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Recognizing the basic equality in rights and dignity of all human beings and practicing this recognition is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, PreambleParis, December 10, 1948
Every year war takes the lives of millions of unarmed people worldwide. In today‘s conflicts 90 percent
of the victims are civilians, of which one third are children.
The Founding and Mission of E-USA
EMERGENCY USA-Life Support for Civilian Victims of War and Poverty, is a U.S.
nonprofit organization founded in 2008 with the mission of informing the public about a culture of peace and respect for human dignity and supporting programs that provide high-standard medical assistance, free of charge, to civilian victims of war and poverty around the world.
EMERGENCY USA‘s medical
-humanitarian mission and its founding were inspired by the integrity,innovation and accomplishments of
EMERGENCY ,
an international NGO that is based in Italy and hasoperated privately and independently since 1994.
EMERGENCY
is dedicated to building regional medical centers of excellence rather than minimal-carefacilities or temporary interventions. Its programmatic model focuses on empowering people affectedby conflict to take an active role in project development.Since 1994, over
3.5 million patients
have been treated completely free-of-charge by
EMERGENCY
.
EMERGENCY USA‘s primary objective
s are to raise public awareness about humanitarian activitiesacross the globe and to serve as an inspirational, practical model to develop an active presence insociety. Through support of the
EMERGENCY
programs, the local actions of EMERGENCY USA
‘s
volunteer network reach across the miles with real, life-sustaining impact on the lives and health of people in war-torn communities.
We believe that healing wounds heals communities devastated by wars.
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