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Disaster Relief Program | Samaritan's Purse Canada

DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM

READY TO RESPOND

Equip your church with the skills and knowledge to effectively respond to disasters with our training workshop.

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Ready To Respond: Overview

Church Guide to Disaster Response

Our full day workshop is meant to equip and prepare churches to effectively respond in the event of a disaster, while providing churches with tangible ministry and community ideas to their neighbour in the absence of crisis.

Throughout the day, we cover four key modules:

  • Module 1:Ministry Team Development - Explore the practical elements of the formation of a leadership team composed of dedicated volunteers that can be deployed in times of disaster.
  • Module 2:Asset Mapping - Empower your church by identifying, describing and mapping out all available resources that can be utilized in times of crisis.
  • Module 3:Response Initiatives - Gain insight into the strategies that your church can employ during disasters through a structured approach and based on the resources at your disposal.
  • Module 4:Recovery and Community Engagement - Learn how your church can support community efforts post-disaster by using a holistic approach to recovery, meeting the physical, financial, and psychosocial needs of those impacted.
  • Tabletop Exercise - The day is concluded with a simulated disaster that allows attendees to practice what they’ve learned with their newly formed teams.
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Ready to Respond: Equipped

The Journey of Ready to Respond

  • Community Rallied: A devastating house fire rocks a community. Two houses and two families are deeply impacted. Their lives; spared. Their possessions; gone. With only the clothing on their backs a community rallies together and, within hours, have provided everything that these families needed and more for the foreseeable future. Local churches catch wind of what has occurred and reach out.
  • Community Strengthened: An ice storm rocks specific regions in Ontario. A result that no one expected. Thousands of families impacted. Some without power for more than a week. A small community creates a Facebook page for people who are in need. Multiple comments appeared under each posted need. Food delivered. Warm clothing given. Generators loaned out. Snow cleared. Debris removed.
  • Community Trained: A sudden drought him a region around Ottawa. A Level 3 Low Water Advisory was in effect. Some wells in the area had run dry and locals were hurting for water. A local church, inspired by a recent training session quickly realized that they have the resources to help their community leap into action. A water station is set up in their church parking lot with a deep and rarely used well as the source of hope. They advertise through social media that anyone can come to fill up water. The community breathes a sigh of relief and expresses gratitude for this simple expression of love.

Ready to Respond: Empower

The Journey of Ready to Respond

“The Ready to Respond training from Samaritan’s Purse was both inspiring and practical. It was the first step we needed in order to equip our church with the tools and confidence to respond quickly and compassionately in times of crisis, making a real difference in our community.”
- Marlin Plett, New Glascow, Nova Scotia

“The Ready to Respond Workshop provided an informative look at local disaster relief. The content and facilitators were engaging, leaving us much to process regarding our preparedness and the need to create an action plan with appropriate processes to meet desperate needs when they arise.”
- Michelle Ramlogan, Hope Bible Church, Oakville Ontario

“The Ready to Respond training day gave our church the tools it needed to help our community in a disaster. The presenters were knowledgeable, helpful, and enthusiastic. It was amazing to get help from experts like Samaritans Purse to build a local church team ready for disaster relief. The time is well worth the investment. You will come away better equipped to be the hands and feet of Jesus in a time of crisis.”
- John Corrente, Trinity Bible Church, Ottawa, Ontario 

“The Ready to Respond training from Samaritan’s Purse was both inspiring and practical. It was the first step we needed in order to equip our church with the tools and confidence to respond quickly and compassionately in times of crisis, making a real difference in our community.”
- Marlin Plett, New Glascow, Nova Scotia

“The Ready to Respond training was an excellent and effective tool to equip our church teams to support their communities in a time of crisis. It was a great first step as church teams considered the unique gifts their church has and how they can practically move forward with building a team and relationships with community, city and church partners.” - Sandra Tharakan, The Met Bible Church, Ottawa, ON

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Are you Ready to Respond?

Is your church ready? Are you prepared? Tell others in your church network about Ready to Respond so together, we can guide our country into a future where churches are not just prepared but actively involved in fostering a hope in times of disaster.

Email [email protected] to learn more and be beacons of hope and resilience when most needed.

Samaritan’s Purse Canadian Disaster Relief volunteers serving after a disaster

MORE WAYS TO GET INVOVLED

  • PRAY.Please pray for Canadians who have experienced loss, crisis or disaster. Please pray for our volunteers and church partners willing to provide compassionate relief to suffering people in Jesus’ Name. "Walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called ... bearing with one another in love." (Ephesians 4:1-2, ESV)
  • GIVE.Samaritan’s Purse Canada provides our services free of charge to help the families that we serve. Your generous support allows us to meet the needs of Canadians on the road to recovery in Jesus’ Name.
  • INVITE OTHERS TO BE INVOLVED.Tell others about our work so they too can help Canadians in times of need.