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New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS)

The New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) is a faith-based federation of service providers and charitable organisations, working in partnership to provide disaster services. Operations include developing and supporting disaster readiness, response, and recovery services for New York City...

Florida United Methodist Disaster Recovery Ministry

The Florida United Methodist Disaster Recovery Ministry trains and equips local United Methodist Churches to assist their communities in preparing, responding and recovering from disaster. The principal organisational goal is to work cooperatively with local long-term recovery agencies to...

Disaster Logistics Relief

Disaster Logistics Relief Ltd is a global humanitarian non-profit organization, incorporated in Georgia, that delivers critical disaster relief, response, and early-warning solutions through a combination of state-of-the-art communications technologies, in-country emergency assistance, and...

Need To India

Need To India focuses its services toward several themes including abused women and children, HIV awareness and care, disaster relief and rural development programs.

DAYA (Destitute, Aged & Young Association)

DAYA is a relief and development organisation that aims to raise the education and health standards of street children, victims of natural disasters and children and others in difficult circumstances. DAYA serves the communities and people in the state of Orissa in India. Among its activities are...

Disaster Mitigation Institute

Disaster Mitigation Institute (DMI), India, is a community based action research, action planning and action advocacy non-governmental organisation. It works to reduce disaster risk of vulnerable communities by promoting mitigation efforts, through learning and action. These include food, water,...

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is a faith-based organisation committed to providing aid in disaster areas, through funding or volunteer services.

Center for Disaster Management (CENDIM)

Center for Disaster Management (CENDIM) is an interdisciplinary research centre for disaster management. The Center works with national and international organisations to develop disaster, engineering and risk management plans and to facilitate information sharing with governmental,...

Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association, International (DERA)

The Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association, International (DERA) assists communities with disaster preparedness, hazard mitigation, emergency response-recovery, and aims to serve as a worldwide professional association linking professionals, volunteers, and organisations active in...

Christian Disaster Response International

Christian Disaster Response (CDR) responds to events of disaster in the United States and internationally. They cooperate with the Salvation Army and other national voluntary organisations active in disaster response. CDR responds with initial on-site disaster assessment, emergency food service –...

World Agency for Planetary Monitoring and Earthquake Risk Reduction

The World Agency of Planetary Monitoring and Earthquake Risk Reduction (WAPMERR) is a non-profit organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, that focuses on disaster risk reduction and rescue planning after disasters by estimating the potential consequences of earthquakes and through earthquake...

Youth Against Disasters

Youth Against Disasters is a Non Governmental Organization registered in Kenya with the main objective of voluntarily offering services in Disaster Risk Awareness (DRR) to youths and the general public through training and awareness creation. The organization was formed in 2011 by a group of...

Global Centre for Compliance, Hazards and Disaster Management (GLOCEHADIM)

The Global Centre for Compliance, Hazards and Disaster Management (GLOCEHADIM) is an academic and research institution in Cameroon that brings together experts in disaster management, relief work and development. The organisation assists disadvantaged groups, and is involved in flood control and...

Fritz Institute

Fritz Institute brings together business best practices and academic research to augment the capabilities of humanitarian organisations engaged in disaster management worldwide. The Institute seeks to mobilise business community partnerships to provide expertise and functional support that will...

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)

NVOAD is a network of US-based voluntary organisations responding to disaster. Member organisations aim to provide more effective service and less duplication by communicating prior to and during disasters.

Missouri Interfaith Disaster Response Organisation(MIDRO)

The Missouri Interfaith Disaster Response Organisation (MIDRO) is a state-wide organisation of faith-based groups involved in disaster response. MIDRO coordinates the resources of its members to aid long term recovery in communities affected by disasters.

Samaritan's Purse UK

Samaritan's Purse UK seeks to meet the critical needs of victims of war, poverty, famine, disease and natural disaster worldwide through the delivery of practical, every-day items and necessities (and financial donations). The organisation additionally organises the annual campaign Operation...

Standards

Global Hand Standards introductory page You can also view this page in German. Diese Seite ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar.

R.E.A.C.T. Asia Pacific Disasters

In September and October of 2009, Asia Pacific was struck by a series of natural disasters. Samoa was hit with an earthquake followed by a tsunami. Indonesia suffered two earthquakes near Padang. Typhoons Ketsana and Parma affected the Philippines and Vietnam. These situations require coordinated...

Syrian refugee crisis – January 2014

More than 2 million Syrians have fled the nation's brutal conflict to neighbouring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon, with more streaming across borders daily. The crisis is so immediate that the UN has mounted its biggest ever campaign to give assistance to the hundreds of thousands...