{"id":55241,"date":"2019-06-10T11:28:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T18:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?page_id=55241"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:13:03","slug":"disaster-relief","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/disaster-relief","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&rdquo;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;desktop-header&rdquo;][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/6&Prime;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime;][vc_empty_space height=&rdquo;50px&rdquo;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center; color: #fff;\"><span class=\"alpha\">DISASTER RELIEF<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; color: #fff;\"><span class=\"zeta\">Find the latest news, 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Our goal is to help families and communities for the long term so they can be resilient and able to help others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"delta\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/disaster-relief-news-stories\/heartbreak-hope-65-years-disaster-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=&rdquo;vc_hidden-xs&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1560810962037{margin-top: -40px !important;}&rdquo;][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;55449&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;full&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo;][vc_empty_space height=&rdquo;50px&rdquo;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class=&rdquo;mobile-map&rdquo;][vc_column_inner offset=&rdquo;vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm&rdquo;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: auto; max-width: 193px; padding-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px;\">\n<li>1950-1953 Korean war<\/li>\n<li>1975 Operation Seasweep<\/li>\n<li>1985 Ethiopia famine<\/li>\n<li>1990s AIDS pandemic<\/li>\n<li>1990s Romania&rsquo;s orphans<\/li>\n<li>1994 Rwanda genocide<\/li>\n<li>1998 Hurricane Mitch<\/li>\n<li>1998 Kosovo conflict<\/li>\n<li>2004 Asian tsunami<\/li>\n<li>2005 Hurrican Katrina<\/li>\n<li>2006 Uganda Child soldiers<\/li>\n<li>2010 Haiti Earthquake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&rdquo;stretch_row_content&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1560466524826{background-color: #f5f5f5 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1560881130794{border-right-width: 10px !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_inner offset=&rdquo;vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-10 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1560881657451{margin-right: 30px !important;margin-left: 30px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"delta\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Disaster relief best practices:<\/p>\n<p>Help can have unintended consequences. These best practices are the result of decades of experience, learning, and collaboration among top <a href=\"\/our-work\/disaster-relief#1470869887604-2b2a7064-3ed2\">disaster relief<\/a> organizations:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol-list\">\n<li><span class=\"ol-item\"><strong>Raise funds ahead of time <\/strong>and pre-position relief supplies around the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ol-item\"><strong>Send a seasoned team of experts<\/strong> to assess, plan, and respond.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ol-item\"><strong>Coordinate with other organizations<\/strong> and governments. (Prevent people from falling through the cracks or gaming the system.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ol-item\"><strong>Carefully plan out distributions<\/strong> of food and relief supplies. Avoid riots and violence, and ensure help for those who need it most.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ol-item\"><strong>Meet urgent, short-term needs<\/strong>, while working toward sustainable, long-term solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&rdquo;10px&rdquo;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=&rdquo;vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1560881637507{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"delta\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Disaster relief best practices:<\/p>\n<p>Help can have unintended consequences. 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Avoid riots and violence, and ensure help for those who need it most.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ol-item\"><strong>Meet urgent, short-term needs<\/strong>, while working toward sustainable, long-term solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&rdquo;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;desktop-responder&rdquo;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&rdquo;20px&rdquo;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&rdquo;1\/2&Prime;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&rdquo;5\/12&Prime;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"gamma\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">How to help: Be a first responder<\/span><br>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> Donate monthly to the disaster relief fund and you will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"check-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Get relief supplies ready<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Send expert response teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Share God&rsquo;s love in practical ways<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Meet urgent and long-term needs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">You&rsquo;ll also get quarterly updates on how your donations are helping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&rdquo;Give Monthly&rdquo; 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