Disaster Relief and Recovery Philanthropy

Sites dealing with the recovery from natural disasters or wars.

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• 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.
  
• Cat Fanciers' Association: Disaster Relief - Providing help for pets in times of disaster.
  
• 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.
  
• Gujarat Earthquake - Donations, comments and latest news on Gujarat earthquake.
  
• Center for International Disaster Information - Relief group presents information on current areas of disaster and their actions to help. News and articles.
  
• Satern Health and Welfare Information Request Form - Form from the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network to request help in finding missing persons in times of disaster.
  
• 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.
  
• Churches of Christ Disaster Relief - Covers current and past disaster relief activities of this Christian charity.
  
• Medair - International humanitarian aid agency providing help for populations affected by natural disasters or conflict. Details of past and present projects.
  
• 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.
  
• Biru Peduli voluntary organization - A non-profit community, initiated after the earthquake in mid 2006 in Java, Indonesia. Builds houses for families and provides scholarship to villagers.
  
• Disasterhelp - This DisasterHelp web site is part of the President's Disaster Management Egov Initiative. American disaster information and resources.
  
• Air Serv International - Humanitarian relief organization that provides air transportation exclusively to the global humanitarian community. Online newsroom, field reports, contact and donations information.
  
• ACTED - Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development is an international non-governmental organisation working in 16 countries with a regional approach to crisis situations.
  
• AmeriCares - Relief organization provides domestic and international assistance. Programs listed by country, photo galleries, press releases and donation information.
  
• ELCA Disaster Response - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America disaster information center. News of current hot spots and ongoing church relief efforts.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Mennonite Disaster Service - Volunteer network responding to those affected by disasters in Canada and the United States. History, FAQ, projects, programs, and news.
  
• 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. (in German and English)
  
• Life with Chernobyl - Charity foundation focused on the Chernobyl disaster.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Next Of Kin Registry - Missing persons can be registered. Also has an "I'm safe now" forum.
  
• ReliefWeb Homepage - Providing Internet resources for the humanitarian relief community.
  
• 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.
  
• Student Advocacy for Equitable Recovery (SAFER) - Volunteer group helps rebuilds homes and offers volunteer opportunities in recovery efforts in New Orleans.
  
• Indonesia-Relief.Org - Indonesia disaster relief portal. News, information on relief organizations and supplies
  
• 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.
  
• New Hampshire Disaster Animal Response Team - New Hampshire Disaster Animal Response Team (NH-DART) provides a coordinated effort in the preparation, prevention, response, and recovery phases for any disasters or significant public emergencies involving animals.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• ProAct Network - A non-profit organisation aimed at resolving issues relating to environmental and livelihood security, particularly at the community level.
  
• 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.
  
• Aceh Road - Aceh road/bridge reconstruction and rehabilitation project. Describes mission and current projects.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Global Relief - Providing relief work ( search and rescue, and medical) in natural and man-made disasters. Projects, volunteer opportunities, donation information.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Operation Playground - Rebuilding Children's Playgrounds - Non-profit organization helping world communities rebuild playgrounds devastated by natural 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.
  
• Chernobyl Children's Project International - Organization helps the families and communities that suffer from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. Information on medical and community development programs, volunteer opportunities and sponsorship.
  
• ERRA :- Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority - Organization coordinates, monitors and regulates reconstruction & rehabilitation activities in earthquake affected areas of Pakistan. Clearing house for information on 15 different aspects of relief.
  
• IP Employee Relief Fund - International Paper company relief program for company employees who are victims of disaster.
  
• Toast To Peace - An international music project, a kind of European Band Aid, conceived to help the landmines victims in Bosnia.
  
• 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.
  
• National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) - NVOAD coordinates planning efforts by many voluntary organizations responding to disaster.
  
• Church World Service Indonesia - Details of the relief work this group is doing. News,gallery and documents.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Disaster Response and Reconstruction - Blog of Arwin Soelaksono on his work in reconstruction works at disaster affected areas. In this blog he put the lessons learned and best practices on massive housing reconstruction.
  
• IRC Mounts Emergency Assistance For Iraqis - Disaster relief for victims of the Iraq war. News, facts and figures, employment information.
  
• CRASH: Christian Relief Assistance Support and Hope - National network of Christians in Japan that equips and informs Christian volunteers. News on disasters, volunteer projects and how to donate.
  
• RAPID UK - Search and Rescue - Official site of RAPID UK, a search and rescue charity that provides assistance at major international disasters.
  
  

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