Church World Services, Main US Site (and DR Tool/Resource Guide)

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Affiliation: CWS ~ Church World Service Updated Apr 25, 2011
Affiliation: VOAD, NVOAD (National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster - this org is a member) Updated Apr 25, 2009
Donations * (ANY/ALL Types) Updated Sep 5, 2011
* KITS, CLEANING/CLEAN UP KITS Updated Sep 5, 2011
* KITS, HYGIENE KITS Updated Sep 5, 2011
* KITS, SCHOOL BAG KITS, NEW Items ONLY Updated Sep 5, 2011
* KITS, TOILETRY KIT w/Towel Updated Sep 5, 2011
Linens, Bedding, Blankets, NEW ONLY Updated Sep 5, 2011

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2011 Hurricane Irene/Tropical Storm Irene ArchivedJoined Sep 5, 2011
2011 Spring - Tornadoes-Floods-Wind Storms ArchivedJoined Apr 25, 2011

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Service: Temporary

Notes

CWS situation report: Spring storms 2011 - updated April 21, 2011

CWS response:

CWS Disaster Response Specialists are working with state, regional and local VOADs (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster), FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), our member denominations and other agencies to determine where CWS denominations are helping or are needed. CWS will provide material resources, including blankets, hygiene kits and clean-up buckets, as requested. CWS also will assist communities in developing Long Term Recovery plans, as requested.

HOW TO HELP: Contributions to support CWS emergency response efforts may be made online, sent to your denomination, or to Church World Service, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515.

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See the website for a variety of Disaster Relief/Recovery tools/resources, as well as a log in for their supply "sharing" database, which requires a special password...you must apply (and potentially pay) for membership to get access to these supplies.

From GA VOAD site:

Church World Service
14940 SW 153 Street
Miami Florida 33187
Emergency Response Program: www.cwserp.org

Church World Service Homepage:
www.churchworldservice.org
Re-directed to 2012 HURRICANE SANDY -
http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/PageServer

Contact Information:

NOTE: 6/2011 TF: I wrote to Lesli on her new email address for FEMA. To see who the new contact is for CWS Georgia.

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Church World Service (CWS) assists those affected by disaster through spiritual, physical, and psychological care by empowering local, regional, and state religious leadership to collaborate in building or restoring a sense of recovered community.

CWS may send material resources to disaster sites as the need is determined and direct requests are received and DRRL staff responds to disasters throughout the United States on behalf of its 36 member communions and affiliated agencies.

CWS works with and through cooperative faith-based state and local partners and disaster response organizations. Disaster Response and Recovery Liaisons facilitate the work of community partners by serving as organizers, consultants, technical advisors, and links to outside resources.

Disaster Resources:

• DRRL who work with FEMA, American Red Cross, and other voluntary agencies in the development of long term recovery programs
• Blankets, personal care kits, and other material resources as requested by faith-based organizations for distribution by themselves and other disaster response agencies
• Access to specialized volunteers from outside the community for such tasks as spiritual care, volunteer coordination, home rehabilitation and repair, childcare, casework, and organizational capacity building
• Connections to local congregations and denominational middle level governing bodies for spiritual care services, volunteers, materials, program support, and needs interpretation.