Rotarian Disaster Alert –

FLOODS AND CHOLERA

 

THE DISASTER RELIEF ROTARIAN ACTION GROUP (DRRAG): WWW.RGHF.ORG/DRRAG

September 11, 2008

 

Dear Colleagues:

 

            Tsunami, Katrina, 9/11, Myanmar, Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes, etc.

All of the above illustrates the need for the Disaster Relief Rotarian Action Group (DRRAG). 

 

Please read and learn about the onset of cholera in disasters. Learn that human excrement is a weapon of mass destruction - and devastating diseases follows disasters and that the aftermath of a disaster is a communicable disease paradise.  Click here: www.rghf.org/drrag

 

When a natural or other disaster occurs, Rotarians most often wish to work with Rotarians.  Moreover, rather than send a ‘check’ to the Red Cross or C.A.R.E.  -  Rotarians want to be immediately and intimately involved and to take action.

 

We (DRRAG) are a very new Rotarian Action Group and our purpose is to provide the opportunities for response.  Moreover to also enable Rotarians to effectively participate in disaster management preparedness, response, recovery, and rebuilding worldwide and to educate, help, save lives, reduce suffering and foster fundamental humanitarian principals and world peace.

 

There are an average of 600 major disasters every year in the world and thousands of minor ones.  If Rotarians want to be in the disaster "business" it must begin with each Rotarian and their Clubs and then involve near-by Clubs, District(s), Zone(s), RI and DRRAG. 

 

Rotary disaster operation must be triggered by local clubs, districts or zones, because those onsite will be the only ones who will know how to navigate the system and have the pre-established contacts in place to act effectively and efficiently.

DRRAG will provide a worldwide structure for Rotarians to participate effectively in disaster response and recovery that will be both a timely emergency response to victim needs and long-term help in furthering and assisting recovery.  Our focus will be on information sharing and referral. No agency can handle all the world’s disasters and we know that Rotarians wish to work with Rotarians and DRRAG is in a position to bring Rotarians together.

 

Click here: www.rghf.org/drrag

Then click on the flashing new icon.

Please pass this alert forward to your clubs and districts

 

Rotarians, I invite you to join us, to work with us and to bring your unique talents and interests to this rapidly growing ‘Action Group’.   We have included an application form on page 21 of our newsletter.

 

Sincerely,

Eddie</ div> Haiti: Flash appeal seeks USD 107,71 4,621m for actions within 6 months
after hurricane season
Source :  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date :  10 Sep 2008
URL : http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7JCGZV?OpenDocument
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Sri Lanka: UN, NGOs to pull out from north
Source :  Integrated Regional Information Networks
Date :  10 Sep 2008
URL : http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7JCGGQ?OpenDocument
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Chile: Heavy rains affect over 80,000, thousands still isolated in the
south
Source :  IFRC
Date :  10 Sep 2008
URL : http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/KKAA-7JC2X9?OpenDocument
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Haiti: Strengthening aid delivery urgently needed as flood victims mount
Source :  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date :  10 Sep 2008
URL : http://www. reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7JC2C7?OpenDocument
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Togo : la Croix-Rouge assiste 10 000 victimes isolées des inondations
Source :  ICRC
Date :  09 Sep 2008
URL : http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VDUX-7JBT2H?OpenDocument
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Somalia: Northeastern villages facing starvation
Source :  Integrated Regional Information Networks
Date :  09 Sep 2008
URL : http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7JBH8V?OpenDocument
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India: Disease kills children in flood camps, emergency 'far from over'
Source :  Save the Children
Date :  09 Sep 2008