This case provides students with the strategic management of a rare inside look at the indirect political and logistical solutions, which international humanitarian organizations must often do, at high speed, when in response to a humanitarian crisis. It tracks the efforts of AmeriCares, to find an effective way in the midst of tense international standoff started with alertness and sustained military government of Myanmar in order to bring help Irrawaddy Delta of the country in May 2008, when the region was struck by one of the deadliest cyclones, when- ever recorded. Through the history of relatively minor relief coordinator on the ground in Yangon, the case unfolds the story says efforts AmeriCares' brings in $ 1 million, 15-ton shipment of medicines and supplies in the country, and then get it into the hands of an effective local agencies to provide assistance. While some humanitarian organizations have challenged the government, or trying to get around it, AmeriCares has devoted himself to the system. At every turn, however, the organization faces strategic choices and dilemmas, and, in the end, had to decide what to do when a few hours before its air transport was due to land, the Government of Myanmar suddenly adopted a new policy requires that all relief supplies to be taken to check the government on arrival. Deal is structured as a cliff hanger, so that students can bring critical, evaluating eye on various aspects of the approach AmeriCares "before learning whether it was a success. Brief continued, revealing what happened, can be either in the classroom or are given away at the end of class . HKS Case Number 1931.0 "Hide
by Ophelia Roman, Steven Peterson 23 pages. Publication Date: August 19, 2010. Prod. #: HKS130-PDF-ENG
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