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How to prepare for disasters and reduce the risk of them occuring
2012
Disasters bring with them great challenges. Rescue, response and recovery are followed by reconstruction and rebuilding lives. But the work doesn’t stop there. Reducing the risk of future disasters is key to preventing the loss of more lives.
This edition of Footsteps includes practical examples and guidance, with features on early warning systems, working with displaced people, preparing for disasters and disaster risk reduction.
A study on Genesis 41:25-40
Each year almost 750,000 children around the world are caught up in disasters and can be greatly upset by the experience of being displaced, losing loved ones and friends
How Jeunesse En Mission Entraide et Développement (JEMED) work to build drought-resistant communities in Sahel
In the event of a disaster, warning communities can make the difference between life and death
Landslides occur when the soil on a slope becomes unstable, and quantities of soil, mud and rock start to move down the slope
Disasters are part of everyday life for a large part of the world’s population
In 2010 Leon Gaisli suffered a spinal cord injury during a major earthquake in his home country of Haiti
Adapted from Disasters and the Local Church by Bill Crooks and Jackie Mouradian
Although protecting people’s lives in disasters is top priority, protecting their livelihoods is nearly as important
In over 40 years of experience of disaster response, Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief (EFICOR) has evolved
Displaced people are those who have left their normal living area because their lives or their livelihoods were in danger
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