Helping After Natural Disasters: Please DON’T Do These 6 Things

Helping After Natural Disasters: Please DON’T Do These 6 Things

In the wake of natural disasters, well-intentioned donations and self-deploying can inadvertently hinder relief efforts. Annette Spence shares how to effectively support recovery initiatives while avoiding six common pitfalls in disaster response. When relief efforts began for Hurricane Katrina in 2005, people from all over the nation sent clothes to a crippled New Orleans—an unbelievable avalanche of used clothing. The Rev. Dave Henderson, Hols…