In most services and industries, the various sectors fulfill differing and complementary roles. The private sector ensures availability to those who can pay; the public sector provides necessities to all citizens; international organizations (such as the UN) pool resources but generally fail to respond quickly; and not-for-profits cover the gaps, often acting as the first responders in a crisis until better-equipped and more efficient providers show up on the scene.
One vital service, however, has a complete blank in the non-profit sector. Recent crises around the world have cried out for lightning fast responders to save lives and protect property, but governments are ponderous and international organizations even more so. And in most of these crises - Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia, East Timor - the victims are not wealthy enough to enlist a private service provider.
It is with this in mind that Global Review issues a Request For Proposals for the founding of a not-for-profit army.
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