Tag Archives: Domestic disasters

Responding to Sandy’s devastation across the Northeast

Posted on November 5, 2012 by World Vision social media team in Disaster Relief

* * * Donate Now * * * November 7, 3:50 p.m. About 25 employees from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) helped assemble more than 500 hygiene kits at World Vision’s warehouse facility in Pittsburgh today. The kits are worth about $8,000, paid for by UPMC. The kits will be shipped tomorrow to assist survivors of Superstorm Sandy. Molly Crooks, a UPMC senior associate in human resources, was among those who volunteered to do the kit build. “The most amazing part for me was that we wrote the personal notes that went into the kits,” Molly says. “The main message was that you are cared about more than you realize. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you...

UPDATE: Hurricane Sandy’s landfall and devastation

Posted on October 30, 2012 by World Vision social media team in Disaster Relief

Hurricane Sandy's landfall and devastation | World Vision Blog

Hurricane Sandy hit land Monday night and continued its trail of destruction along the U.S. East Coast. Swells of up to 13 feet and 80-mph winds have battered the New Jersey Coast and New York City. World Vision staff members are ready with emergency supplies for areas that have been hit hardest. Our teams have sent several hundred blankets and emergency kits from our Texas storehouse to be distributed to families affected by the disaster. World Vision will also have three rapid assessment teams in New New York, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia this week. As World Vision works to respond to people in need of assistance, our team members also face the challenge of being affected by the disaster...

PHOTOS: Witness to history

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jane Sutton-Redner in Disaster Relief, Stories

September 22 marks World Vision’s 62nd anniversary of serving children, families, and communities in need. World Vision photographs document the most tragic crises of the past six decades. Today, many of these places have seen healing and recovery, thanks to the work of nongovernmental organizations....

Mopping up again

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Laura Reinhardt in Disaster Relief

Eleven years ago today, in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Americans came together to support and care for those whose lives had been torn apart by the incredible tragedy. Today, in a similar spirit, Americans are coming together again to care for those left devastated by Hurricane Isaac, which swept across the U.S. Gulf Coast in areas severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina just seven years ago. Hear how people have reached out to care for their neighbors in the wake of the storm’s landfall nearly two weeks ago....

“We didn’t see this coming”

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Laura Reinhardt in Disaster Relief

Following Hurricane Isaac’s landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast last week, World Vision’s Laura Reinhardt headed to the region to report on our emergency relief efforts in the aftermath. Here’s a snapshot of what she’s seen and who she’s met....