Online courses

Identifying resources (short course)

A self-led online course on how to establish, before a disaster event occurs, which local assets are available to the church and community

2023 Available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish

St Peter’s Cathedral in the Diocese of Matana. Burundi. Photo: Tom Price/Tearfund

Course details

Knowledge of the ways your local church can most usefully prepare for any future disasters
Confidence and skills to identify the most useful assets in your local church, as part of helping your church and community be better prepared for a disaster

This short course has been taken from the in-depth online course Disasters and the local church.

Slide 1 of 3:

Help your local church and community assess what resources it already has that will help them prepare for and respond to a disaster.

Slide 2 of 3:

Ensure your local church knows how to take practical action if a disaster occurs by preparing and informing them ahead of time.

Slide 3 of 3:

Practise choosing which are the most useful assets in a local church, as part of helping that church prepare for a disaster.

Top tips
Help your local church and community assess what resources it already has that will help them prepare for and respond to a disaster.
Key steps
Ensure your local church knows how to take practical action if a disaster occurs by preparing and informing them ahead of time.
Activity
Practise choosing which are the most useful assets in a local church, as part of helping that church prepare for a disaster.

Know the types of resources that help in a disaster and the steps a church can take to be better prepared.
Analyse the assets in your local church, and decide which will be most useful if a disaster occurs.

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