Human Aid

So in class last week Gabrielle mentioned the idea of having a portable computer station to help places reconstruct after a natural disaster. That got me thinking, what if instead of just a computer station we had a full group of people trained to help reconstruction. A world army, but not for war but for reconstruction. The army would consist of doctors, architects, and other professionals that would be specifically trained to handle reconstruction the best way possible. This army would train all year long, running mock scenarios to prepare them for real happenings. If a natural disaster were to hit they would deploy and help those in need. The army would have members from every single nationality. The base could be anywhere in the world. There would have to be no chain of command to go down to get a final decision to deploy. There would be no reason not to help people. 

Governments from every country would be forced to contribute a certain amount of money to the proportion of each country to help fund this project. This would help solve problems that the Red Cross or other programs like it can't help with. Due to the fact that such programs are run by different governments, there usually is a large amount of decision before any kind of action is taken.

I think this idea obviously has some flaws and some things that need to be worked out but I think this would help humans and the world as a whole. Technology and humans would come together even further to help for a world wide cause that would be fair for everyone. The members of this army would have to be large in the case of having a large area or scattered areas affected by disaster. 

Anyway, this was just an idea that came to mind when we talked about the subject in class the other day.