Disaster Relief Ministry Response To Calamities

By Eloise Hewitt


This is an organization that responds to disasters by offering the necessary resources in the hour of need. The ministry covers a numbers of natural calamities. Disaster relief ministry has been celebrated worldly for its quick response to emergencies.

Catastrophes are not pleasing occasions and often they result to great damage of property and loss of life. They require varying approaches since human and natural initiated disasters are different. The organization has touched the lives of many because they offer their help at the hour of need. They are well organized and ready to move. For instance, they have safety measures that help them respond to the needs of the victims effectively.

The institution sometimes responds to environmental crises. Such calamities are mostly caused by technological and industrial misconduct or damage by people. In the past these kind of accidents have occurred in areas where products are manufactured and processed. However we have some incidents of such calamities during transportation of the products. Some of these occurrences include extreme fires due to careless practices by people.

The body offers support even after the calamity. In this way they help people through the recovery process hence heal faster emotionally psychologically and economically. This program me helps one go back to the financial position they were in before the disaster occurred. This is so because most of these relief program mes involve counseling, purchasing and rebuilding of property.

It is not possible to prevent disasters. However, people can adopt a lifestyle that helps reduce the probability of such occurrences. In this view it is essential that public cooperate with the ministry in ensuring that all the mitigation measures are observed. Tragedies bring a lot of loss hence working towards preventing them is better than dealing with the disaster. This saves people emotional, economic and psychological pains. Despite the precautions we might take it should be noted that we cannot predict or fully prevent some of these situations hence they can ambush human being any time.

The body encourages individual effort in preventing misadventures. This is one of the ways that the community can support the body in ensuring the environment is safe for human survival. People should open their eyes to the fact that the organization works for them and therefore cooperate. Initiating individual effort will help a big deal because most of the calamities are due to careless practices by humans.

Most times when calamities strike a place the first groups to respond to the emergency are faith based organizations. It has been observed that whenever a place is open for emergency res-ponders faith groups offer they help long before the government emergency groups can come in.

These organizations are met to offer help to victims. In this way they are able to build stronger relationships with the public and even share the Gospel. Human beings have been found to be more open to people when they are going through difficulties or hurting. The ministry takes advantage of this and views it as a chance to demonstrate the love of Jesus. This has happened in the past over and over.




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