Emergency Response
CARE has a team of emergency professionals to assist in immediate relief and long-term rehabilitation for communities that are directly impacted upon by man-made or natural disasters. They provide communities with support, shelter, food, sanitation and health facilities in times of crisis, as well as working with those that are vulnerable to disasters to reduce their future impact.
In recent years, CARE has provided emergency relief to those affected by emergencies such as Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, post-election violence in Kenya, earthquake in Pakistan and the Boxing Day Tsunami.
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Famous quotes containing the words emergency and/or response:
“In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“Because humans are not alone in exhibiting such behavior—bees stockpile royal jelly, birds feather their nests, mice shred paper—it’s possible that a pregnant woman who scrubs her house from floor to ceiling [just before her baby is born] is responding to a biological imperative . . . . Of course there are those who believe that . . . the burst of energy that propels a pregnant woman to clean her house is a perfectly natural response to their mother’s impending visit.”
—Mary Arrigo (20th century)