organizations how to raise funds more effectively by working with their communities. The author, P. Burke Keegan,” has a unique ability of digging deep into why a nonprofit organization exists.”

(retrieved from www.profitquests.com/NewsletterVol2No14.html - 17k -) So the tips in the book will be helpful and accurate for those who are going to raise fund for tsunamis.

 

Psychological impact of the hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua in a one-year perspective

by Caldera T, Palma L, Penayo U, Kullgren G (retrieved from ISI Web of Knowledge)

Disaster in lower-income countries has serious psychological impact on the people. This paper discusses this issue professionally and in detail. Only if we have known the impact on the people could we carry out our rescuing plan properly and effectively.

 

Developing and implementing emergency medicine programs globally.

by Thomas TL(from EMERGENCY MEDICINE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA 23 (1): 177-+ FEB 2005)

The author not only explains the global emergency medicine programs, but also concentrating on how the plan is made the how the plan is implemented. This article is very related to the topic and contains a large amount of information.

 

Providing Tsunami Assistance

by Poster, Elizabeth(from J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs 18 (1) : 1 2005 Jan-Mar)

This article explains the assistance in a medical and scientific way. It is cited by many authority reference papers.

 

The relationships between self-leadership and enhanced psychological, health, and work outcomes

by Dolbier CL, Soderstrom M, Steinhardt MA (from JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 135 (5): 469-485 SEP 2001)

The authors did two cross-sectional experiments to test the relations between self-leadership and its positive results. This article is especially useful to those who are going to organize a group and make a plan.

 

Total Quality Management Master Plan: An Implementation Strategy

Goal Q P C Inc (December, 1990) (retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/)

If we consider the whole assistance for tsunami as a problem of management, this book will definitely give us essential views. The author brings us a specific STRATEGY, which can be used as a reference.

 

Evaluating plan implementation: a conformance-based methodology.

by Lucie Laurian, Maxine Day, Philip Berke, Neil Ericksen, Michael Backhurst, Jan Crawford, Jenny Dixon(from Journal of the American Planning Association, published by American Planning Association on September 22, 2004.)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00084CEXO/qid=1127921083/sr=8-15/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i15_xgl14/002-5253891-6840029?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

By studying the implementation of storm water and urban amenity management in six New Zealand plans, the author explains how to evaluate the implementation of a certain plan. The idea can be used to evaluate the former assistance to the tsunamis and improve the new plan.

 

 

Putting Total Quality Management to Work

 

by Marshall Sashkin

http://print.google.com/print?id=hzHkdFMxdxsC&lpg=PA5&pg=PA6&sig=zlGu6TjuK8PUz_k1zxaUbKySqYQ

This book is written in an interesting way that it uses a lot of metaphors and examples. Using the methods in this book contributes to organizing big rescue work in a short and urgent period.

 

story: Indonesians Frustrated by Slow Rebuilding

Listen to this story...by  ,can be listened at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=466546                          Listen to the story and learn the importance of making a plan for the rescuing program. A slight mistake or not-well-made arrangement will bring the whole nation into total panic. Finding the weak points of the plan and making improvements are necessary.

Volunteers: How to Get Them, How to Keep Them                                     by Helen Little http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1928892019/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-5253891-6840029#reader-page                                                                            This is a very good point to start for volunteer leaders, as well as the leaders for non-profit rescuing program. A nice thing of the book is that it gives 12 basic needs to every volunteer and quotes a lot of examples. It is an ideal tool to find volunteers and keep their enthusiasm.

The Volunteer Recruitment (and Membership Development) Book                         by Susan J. Ellis 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0940576252/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-5253891-6840029#reader-page                                                                     Finding enough manpower needs persuasion. This book tells a lot about the techniques of persuading as well as psychoanalysis of general people.