Distinctions JA/Réponse aux catastrophes/Réponses
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28.09.2025
Autorité approbatrice
Conférence Générale
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In the area of Disaster Response the Adventist organizations provide an important basic need of disaster relief, warehousing and distribution. Adventists are responsible for receiving most of the donated goods sent to an incident, then sorting, warehousing, and distributing them. Large scale distribution is done to fill the needs of the Red Cross, Southern Baptists, Salvation Army, and Second Harvest as well as local food banks and shelters during a response. Small scale distributions to individuals and families are done at satellite distribution centers where families report to obtain those essential items they need such as clothing, hygiene products, and food.
Before this type of system was organized or when it does not function, donated items often went to waste. Because of the slow action of the state of Louisiana and its political subdivisions, truckloads of goods were dropped in fields and streets within hurricane ravaged areas and went to waste. The central collection of goods and their managed distribution is essential to good Disaster Management.
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The ADRA Presents series of videos includes very good introductions to ACS and disaster resoponse in short video segments. These videos are available through AdventSource .
ADRA news reports and videos can be accessed at http://www.adra.org.
When disaster strikes, it is important to find out what kind of help is needed before taking any other action.
Before collecting anything, it is also important to arrange to transport those goods to a warehouse serving the disaster area. Collected goods are of little use until they have been sorted, and this is typically done in a warehouse just outside the disaster zone.
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ADRA stands for Adventist Development and Relief Agency. Note that the D stands for development, not disaster. The letter that describes ADRA's role as a disaster responder is the R for relief.
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The Red Cross provides complete relief services world wide. Recognized as the foremost international aid agency the International Red Cross and Red Crescent operates in every nation on of the world.
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Within North America, Adventist Community Services supports the mission of the Red Cross and other disaster relief agencies and a goods management, warehousing, and distribution coordinator with contracts with local, state, and national governments. ACS provides to the Red Cross food and clothing that is sent into disaster areas for use in their camps and shelters.
Outside of the operating areas of ACS the Adventist Development and Relief Agency operates in a capacity equal to ACS in disaster, and at times in broader aspects as the first responding agency to a disaster or in redevelopment in the aftermath of a disaster.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - United Nations Refugee Agency.
ADRA assists with the distribution of clothing and food for refugees and in some cases manages refugee camps for the United Nations throughout the nations in which it operates. Neighbors of war-torn countries often completely impoverished themselves rely on this organization and others that support refugees, to protect, feed, cloth, educate, house and otherwise tend to those who stream across their borders each day.
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The World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. According to the WFP, it provides food assistance to an average of 91.4 million people in 83 countries each year. ADRA works closely with the WFP to collect and distribute food to the hungry. As seen in 2018 when these two organizations worked hand-in-hand in Uganda.
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References
Disaster Response Guide from the ADRA or ACS national office
