Articles

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: 2024-08-08

ShelterBox is a global charity that seeks to give people safe shelter when they have been hit with natural disasters. Just last month, throughout all of April, historic rains hit South Africa and displaced more than 40,000 pe...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: 2024-05-11

Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of New Mexico, announced yesterday that New Mexicans who were affected by the recent wildfires at the end of April will be eligible to apply for disaster food benefits. This appl...

• Author: Monica Jackson
• Posted: 2024-11-03

In the face of a disaster, the federal government works with states and local areas in directing relief efforts. On many occasions, states, territories, and Native tribes are responsible ...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: 2024-08-10

The past several years have seen a considerable amount of turmoil, with wildfires, flooding, and the COVID-19 pandemic all causing problems for millions of people that became impossible to ignore. As to ...

• Author: Chris Remington
• Posted: 2024-10-02

Earlier this week, the Internet news sites were inundated with calls for charitable donations. Kansas, Texas, California, and other states all faced their own disasters. Perhaps as a very telling and eerie sign of the times...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: 2024-09-30

Did you know that America has the best disaster relief program in the entire world? Well, it's more like America is the best at disaster relief for the entire world. When it comes to America actually providing disaster relie...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: 2024-07-12

If you live in a jurisdiction that has experienced a natural disaster, then you know how tough it can be to rebuild from what feels like, sometimes literally is, a pile of rubble. However, the federal...

• Author: Mary Singleton
• Posted: 2024-08-29

A natural disaster is an incredibly stressful experience, and you may not know who will help you or your family. You may need help with childcare, disaster cleanup and repair costs, or you might need to seek mental health care. Fortu...

• Author: William Asher
• Posted: 2024-08-19

Historically, disaster relief logistics have followed the same basic model: the emergency team assesses the available supplies, procures what is needed, consolidates, packs, and ships the supplies to the disaster area. During the disaster recovery ph...

• Author: Jessica Williams
• Posted: 2024-10-03

Disasters usually create the need for charity organizations to help the affected areas. Disaster relief charities help people both in the short-term and the long-term, depending on the situation. Many charities benefit disaster...