Greater St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church Lake Charles, LA Lives Impacted: 500 Lake Charles has been at the center of two hurricanes this year — Laura, one of the most powerful storms to hit Louisiana, followed by Delta only six weeks later. Eager to provide immediate assistance, numerous organizations hosted...
Republished with permission from Domtar. Since the coronavirus pandemic began, people have been loading their pantries with household staples like toilet paper, paper towels, wipes, diapers and hand sanitizer. This panic buying — sometimes even hoarding — has depleted store shelves and disrupted supply chains. It’s also exacerbated a growing problem...
Crisis Response International, or CRI, is a nonprofit organization located in Wilmington, NC. We train and deploy volunteers from communities, churches and other independent organizations for the purpose of responding to disasters and compassion initiatives around the world. ...
The complacency around Florence seems to have extended into the philanthropic realm as well. Anecdotal evidence from our partnerships team at Good360 and corporate giving levels after Hurricanes Florence and Michael suggest that donor fatigue has set in after last year’s calamitous string of Category 4 storms....
The field of disaster recovery faces a number of challenges, not the least of which is that uninformed giving can bring the wrong products to the impacted areas at the wrong time, often going to waste....
Hurricane Matthew was the most powerful storm since 2007 and will be felt along the southeast coast of the United States for years to come....