American Refugee Committee
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The American Refugee Committee (ARC) is a major international non-profit organization focused on helping refugees and displaced peoples. The group was initially founded in 1979 to provide aid to people displaced by the Vietnam War. The ARC World Headquarters are currently located in Minneapolis.
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[edit] History
After sponsoring a refugee from Vietnam and attempting to reunite the refugee's family, businessman Neal Ball became increasingly involved in improving the lives of refugees around the world.
[edit] Current Projects
ARC has several humanitarian programs in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, Pakistan and Iraq. The groups provides medical attention, secure living environments, and opportunities for self-sufficiency. [1]
In Africa, ARC has programs in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda and Rwanda. All of these programs focus on assisting refugees who have fled conflicts in their home countries.
In the Balkans, ARC programs focus on assisting refugees and displaced people in Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia and Bosnia.
In Asia, ARC programs are concentrated in Pakistan and Thailand. In Pakistan, ARC recently earned recognition for its significant work in the aftermath of the major earthquakes in Norther Pakistan.[2]
[edit] Awards and Distinctions
ARC has been highly rated for the efficiency and effectiveness of their programs, perhaps most notably with a relatively rare A+ rating by Charitywatch.org [3], a charity watchdog site created by the American Institute of Philanthropy to rate non-profits based on the ratio of funds spend on humanitarian aid compared to administrative overhead. Reader’s Digest Magazine, the American Institute of Philanthropy, and Charity Navigator also highly rated ARC.
[edit] External links
American Refugee Committee main site.
InterAction Member Site [4]
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