cbm's 3-Step Disaster Plan
Step 1:
Save Lives – Food, clean water, shelter – people die without these
essentials. In the first response, we get these supplies locally – we
act as a life bridge until bigger relief agencies fly in.
Once they’re in, our job is to make sure people with disabilities don’t fall through the cracks of relief programs.
Step 2.
Prevent Disability – Diseases like cholera, trachoma, malaria, set in
quickly bringing high fevers that leave cerebral palsy and epilepsy in
their wake. Malnutrition, dehydration and inadequate shelters cause
blindness, physical and intellectual damage and long term disability.
We’ve trained community-based health workers to find sick children fast, and get them to our partner clinics for treatment.
Step 3.
Help Re-build Lives – One thing we know about disasters – they aren’t
over when the media camera’s pull out. They affect lives for years.
cbm is committed to being there for the long-term, helping people to
re-build their lives, learning to live with new disabilities, learning
new jobs, rebuilding infrastructure.