Scientology Volunteer Ministers in Zambia--Helping Before Disaster Strikes

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...

Southern Asia Cyclone Relief

" 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...

HANDS ON DISASTER RESPONSE EXTENDS CYCLONE RELIEF PROJECT

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...

Something We'll Never Forget

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...

Two Volunteer Ministers Story of Disaster Relief after the Pisco Earthquake i...

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...

HANDS ON DISASTER RESPONSE DEPLOYS TO PISCO, PERU FOLLOWING 7.9 EARTHQUAKE

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...

HANDS ON DISASTER RESPONSE DEPLOYS TEAM TO ASSESS PERU EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE AND ...

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...

"Text 2HELP™" PROGRAM to aid Florida victims

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...

Architect Shigeru Ban builds paper log homes for disaster victims

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.

NPR : U.S. Faces Long Storm Cycle, Experts Warn

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...

Bush Requests $51.8 Billion More for Relief

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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