A disaster can flip your entire world upside down and even take those you love from you. After an unforeseen emergency, you may feel you have nowhere to turn, especially during disaster recovery. But the truth is, you’re never alone. Various government agencies and volunteers are just waiting to be the helping hand you need. Here’s more information on disaster organizations and whether you can depend on them following a natural disaster.
We MUST Take Care Of Ourselves First
Here’s the deal: these organizations are available, but for the best results we must consider emergency preparedness plans for ourselves. Matt sent me a link about a possible Crippling Port Strike. Those ports bring just about everything we consider essential to survive every day. If they strike, we may be on our own for weeks, if not months. There will be shortages; it’s a fact. Let’s pray they can negotiate what they need. They are genuinely our lifeline.
You’ll be glad you’ve been stocking up on the food and water your family will eat and drink as part of disaster management efforts. There are plans you can make to reduce your vulnerability and help you and those you love become disaster survivors. Please keep your gas tanks full as often as possible. If you have a list of odds and ends you need, you may want to go get them now. Mark and I are still trying to catch up on the condiments after the move into our new small home. It’s 1000 square feet, but it’s working out great for the most part.
This is a gentle reminder to be kind to our truck drivers on the highway. Please don’t cut them off and let them pass you to help them get where they need to be. They are the people who drive through wind, snow, ice storms, etc. It’s not an easy job and we all rely on the delivered goods from farmers, food packagers, and other suppliers.
Disaster Organizations: Can You Depend On Them?
To keep this short and straightforward. Yes. There are many disaster organizations that you can turn to if your area is ever faced with major disasters needing emergency response teams. They could also use your help in recovery if you’re willing and able. The only reason you wouldn’t be able to depend on any of these agencies is if something significant had happened on a broader scale and they become overwhelmed. Fortunately, the chances of this happening are relatively low. But that can change in an instant.
Natural Disaster Relief Organizations
Several disaster relief organizations provide citizens with healing and different recovery assistance, depending on their circumstances. Whenever a disaster takes place, these are among the first natural disaster relief organizations to respond that you can turn to.
AmeriCares
Whenever a disaster strikes a particular community, AmeriCares helps provide medical supplies and personal assistance to local hospitals and local governments, saving more lives. The organization’s three main objectives regarding a natural disaster are to be ready, respond, and recover. This means they stay there until that area’s health system is back on track and recovering. Applying disaster preparedness efforts takes all of us. These people are there to make sure recovery efforts are as successful as possible.
SBP
SBP came about not long after the destructive aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Its primary purpose was to reduce the time between the recovery process and the initial disaster. The organization has the help of thousands of AmeriCorps volunteers who work together to rebuild efficient homes for families following a disaster and do so far below market price for the costs involved.
The National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
A disaster is a traumatic event that some people have a harder time dealing with than most. The NOVA teams have been specially trained to help people struggling after experiencing a natural disaster or mass shooting.
Earthquake Relief Organizations
UNICEF
UNICEF deals with both domestic and international emergencies. Recently, it has helped victims of earthquakes in places like Japan, the Philippines, Nepal, Haiti, Ecuador, and Mexico. This humanitarian relief organization helps meet short—and long-term recovery needs, such as food, water, shelter, and healthcare. It will even provide mental counseling for those struggling to get back on track.
Flood Relief Organizations
Team Rubicon
Team Rubicon was founded by two Marines who saw a huge need to help families following natural disasters. The organization also assists veterans in transitioning back into civilian life once their service has ended. Its team comprises a mixture of military veterans, medical professionals, and first responders. Team Rubicon has assisted in over 80 flood-related disasters and responded to situations that most other disaster relief organizations have considered too dangerous.
Faith-Based Disaster Relief Organizations
The Friendly Disaster Service (FDS)
It doesn’t matter your faith, race, or ethnicity; the Friendly Disaster Service is there every step of the clean-up and rebuilding process. They will work hard to help older people, low-income families, people with disabilities, and the uninsured following a natural disaster. While they may not have all the building materials or other resources needed, they will look to other relief organizations for help to ensure that your needs are addressed.
Samaritan’s Purse
Samaritan’s Purse is a Christian non-denominational organization that provides physical and spiritual aid to victims of natural disasters, famine, poverty, and war. It also has women’s support programs and helps provide construction projects and clean water to certain areas of the globe.
Nechama
Nechama is a Jewish relief organization that provides response and recovery services, including helping people be prepared for any natural disaster. They train their volunteers to assist disaster victims and also how to help with the clean-up process. Whether it’s removing debris, cleaning and sanitizing homes, replacing flooring, or hanging sheetrock, they are there to help.
Children’s Disaster Services
The CDS is there to help children who have dealt with a traumatic experience due to a disaster. They come in and work in shelters and other disaster assistance centers, helping children find the reassurance and attention they need.
International Disaster Relief Organizations
There are also many recognizable international relief organizations out there. Some of them you’ve probably already heard of. Here are just a few of them:
All Hands Volunteers
In the last 15 years, All Hands Volunteers have helped over 1.1 million people around the globe. They’ve helped to rebuild infrastructure, schools, and homes, helping those with short and long-term needs. As a nonprofit organization, they are looking for monetary donations to assist in their coordination efforts to help provide public health support and hazard mitigation during major disasters.
The American Red Cross
The American Red Cross has been there repeatedly to help people and families who have dealt with a natural disaster or other types of humanitarian crises. They have eased the suffering by providing shelter, food, and clean water, as well as clothing, first aid, medical supplies, and home repairs, among many other services. We are all also aware of their blood donations services that save thousands of lives every year.
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is one of the most well-known relief organizations in the world. It helps to feed starving men, women, and children, aids in search and rescue missions, provides temporary housing, provides counseling, and distributes other crucial resources.
Government-Sponsored Emergency Relief Organizations
Probably the best known federal government organization is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Their trailers are often the first on-scene examples of the government jumping in provide disaster response as part of their federal assistance efforts.
There are times when the United States Department of Agriculture will help coordinate various other government agencies to help the farming communities overcome the effects of drought, wildfires, and even man-caused disasters affecting the food supply for the country.
Often the governor of a state will make a declaration such that state and local governments will jump in to provide aid during tornados, hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, and severe storm situations. They work together to provide emergency responders to handle the situation. That often takes the form of the National Guard working with local authorities and agencies to remediate.
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Final Word
Disaster organizations are something that I would strongly recommend you seek out if you don’t know where to turn. These are just a few disaster relief organizations you can turn to if a significant natural disaster sets you and your family back. Can you think of other organizations I’ve failed to mention that deserve recognition? I’d love to hear from you so I can share your ideas with my readers. May God Bless this world, Linda.
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