As a religious leader, you can guide families to resources for helping their children cope. Like adults, children need to make sense of things that happen; their families can help them to understand, and to reestablish trust, hope, and a
As a religious leader, you can serve to ensure that all people with unmet needs, regardless of immigration status, receive the support necessary for sustainable recovery, whether by providing direct services or by advocating for humane recovery policies.
Financial and material donations are part of the fabric of disaster recovery—and a traditional function of faith communities and their houses of worship.
Volunteering is an important part of individual and community response to a disaster. It creates solidarity within and between communities as it taps the enormous reservoir of gifts and skills of individuals who desire to serve their neighbors near
As a religious leader, you can help your congregation and community prepare for the hazards of a heat wave by providing information on how to cope with the heat, attending to the particular needs of vulnerable persons, and offering your
As a religious leader, you can help your congregation and community prepare for the hazards of extreme cold by providing information on how to cope with the cold, by attending to the particular needs of vulnerable persons, and by offering
Many disasters create localized or community-wide debris fields or mud flows. Religious leaders and volunteers from their congregations are ideal partners to work with emergency managers at debris removal and cleanup.
A strong, well-organized Long-Term Recovery Organization (LTRO), working in partnership with faith communities, is essential for coordinating resources needed by survivors and supporting recovery for the whole community.
While some traditional shelter locations (like schools) must revert to their original function early on, houses of worship can support long-term housing needs in culturally appropriate ways.
Large-scale evacuations can be ordered by New York City when a hurricane is approaching, or evacuations can happen in your own house ofworship due to fire or flooding. Being prepared for an evacuation can reduce stress and increase the likelihood