One billion dollars is relatively large sum of money. This represent sum of money in damages that the United States Government uses as a benchmark to measure the relative impact of a natural disaster. Such billion dollar disaster occurrences continue to increase with newer threats arising faster than the facilities of disasters preparedness available. These range from western states wildfires to raging Texas tornadoes.
You already know that the people most affected are already at the mercy of other vulnerabilities and risks long before the phenomenon strikes. You know that relieve to such people is determined by higher social forces. Such forces often determine the allocation of essential resources. These forces have the power to locate a levee or channel money to safe houses. This means calamities are most disruptive in areas where philanthropy is prevalent.
Philanthropic advanced activities like leverage, collective capacity and coalition building must kick in immediately disaster strikes. Experience and research has shown, however, that donations from the private sector including from foundations declines dramatically in six months. Donations are also quite poorly coordinated.
The 2011 framework on disaster recovery from FE MA provides a dramatic insight upon the social sector as a comprehensive system and its level of resilience. The framework pinpoints preparedness as key to continued survival and resilience from a calamity while stronger and intact.
The philanthropy sector needs to better prepare itself for a swiftly changing operating scenario. This scenario has basic infrastructures of accountability, law and opportunity under siege. Such a scenario measures recovery in years and not in months or cycles of elections.
The diverse and important functions played by donor foundations have been well documented. This documentation has a wide spectrum covering resilience, relief and recovery. We have many literature covering philanthropy and disaster providing how to guidance and instructions or who provided which funds for what. Analysis of this kind is published after years. Their findings are critical for insights into disaster funding organizations and their response regimens.
The experiences that disaster afflicted communities go through dramatically show how improved infrastructure data and a sense of urgency shared may accomplish. Any donor organization, which leverages its information effectively, plays a major role in bringing valuable resources and positive outcomes among afflicted communities. One example is Foundation Maps by The Foundation Centers, which is a grant tool available online. It provides sponsors or organization with a framework map that shares and defines in real time crucial data.
Disaster afflicted societies are the proverbial coalmine canaries irrespective of whether it is a West African outbreak of Ebola or a bankrupt Detroit. These all expose the underlying bedrock status of the society, its infrastructure and effects on the residents. Should a calamity hit, we all see ourselves as people. We all see our vulnerability as well as our fragility. In that particular instant, it is no longer them but us.
As the rate, scenery and degree of calamities goes up, the charitable sector must shift its focal point towards preparedness. It can start doing this through a shared sense of urgency and committing themselves to improving the data infrastructures. This way, first responders will be able to spring fast into action. They will assist communities self-organize long before others can mobilize.
You already know that the people most affected are already at the mercy of other vulnerabilities and risks long before the phenomenon strikes. You know that relieve to such people is determined by higher social forces. Such forces often determine the allocation of essential resources. These forces have the power to locate a levee or channel money to safe houses. This means calamities are most disruptive in areas where philanthropy is prevalent.
Philanthropic advanced activities like leverage, collective capacity and coalition building must kick in immediately disaster strikes. Experience and research has shown, however, that donations from the private sector including from foundations declines dramatically in six months. Donations are also quite poorly coordinated.
The 2011 framework on disaster recovery from FE MA provides a dramatic insight upon the social sector as a comprehensive system and its level of resilience. The framework pinpoints preparedness as key to continued survival and resilience from a calamity while stronger and intact.
The philanthropy sector needs to better prepare itself for a swiftly changing operating scenario. This scenario has basic infrastructures of accountability, law and opportunity under siege. Such a scenario measures recovery in years and not in months or cycles of elections.
The diverse and important functions played by donor foundations have been well documented. This documentation has a wide spectrum covering resilience, relief and recovery. We have many literature covering philanthropy and disaster providing how to guidance and instructions or who provided which funds for what. Analysis of this kind is published after years. Their findings are critical for insights into disaster funding organizations and their response regimens.
The experiences that disaster afflicted communities go through dramatically show how improved infrastructure data and a sense of urgency shared may accomplish. Any donor organization, which leverages its information effectively, plays a major role in bringing valuable resources and positive outcomes among afflicted communities. One example is Foundation Maps by The Foundation Centers, which is a grant tool available online. It provides sponsors or organization with a framework map that shares and defines in real time crucial data.
Disaster afflicted societies are the proverbial coalmine canaries irrespective of whether it is a West African outbreak of Ebola or a bankrupt Detroit. These all expose the underlying bedrock status of the society, its infrastructure and effects on the residents. Should a calamity hit, we all see ourselves as people. We all see our vulnerability as well as our fragility. In that particular instant, it is no longer them but us.
As the rate, scenery and degree of calamities goes up, the charitable sector must shift its focal point towards preparedness. It can start doing this through a shared sense of urgency and committing themselves to improving the data infrastructures. This way, first responders will be able to spring fast into action. They will assist communities self-organize long before others can mobilize.
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