Our Approach
Our approach in Disaster Management
Before. During. After. We are there. And we stay.
Before disaster strikes, we work hard to make sure children and their families understand how to reduce their vulnerability to disasters. During humanitarian crises, our staff on the ground in nearly 100 countries are in communities helping children
We have worked and lived through decades of humanitarian emergencies from the Korean war in the 1950s, to 1970s cyclone in Bangladesh, 1980s famines in East & West Africa, 1990s Balkans war and the Rwandan genocide, through 2004’s Asian tsunami, Haiti’s 2010 earthquake and this decade's conflict in Syria, we have been on the ground with children and families, responding to their immediate needs
Early Warning
We monitor signals and indicators of natural and man-made threats, ensuring a heightened awareness of emerging events, such as typhoons, flooding, the precursors of famine and stirrings of conflict, so we can anticipate and reduce their impact.
After over a year of building the Bohol educators’ capacity in disaster risk reduction and management, World Vision handed over the early warning device to Dr. Cecilio Putong National High School (DCPNHS), Tagbilaran City Central and Cogon Elementary Schools, as part of its commitment to help create safer schools for students. The device and kits, which include hand-held radios, megaphones, life
Disaster Risk Reduction
Understanding what the big risks and vulnerabilities are when it comes to a disaster or a potential emergency and knowing how best to either reduce them or in many cases, react when the disaster strikes, can save thousands of lives. Together with
Silen Koeni, Chairman of Village Disaster Risk Committee with Nicholas Fiula, Community Development Facilitator, World Vision. World Vision presented Numbu community with high visibility vests, and solar batteries for their World Vision-supplied flood gauge.
Readiness
We are there and we are ready to respond faster. With pre-positioned stocks and relief items, trained local response teams and emergency-ready funding we move at the first signs early warning triggers. We rely on strong partnerships to ensure our aid
Emergency Response
Building on 70 years of experience, we know what to do when disaster strikes. And we do it.
When many emergencies strike, as was the case in Indonesia in 2019 where we responded to an earthquake and a tsunami at the same time, our local teams were on the ground and were able to respond quickly to support the immediate food, shelter and protection needs and assist recovery of children and their families. Not only were we able to give lifesaving food and shelter supplies, but as one local
Recovery & Transition
Through the recovery and transition phases from a disaster, we stay on the ground, helping children and their families with improved access to clean water, sustainable sources of food, access to education. We work with partners and local communities