Refugee Life Line Analysis

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With each passing day, almost 34,000 people are forced to flee for reasons of oppression and fighting; this causes them to be easy targets for violence, death, or maltreatment. Families are threatened by separation, hysteria runs rampant among the refugees, and they are often left with nothing left in their possession. Children and parents are often separated when in the middle of this state of bedlam. In addition, some people often do not make it to refugee camps (which have poor living conditions and are ridden with malnutrition) because they die before they reach their destination.

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The Refugee Life Line strives to keep refugee families together, and it comes in four different variations. …show more content…

There are also programs that are a part of the “Rainbow Welcome Initiative” that funds the special needs of LGBT refugees and asylees. 9 main refugee resettlement organizations with about 450 affiliated organizations include organizations such as the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Immigrant and Refugee Services of America (IRSA). These organizations are mostly generic refugee assistance programs, all wishing to help resettle and support refugees. Our competitive advantage against these organizations will be that we will provide a certain product that will help refugees. Our Refugee Life Lines will come in multiple varieties, increasing the interest in our product. Not only will we be able to receive support and funds from the government like many other refugee programs, but we will also be able to provide our products to other programs that do not have products of their own. Our Refugee Life Lines contain medical kits, knives, life vests, the already patented LifeStraws that filter water, or flashlights, providing multiple variations. By partnering with organizations, and companies that produce products such as medical kits and LifeStraws, we will be able to generate a following and reputation; this is will result in more investments and …show more content…

takes in. In addition to this, $1,850 is provided from the State Department per refugee. There is also a program in which if a Volag shows it spent $200 and gave away $800 of donated clothes, furniture or cars, they will receive $2,200 from the government for the refugees they are assisting. Refugee programs can also collect money from federal grant programs such as the “Faith-based,” as well as other various state and local grants. Many immigrant or refugee advocacy and assistance organizations are also supported by state and national foundations that provide tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. For expenses, the parts of the Refugee Life Line we will need to purchase include plasma rope, which is manufactured from High Modulus Polyethylene enhanced by a recrystallization process. It is braided into a 12x12 construction, making it equal or greater in strength to wire rope, yet is significantly lighter. Plasma rope does not rust, corrode, recoil, and can float. A foot of this one inch diameter rope costs approximately $5, and about two feet will be used per product. Attached to these segments will be different varieties of products. Tiny medical kits will cost less than $5, pockets knives are around $5, a small flashlight is around $2, life vests being around $5,