The Duties Of Disaster Relief Ministry

By Estela Bolton


Disaster relief ministry refers to an organization whose activities are directed towards charity. The beneficiaries of the charitable activities are those people that are faced by disaster. This disaster may be in many different forms.

Some areas may undergo drought during some times of the year. The people in these areas suffer a lot. The members become extremely thin and weak. They become so helpless that they cannot indulge in anything productive because they may not have the energy to do so. As a result the population generally just suffers in all manners since without food people can do very little.

A very affected category is that of young children. These ones become very sick and weak since the immunity of young ones is much more delicate. They suffer from several deficiencies associated with nutrition. A good number of them end up dead. The plants on the other hand all dry and no single one thrives on that soil. All animals also die and people are left helpless.

Under these circumstances, the relief organization provides the appropriate relief. The most immediate may be that of supplying food to those areas with deficiencies. The food given is usually of high nutritive value and the kind that can restore their energy very first. They are also given medical services for those that might have fallen sick as a result of the calamity. As a long term solution, the people are educated on how to grow drought resistant crops. These crops are the kind that can thrive so well in dry areas and provide adequate food for the people.

Another very common calamity that befalls people is that of floods. This may happen to those people living at the shores of great seas. It may also happen to those individuals living in areas that normally experience very heavy rain. These great capacities of water may lead to sweeping away or total submergence of homesteads. These is usually the greatest tragedy, because the individuals have to start worrying about how to get new houses and new facilities since all their property has been swept away by water.

In these circumstances, the bodies concerned with provision of relief must prioritize accommodation facilities. If they have enough money, they may build them relatively permanent structures. But in the very initial stages, majority is hosted within tents that are rather temporary. During the event, they may also bring in facilities that are usually important in salvaging people and their property from such places.

Since their property might have been totally damaged, they may be provided with basic commodities. These include food, shelter and clothing. They also may be given land in safer places to practice some economic activities such as agricultural activities and later on manage to construct their own houses. These institutions may even offer to fund all these development activities.

Disaster relief ministry is a ministry whose services are very fulfilling. They make the people offering help happy because through them, others can at least afford a smile. The recipients of the help also live forever grateful to this ministry for helping them settle down when they did not know where to begin from.




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