Mission

AroundtheWorld

Ourmissionistoprovideserviceintimesof
THeNDRSprovidesservicetoover46countries.
emergencytoareasthathavebeenaffectedby

naturaldisasters.
Africa:Burundi,CentralAfricanRepublic,Chad,

DemocraticRepublicofCongo,Ethiopia,Ivory
Wehelppeoplewhoseliveshavebeen
Coast,Kenya,Liberia,Mali,Niger,Nigeria,
affectedbynaturaldisasterstosurvive,
Rwanda,SierraLeone,Somalia,SouthSudan,
recover,andregaincontroloftheirfutures.
Tanzania,Uganda,&Zimbabwe

Wealwayshaveateamreadytobedeployed
Asia:Afghanistan,China,Japan,Malaysia,
withinthefirst72hoursofemergency.Our
Myanmar,Pakistan,Philippines,&Thailand
squadsarrivewithurgentlyneededsupplies

andexpertisethatprotectpeoplecaughtinthe
MiddleEast:Iraq,Jordan,Lebanon,Syria,&
midstofchaos.
Yemen

Teamsofdoctorsandmedicalexpertsaresent
SouthAmerica:Peru&Ecuador
toprovideimmediatehealthcare,sanitation,

andcleanwaterthatsaveslives.Theyalso
CentralAmerica:Guatemala,Honduras,El
providereproductivehealthcaretomothers. Salvador,Belize,Nicaragua,CostaRica,Panama,

&Colombia
Werestoreshatteredcommunitiesand

progresstowardamoresecurefuture.
UnitedStates:Atlanta,GABaltimore,MDBoise

ID,Charlottesville,VADallas,TX/Abilene,TXLos
Furthermore,webringpublicattentionto
Angeles,CAMiami,FL,NewYork,NY/Elizabeth,
neglectedhumanitarianemergencies,
NJNorthernCalifornia:Phoenix,AZSaltLake
speakingoutonbehalfofthoseinneedof
City,UT,SanDiego,CASeattle,WASilver
internationalsupport.
Spring,MDTucson,AZ&Wichita,KS

TheNDRSscommitmenttoresearch,
NorthernCaucasus
evaluation,andlearningensuresthatwefulfill

ourmissioneffectivelyandefficiently.
Haiti&DominicanRepublic

NaturalDisaster
RescueSquad
(NDRS)

LaurenShoemakerandJackKeller
InternationalAidOrganizationBrochure
Period9


Methods/Tactics

10Cs

CurrentWorldCrisis

Anaturaldisastercanturnlivesupsidedownin

Torrentialrainshavewreakedhavocacross
aninstant,killingordrivingmillionsofpeople

theSouthAfricancountryofMalawi.Tropical
fromtheirhomesanddevastatingcommunities.

stormChedzaiscausingmultipleAfrican
Whencatastrophestrikes,theNDRSdelivers
TheNaturalDisasterRescueSquadaddresses
countriestohavesevereflooding,cuttingoff
rapid,lifesavingaidthatreducessuffering,
multiple10Cs.
thecitizensfromfoodsupplyandhealthcare.
restoresdignity,andjumpstartseconomic

(January2015)
recovery.
Whenadisasterstrikesacertainarea,thatarea

canberenderedunlivabledotolackofclean
Atropicalcycloneissettohitcoastaltownsof
Ourteamsincludecoordinators,logisticians,
water(CleanWaterless)andnoplaceforjob
thenorthernsideofWesternAustralia.
doctors,andwatersanitationexperts.Wealso
opportunities(Careerless).
Residentswerewarnedtoreadytheirhomes
havespecialistswhofocusonhumanrights

insideandoutforseveretropicalweather.A
protection,thespecialneedsofchildren,and
TheNDRSworkstobringcleanwatertothose
cyclonewatchhasalsobeensetinplace.
rehabilitationfromanaturaldisaster.
whoarecursedwithpoorsanitationduetothe
(January2015)

debrisanddamageanaturaldisastermight

TheNDRSprepositionsequipmentand
cause.
TheNDRSisworkingtoaidallwhomhave
suppliesonstandbytobetransporteduponfirst

beenaffectedbytheseunpreventablenatural
noticeofanaturaldisaster.
Buildings,lives,andcommunitiescantoppleat
disasters.

thefirstsignofanaturaldisaster.Whena
TheNaturalDisasterRescueSquadsaveslives
town/state/countryisleftinruins,theeconomy
andpromoteshealthbyprovidingessential
takesanextremedive,andpeoplelosetheability
servicessuchasprimaryhealthcareandcritical
toprovidefortheirfamilies.
resources,suchascleanwater.

TheNDRSworkstohelprelocateindividualswho
Weworkwithlocalorganizationstoensurethat
arereadytoworkandcanleavetheirhomesif
theyhavethecapacitytoprovidetheseservices necessary.Theiroldlivescanberestoredonce
andresourcesoverthelongtermofdisaster
theircommunityhasbeenrebuilt.Theyarenot,

recovery.
however,forcedtomovebackiftheytakealiking

totheirnewhome/career.
Weworktoprotect,support,andimprove
householdlivelihoodsandtorevitalizelocal

economies.