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RP Post 2

1. Research Questions What is altruism? Who are some of the most well known humanitarians? Why are they well known? What is the general societal response to volunteering and acts of humanitarian aid? (Pros/Cons) Are there similarities in their motivations/actions? What are the effects of volunteering? How does one's perceived social responsibility affect their life (and the lives of those around them) How does volunteering affect one's career path (ethical vs unethical careers and corporations)

2. Source [|Humanitarian Aid: Are Effectiveness and Sustainability Impossible Dreams?]

3. Source Details Author: Janice K Kopinak Organization: Tufts University

4. Link to source (See #2)

5. Via website on May 22, 2015

6. Soapstone Speaker: Janice K Kopinak Occasion: With an increased interest in global change, is all the added time and effort going towards projects with hopes of achieving impossible outcomes? Purpose: Call to audience to be more selective and effective in their change. Base their actions off of personal interest and societal need, not college/corporate requirements Subject: Humanitarian Aid on the global scale Tone: Informative, serious, persuasive, educational

7. Summary As the world grows and expands, so does its knowledge of the countries that make it up. Part of our global dependency on one another, brings us to the idea of assistance on a worldly scale. With this being said it is easy to jump into projects that seem to present the outcome of saving the world. Unfortunately there are a lot of factors that contribute to the downfall of such projects and prevent noticeable change from being made.

8. Thesis While short term, easy solutions may initially be presented as the end all perfect answer for the world's problems, those who are thoroughly interested in creating change in the world must invest honest time and money to implement projects that promote future sustainability and contribute to success on all levels.

9. Persuasion Author presents a subtopic that had been in my head for awhile but I had little knowledge of. With the information I gained from this topic, I am more informed on the effectiveness of humanitarian aid, almost the naysaying opinion to the main topic I am posing, but I can say that this piece has persuaded my views to some degree.

10. Quotes/Key Sentences/Passages

 Quote:  Indeed humanitarian aid with its diverse mandates, roles, people, time lines and funding, as well as the absence of clear definitions to describe specific identities (purpose, principles), presents a chaotic and confusing image to the public, host governments and recipients, as well as ongoing challenges for agencies and aid workers.

 Passage:
 * 1. HUMANITARIAN AID: THE IDEAL **
 * (Discusses different types of aid: Emergency Relief, Disaster Recovery, Rehabilitation Development) **


 *  Image: (information will be derived and be used as quotes) **

 Quote: Critics argue that even though projects/programs have multiplied exponentially, there is little proven substantial impact on changing the lives of people. [|[26]]  This is a serious criticism in spite of the fact that it is more difficult to show project/program impact on health and social issues than in other program areas.