Advance training in a particular type of response can help you act quickly and effectively following a disaster. If you or your congregation are interested in any of the following trainings, please email us – we’re happy to connect you with resources!
- Disaster Emotional and Spiritual Care
- Disaster Clean-up
- Sheltering
- Feeding
- Week of Compassion Construction Site Leadership
- Understanding FEMA and Recovery Processes
- Community Emergency Response Teams
Children's Disaster Services Volunteer Training
Children’s Disaster Services is a Church of the Brethren Disaster Ministry that involves volunteers from many faith communities who provide a calm, safe and reassuring presence in the midst of the chaos that follows disaster by setting up and operating special childcare centers in disaster locations. Parents are able to meet with resource providers at multiservice response centers, knowing their children are safe.
Training helps volunteers understand and respond to children who have experienced a disaster. The information and resources from this training are beneficial to anyone working with children.
CDS provides specialized training for all its volunteers. The CDS Volunteer Training is a comprehensive 25-hour event that uses applied, experiential activities to help the participants integrate their learning.
Current Schedule
October 20-21, Bridgewater VA
October 27-28, Kalamazoo MI
Contact CDS for more information about attending - or hosting! - a training event.
Training helps volunteers understand and respond to children who have experienced a disaster. The information and resources from this training are beneficial to anyone working with children.
CDS provides specialized training for all its volunteers. The CDS Volunteer Training is a comprehensive 25-hour event that uses applied, experiential activities to help the participants integrate their learning.
Current Schedule
October 20-21, Bridgewater VA
October 27-28, Kalamazoo MI
Contact CDS for more information about attending - or hosting! - a training event.
