Center of Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance
Established to prevent and mitigate humanitarian emergencies through collaboration and civil-military cooperation. Program details, faq section, newsletters and daily news feed.
Health Beat - Detoxification Clinic Offers Hope for WTC Responders
News of a detox program that is helping WTC firefighters overcome the after-effects of toxic exposure from their relief efforts.
United Methodist Committee on Relief
Not-for-profit international humanitarian aid organization providing relief from hunger and disasters, and teaching peace. Refugee assistance, emergency kits, news.
IP Employee Relief Fund
International Paper company relief program for company employees who are victims of disaster.
Mercy Airlift International
A non-profit humanitarian aid organization providing emergency relief response to victims of natural disasters and complex emergencies worldwide. Current programs, volunteering and donation information.
Humanitarian Aid for Palestinians
Projects to help alleviate the suffering organized by the residents of Neve Shalom Wahat al-Salam, Israel. Distribution of medicines and food.
The Disaster Relief Communications Foundation
Non Profit NGO researching affordable telecommunications for small non-governmental organizations engaged in disaster relief and humanitarian aid during the acute phase of an emergency.
Air Serv International
Humanitarian relief organization that provides air transportation exclusively to the global humanitarian community. Online newsroom, field reports, contact and donations information.
International Foundation for Terror Act Victims
Charity raising funds to help the children affected by Beslan terror act. Information on the foundation, past projects and their mission.
ACTED
Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development is an international non-governmental organisation working in 16 countries with a regional approach to crisis situations.
Disaster Resources - Helping Disaster Victims
University of Illinois presents information on preparing for, surviving, and helping in disasters.
AlertNet
Provides free online news and communications services to international disaster relief organisations and the public. (AlertNet is run by Reuters Foundation).
AmeriCares
Relief organization provides domestic and international assistance. Programs listed by country, photo galleries, press releases and donation information.
Architects Without Borders - Oregon
Architects Without Borders–Oregon assists communities in need by providing design and planning support through an international network of professionals and students. Projects,news, donation and volunteer information.
Architects Without Borders
Outlines the engineering and planning assistance given by this non-profit organization in areas of natural disaster or human conflict. Contact information by country, and message boards.
Hope for Beslan
Canadian-based non-for-profit charity to help survivors of the Beslan (Russia) school siege of September 1-3, 2004. Emphasizes importance of human connection with children and families who survived.
Gujarat Earthquake
Donations, comments and latest news on Gujarat earthquake.
Cat Fanciers' Association: Disaster Relief
Providing help for pets in times of disaster.
Life with Chernobyl
Charity foundation focused on the Chernobyl disaster.
Center for International Disaster Information
Relief group presents information on current areas of disaster and their actions to help. News and articles.
Conflict Zone Logistics
South African group supplying relief services to war zones and post-war areas. Resources for education, agriculture, sanitation, disarming land mines, and medical care.
CrisisShield Grenada Appeal
Providing Hurricane Homes for the Homeless after Ivan devastated Grenada.
Church World Service Indonesia
Details of the relief work this group is doing. News,gallery and documents.
Disaster Information Network
Disaster information, categorized by ongoing disaster information, historical data and relief resources.
The Disaster Center
Covers issues relating to the terrorist attacks in New York and D.C. in September 2001. Provides predictions and updates on natural disasters, chat, news and articles.
Churches of Christ Disaster Relief
Covers current and past disaster relief activities of this Christian charity.
American Disaster Reserve
Civilian, non-sectarian organization working to expand the disaster management capabilities of state and local jurisdictions and voluntary agencies. Membership information, newsletter and publications.
ELCA Disaster Response
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America disaster information center. News of current hot spots and ongoing church relief efforts.
Disaster Volunteers of Ghana
Volunteer group provides information on the need for disaster relier in Ghana, ongoing programs and volunteer opportunities.
Firerecovery
Firerecovery.org helps California fire survivors (Oct-Nov, 2003. Provides sources of help for fire surveyors and recruits individuals and groups to help those surveyors.
Grenada Hurricane Relief Team
Reconstruction of Grenada from Hurricane Ivan.
Grenada Relief Fund
Morgan Freeman's foundation to help rebuild Grenada after the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005. Information on this island nation, press, donations.
Halo Trust
British organization specialising in the removal of the debris of war, such as mine clearing.
Humanitarian Resource Institute
Links to guides on preparing for natural disasters - earthquake, fire, flood, hurricane, and volcano. Links to other humanitarian sites and an interfaith news page with links for the major religions.
Indonesia-Relief.Org
Indonesia disaster relief portal. News, information on relief organizations and supplies
International Relief Teams
Dedicated to organizing volunteer teams to provide medical and non-medical assistance to victims of disaster and poverty. Newsletter, achievements, volunteer programs and donation information.
Interest Shown In Forming Local Disaster Relief Group
Article describes disaster relief program run by the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Includes description of activities and contact information.
Locators Online
An online community of volunteers that help loved-ones communicate during non-political and non-military disasters. Helps establish contact between families and friends when other methods of communication have failed.
Mennonite Disaster Service
Gives an overview of the disaster services offered by the Mennonite faith, information on projects,volunteer work and news.
Medair
International humanitarian aid agency providing help for populations affected by natural disasters or conflict. Details of past and present projects.
Mission East
A relief and development organization working in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia; delivering relief aid, and creating long-term development projects alongside local partners. Activities, donation and employment information.
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders - Canada
Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)independent medical humanitarian aid & relief organisation.
North American Center For Emergency Communications
Non-profit organization provides emergency logistical communications to assist disaster relief organizations in coordinating their activities. Based in Aurora, Minnesota.
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)
NVOAD coordinates planning efforts by many voluntary organizations responding to disaster.
New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project
The New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project works to restore quality of life to persons suffering from toxic exposures at the World Trade Center.
Operation Playground - Rebuilding Children's Playgrounds
Non-profit organization helping world communities rebuild playgrounds devastated by natural disasters.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Providing a ministry of relief and response to national and international disasters, aid to refugees and displaced persons, refugee resettlement, and efforts toward development. FAQ and donation information.
Premiere Urgence
Humanitarian organization based in France whose aim is to assist, provide relief and save the lives of human beings under threat from natural disasters, wars, armed conflicts, or an economic collapse.
Project Hope (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere)
Best known by the S.S. HOPE, the peacetime hospital ship, program includes land-based medical training and health care education programs. Activities, employment opportunities, donation information and news.
RAPID UK - Search and Rescue
Official site of RAPID UK, a search and rescue charity that provides assistance at major international disasters.
RedR - Engineers for Disaster Relief
RedR relieves suffering in disasters by selecting, training and providing competent and effective personnel to humanitarian aid agencies world-wide.
ReliefWeb Homepage
Providing Internet resources for the humanitarian relief community.
Rescue Task Force
Describes this non-profit non-denominational volunteer organization providing humanitarian relief, medical and dental and livestock delivery in isolated regions and natural and man made disasters. Volunteer projects described.
Solidarites - International Humanitarian Aid Organisation
A humanitarian organisation based in France which aids war victims through emergency relief and rehabilitation. Site in French and English.
St. David's Relief Foundation
Provides tangible humanitarian aid to the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the devastating war in Bosnia and Croatia. The aid is distributed in areas of need without regard to race, ethnic, national, or religious persuasion.
IRC Mounts Emergency Assistance For Iraqis
Disaster relief for victims of the Iraq war. News, facts and figures, employment information.
THW (Technisches Hilfswerk) is a Governmental disaster relief organization
Governmental disaster relief organization of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its statutory tasks include the provision of technical assistance at home and humanitarian aid abroad.
Toast To Peace
An international music project, a kind of European Band Aid, conceived to help the landmines victims in Bosnia.
World Wide Disaster Relief by His Glory
Christian organization of volunteers trained to search for and rescue people of nations hit with disasters, aid in recovery from their destruction, and help them with their needs.
Disasterhelp
This DisasterHelp web site is part of the President's Disaster Management Egov Initiative. American disaster information and resources.
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