The Baptist Standard :: The Newsmagazine of Texas Baptists - One-third of Texas Baptist Men disaster relief workers are women

The Baptist Standard :: The Newsmagazine of Texas Baptists - One-third of Texas Baptist Men disaster relief workers are women: But in more recent years, women have become involved in every aspect of disaster relief, including laundry units, chainsaw crews and mud-out teams. Women constitute more than one-third of the trained TBM Disaster Relief volunteer workforce, and 15 percent of the on-site coordinators are female.

"The latest disaster relief unit to come on line had to have a woman's touch. It's called a box unit," Dixon added. The box unit delivers hard-sided boxes to disaster sites to help victims gather and safely store any treasured possessions they discover as they dig through the rubble of their destroyed homes or pack up keepsakes from a flooded home.

UK Charities Directory including Charity Financial data and Charity Adviser Directory

UK Charities Directory including Charity Financial data and Charity Adviser Directory: The Charity Commission, the independent regulator of charities in England and Wales, has today published a report on its investigation into fundraising appeals for humanitarian disaster relief by the radio station Sunrise Radio
The Commission’s investigation established that funds raised by the station in 2004 and 2005 had still not been spent five years later.

Following the tsunami in December 2004, Sunrise Radio made an on-air appeal requesting donations to help victims of the disaster. The station also made a further on-air appeal, together with its sister station Kismat Radio, in October 2005 in response to the earthquake in Pakistan.

IRIN Global | DISASTERS: A bigger role for Asia in humanitarian response | Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Indonesia | Iran | Kyrgyzstan | Cambodia | Kazakhstan | Laos | Sri Lanka | Myanmar | Nepal | Papua New Guinea | Philippines | Pakistan | Turkmenistan | Thailand | Tajikistan | Timor-Leste | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Aid Policy | Natural Disasters

IRIN Global | DISASTERS: A bigger role for Asia in humanitarian response | Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Indonesia | Iran | Kyrgyzstan | Cambodia | Kazakhstan | Laos | Sri Lanka | Myanmar | Nepal | Papua New Guinea | Philippines | Pakistan | Turkmenistan | Thailand | Tajikistan | Timor-Leste | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Aid Policy | Natural Disasters: SHANGHAI, 12 October 2011 (IRIN) - A top UN official says Asia can, and should, play a more prominent role in the humanitarian response to major natural and man-made disasters.

S'pore Red Cross donates to flood relief efforts - Channel NewsAsia

S'pore Red Cross donates to flood relief efforts - Channel NewsAsia: SINGAPORE: The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) will contribute S$200,000 as its first tranche of emergency relief to Thailand and Cambodia.

The donation came from generous donors to SRC's "South East Asia Flood Appeal".

SRC's director of operations, Mr Lim Theam Poh, and director of special duties Mr Benjamin William will present the monies to the Thailand and Cambodia Red Cross during their visit to Bangkok and Cambodia from October 12-13.

Mr Lim and Mr William will also meet the heads of disaster response, Dr Amant Barlee of Thailand Red Cross and Ms Pum Chantinie from the Cambodia Red Cross, to discuss further needs of those affected by the disasters.

On the streets of Bangkok, uncertain residents prepare for the worst - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Unlike many of Thailand's flood-ravaged zones in the central plains, Bangkok residents have been given the rare luxury of time -- a window of at least two days to prepare for what officials warn could be the worst flooding the city has seen in decades.