VOLUNTEER : Domestic Disaster Recovery
Volunteering in disaster-affected communities is a powerful way to help our neighbors recover and bring hope in the midst of struggle. We have seen Disciples make the greatest impact by volunteering where recovery efforts are ongoing, once the community has had a chance to identify their unmet needs and get organized. While there is often an abundance of donations and volunteers in the first days and weeks following a disaster, there is great need of willing hands for months and years as communities rebuild. Week of Compassion works to support local congregations to provide relief in the early days and to coordinate resources and volunteers from across the church for long-term recovery.
We continue working with our partners to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 for our volunteers and the communities we serve.
Week of Compassion requires all volunteers who are eligible to receive the vaccine do so before serving.
Each partner has site-specific protocols as well.
Week of Compassion requires all volunteers who are eligible to receive the vaccine do so before serving.
Each partner has site-specific protocols as well.
Current Volunteer OpportunitiesWe have active volunteer sites in Kentucky, Louisiana, and North Carolina. For more details and registration information see the map to the right or fill out a Volunteer Interest Form.
For information about other ongoing responses,
visit our Domestic Disaster Response page. Prepare for future mission opportunities by 1) becoming more disaster-ready as a household or congregation; 2) developing skills in home repair; and 3) advocating for local, state, and federal policies that promote adequate and equitable disaster recovery.
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Disaster Volunteering Map - active volunteer opportunity (COVID-19 protocol in place)
- volunteer opportunity in development For more information about volunteering, to register your group, or for help identifying disaster response opportunities in your area, click the Volunteer Interest Form above. |
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 then able to apply for assistance and begin to put their lives back together, knowing their children are safe.
The training will allow you to understand and respond to children who have experienced a disaster, and the information learned at this training can be 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.
The training will allow you to understand and respond to children who have experienced a disaster, and the information learned at this training can be 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.
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Give Time & Treasure
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Money is the best donation you can make following a disaster. The very thing that can make cash unsatisfying for the donor - that it lacks specificity - is what makes it useful for the affected communities! The vast majority of donations (up to two-thirds, according to some experts) come in during the first two months following a disaster, but needs continue for years as communities rebuild. Monetary donations can be put to use in the first few days of a disaster response, or they can be held to meet longer term needs.
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