Neue Infos in englisch Robert Pattinson ist Mitglied der " International Medical Corps 2013 Annual Awards Celebration "
As part of the First Responders commitment, Miller has brought together actors and public figures who have agreed to use their public platforms to raise awareness about the need to strengthen communities before disaster strikes. Current celebrity First Responders include: Global Ambassador Sienna Miller, along with Jamie Bell, Cary Elwes, Ben Foster, Jon Hamm, Chelsea Handler, Ben Harper, Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Kate Mara, Jaclyn Matfus, Robert Pattinson, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Mario Testino, Anna Wintour, and Robin Wright. You can read all about the First Responders campaign and our amazing team of celebrity supporters.
International Medical Corps & Global Ambassador Sienna Miller Launch “First Responders” CGI Commitment to Help Communities in Humanitarian Disasters
Our Clinton Global Initiative Commitment will include training programs on nutrition and good child feeding practices.
September 24, 2013 - Los Angeles, Calif. – As part of its 2013 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action, International Medical Corps President & CEO Nancy A. Aossey and Global Ambassador Sienna Miller will announce a new “First Responders” commitment to assist communities in becoming their own first responders in emergencies and natural disasters. Over the next two years, International Medical Corps will commit to scaling up its successful “health care through training” model, to prepare families and health workers in Africa to better cope with recurring emergencies such as drought, food insecurity or seasonal flooding.
“Working alongside individuals, families and communities, we want to ensure these critical First Responders have the tools and resources they need to better cope in crisis,” said Aossey. “We can’t control earthquakes, floods and wars, but we can prepare families to absorb the shocks that they face. This investment creates an immediate ripple effect, fostering resilience and allowing those who are hardest-hit to get back on their feet and become more self-reliant.”
International Medical Corps, which has responded to every major humanitarian disaster of the last 30 years, will expand its successful training programs in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Zimbabwe, aimed at promoting physical and mental health and well-being. These programs include peer-to-peer education on nutrition and good child feeding practices, training of frontline health workers, and improving access to clean water and sanitation services.
“Resilience is the difference between children in an Ethiopian refugee camp dying of cholera because there is no clean water, rehydration salts or trained nurses – and those same children growing up healthy because the people in their community were educated and trained on proper sanitation and nutrition,” said Miller, who has seen International Medical Corps programs first-hand in Ethiopia, Haiti and the DRC.
As part of the First Responders commitment, Miller has brought together actors and public figures who have agreed to use their public platforms to raise awareness about the need to strengthen communities before disaster strikes. Current celebrity First Responders include: Global Ambassador Sienna Miller, along with Jamie Bell, Cary Elwes, Ben Foster, Chelsea Handler, Ben Harper, Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Kate Mara, Jaclyn Matfus, Robert Pattinson, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Mario Testino, Anna Wintour, and Robin Wright.
About International Medical Corps Since its inception nearly 30 years ago, International Medical Corps’ mission has been consistent: relieve the suffering of those impacted by war, natural disaster, and disease, by delivering vital health care services and sustainable development projects that focus on training. This approach of helping people help themselves is critical to returning hardest-hit populations to self-reliance. For more information visit: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.org. Also see us Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
About the Clinton Global Initiative Established in 2005 by President Bill Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), an initiative of Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, convenes global leaders to create and implement innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI Annual Meetings have brought together more than 150 heads of state, 20 Nobel Prize laureates, and hundreds of leading CEOs, heads of foundations and NGOs, major philanthropists, and members of the media. To date CGI members have made more than 2,300 commitments, which are already improving the lives of more than 400 million people in over 180 countries. When fully funded and implemented, these commitments will be valued at $73.5 billion.
CGI also convenes CGI America, a meeting focused on collaborative solutions to economic recovery in the United States, and CGI University (CGI U), which brings together undergraduate and graduate students to address pressing challenges in their community or around the world, and, this year, CGI Latin America, which will bring together Latin American leaders to identify, harness, and strengthen ways to improve the livelihoods of people in Latin America and around the world. For more information, visit clintonglobalinitiative.org and follow us on Twitter @ClintonGlobal and Facebook at facebook.com/clintonglobalinitiative.
Other attendees listed on the invite for the event include "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm, director Steven Spielberg, 'Twilight's' Robert Pattinson, Vogue editrix Anna Wintour, "The Princess Bride" star Cary Elwes, and billionaire media mogul Sumner Redstone.
Clinton is being honored at the event along with the biopharmaceutical company Amgen, investor Jonathan Glaser, and Amenan Virginie Tatou, a health worker from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to the New York Times, the event is among the signs Clinton may find stronger support in Hollywood for a potential 2016 presidential bid than she did in her primary battle against President Barack Obama leading up to the 2008 election.
Film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, who backed Obama over Clinton in the 2008 presidential race helped organize the event and told the Times he would definitely support a Clinton White House run in 2016. Spielberg and Wintour also raised money for Obama for 2008.
The International Medical Corps awards ceremony wasn't the only Clinton-related event in the L.A. area this week. On Wednesday, the super PAC Ready For Hillary, which is dedicated to urging Clinton to run for president in 2016, held a decidedly more D-List fundraiser at a nightclub in downtown Los Angeles.
According to the L.A. Times, that event was "hosted by many young Democratic operatives who worked for former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former city Controller Wendy Greuel." It also featured an appearance from reality television star Omarosa Manigault, who worked as a scheduler in President Bill Clinton's administration before going on the appear on "The Apprentice."
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