In times of disaster people depend on those who can maintain their own equilibrium and establish order and control—public officials who know what they're doing and can think on their feet. The Scientology...
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Giving to World Vision’s Emergency Aid
World Vision is airlifting emergency supplies to survivors of the devastating cyclone that struck Myanmar over the weekend. The death toll from cyclone that battered...
Group will continue volunteer relief project for one more month in BangladeshCARLISLE, MA 03/20/08 – Hands On Disaster Response (HODR), a volunteer-driven 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, recently announced the extension of Project Rayenda their volunteer project in...
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In December 2007 a team of seven Scientology Volunteer Ministers traveled to Uganda to help flood victims. More than 300,000 people were displaced, their food crops and livestock destroyed by the effects of months of...
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On August 15th, 2007 at 6:40 PM local time a magnitude-8 earthquake rocked the coastal region of central Peru, causing more than 500 deaths and leaving over 1,800 injured. The earthquake destroyed nearly 60,000...
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Group deploying for volunteer relief project CARLISLE, MA 8/31/07 – Hands On Disaster Response (HODR), a volunteer-driven 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, announced the launch of a volunteer project to help the...
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Local group assessing the possibility of coordinating a volunteer
relief project
CARLISLE, MA 8/20/07 – Hands On Disaster Response (HODR), a
volunteer-driven 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, has dispatched...
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This is a good initiative being carried out in the USA. Simple and effective - however the press release does not disclose if all the promised amount makes it through to the Red Cross or if the carriers take a cut.In Australia and some other countries donations by SMS are not...
an introduction to Shigeru Ban's work using paper tubes as structural elements for temporary refugee and disaster victim housing. More info on Ban on this wikipedia entry.
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With tropical storm Ophelia swirling in the Atlantic, government officials are faced with the possibility of providing disaster relief while still reeling from Hurricane Katrina. Back-to-back disasters over the last few years have exhausted the staffs of hurricane-response...
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President Bush sent Congress a request for $51.8 billion in additional hurricane relief yesterday, raising Katrina's cost to the federal government to $62.3 billion so far, easily a record for domestic disaster relief.
Separately, Republican leaders moved to try to contain...
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