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Lutheran Disaster Response
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LDR Coordinator Resources
This portion of our site is devoted to the
resources used by our national network of LDR coordinators. Groups are
more than welcome to use any of the resources provided here for
training in preparing for and responding to disasters. For information
regarding disaster trainings in your area, contact a local
LDR affiliate organization.
For use by Lutheran Disaster Response affiliates
only!
To
download the Formatta Filler software for free,
click here.
For use by Lutheran Disaster Response affiliates
only!
is a tool for helping children deal with the aftermath of a disaster.
A coloring book with Scripture and object lessons. Topics discussed
are the bombing in Okalahoma City, tornadoes, and floods/hurricanes.
Floods/hurricanes is available in Spanish.
The was created to gather
and track information needed by an agency or faith organization for
their response efforts. This tool provides a way to use limited
resources wisely through the coordinated use of volunteers for
construction, creating work orders for construction needs, identifying
needs and priorities through case management, as well as managing
other aspects of a recovery effort.
The components of the Disaster Response Database include case
management, financial info, rebuilding, volunteer management,
donations and equipment loaning. Based on experience and lessons
learned during the response to the Grand Forks North Dakota Red River
Valley flooding of 1997, this comprehensive tool provides an agency
with the ability record vital data as soon as the response begins.
Designed to be user-friendly and easy to use even for those
uncomfortable with computers, all forms needed are included for quick
branding changes. Uses Microsoft® Office Professional 2003 - ACCESS
and can be used on individual computers or networked. Interfaces with
CRWRC's Needs Assessment Database.
Developed by Lutheran Disaster Response North Dakota, a program of
Lutheran Social Services of ND. To obtain this tool or for questions,
contact LDR ND at 800-950-2901 or
bturner@lssnd.org or
jbuchhop@lssnd.org.
The assists in distributing
hardship grants. Complete with templates of letter to pastors,
application cover letter, application, award letter, and suggested
scale for disbursements. Collects name, address, congregation,
vulnerability factors, dependents and dates and amounts awarded. Click
and go reporting.
Designed to be user-friendly and easy to use even for those
uncomfortable with computers, all forms needed are included for quick
branding changes. Uses Microsoft® Office Professional 2003 - ACCESS.
Developed by Lutheran Disaster Response North Dakota, a program of
Lutheran Social Services of ND. To obtain this tool or for questions,
contact LDR ND at 800-950-2901 or
bturner@lssnd.org or
jbuchhop@lssnd.org.
The is a resource for SMOs
and volunteer coordinators. This resource outlines the effective
recruitment and employment of volunteers in a disaster recovery
effort. For those SMOs with extensive experience in doing this sort of
work, the toolkit will serve as a helpful refresher in best practices.
For those who might be doing disaster response work for the first
time, this resource provides a helpful outline for appropriately
styling a response.
The speaks to LDR
coordinators. It presents details to help coordinators serve as the
overall agents, organizing response by Lutherans to disasters.
Selected by LDR with endorsement of the judicatories, coordinators are
often staff of one of the Lutheran social ministry organizations
serving the region designated.
Knowledge, skills and experience related to disasters will build the
coordinator’s ability to serve. LDR conducts training on a regular
basis. Coordinators may also consider training offered through the
American Red Cross and other organizations in his/her area.
The is developed
to prepare the Lutheran community to meet the mission and goal as part
of an interfaith response to disaster. The primary audience is
disaster coordinators, those who work on behalf of LDR to oversee all
activities but disaster workers of all kinds will benefit from
learning the information.
While LDR helps people in very practical ways to meet physical needs,
its representatives bring to survivors the hope and strength of the
Gospel through pastoral care and counseling services.
The contains
helpful contact information as well as web sites for additional
information.
LDR helps congregations be
effective and important participants in their communities’ recovery
from disaster.
As part of the community, congregations have opportunity and
responsibility to respond to disaster. The deep human needs and
psychological scars left after a disaster require care beyond the
restoration of physical needs. Putting lives back together after a
disaster requires care, hope and love. Counseling, understanding and
direction enable people to cope with their anger, guilt, tests of
faith, loneliness and turmoil.
A time of crisis is often the best time for Christians to demonstrate
the reality of God’s healing grace through caring and sharing. This
manual is provided to assist congregations prepare for disaster. It
asks questions such as:
What is a disaster?
Is your facility ready?
Are your church record protected?
Does your congregation have evacuation plans?
What can your congregation do to prepare to care for
members of your community in response to disaster?
by Carol L. Hacker, PhD, CTS is an excellent
resource for all responders. Topics include:
The Trauma/Crisis
Crisis and Grief
Role of the Faith Community
Self-care
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