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The institute provided field-based training and continuing professional education to ADRA staff around the world. By the year 2000, the APLI program was used as a model by the Food Aid Management members as an example of "best practices for local capacity building." The model was well received by Africare, World Vision, and others. [11]
Operation Blessing International was founded on November 14, 1978, by businessman and televangelist Pat Robertson. [3] Its stated purpose is to assist people facing challenges by connecting their needs, such as clothing and appliances, with donations from viewers of The 700 Club.
In 1998, the plan to establish a federally operated site to train civilian emergency responders was put into motion using facilities already in place at Fort McClellan. This training facility would be called the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP). The conception of the CDP can be traced back to the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway.
The Disaster Academy included workshops focused on teaching staff how to take charge in an emergency, navigate the workings of FEMA, create recovery plans, handle trauma response and more.
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The National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (National VOAD, or NVOAD) is a coalition of the major national voluntary organizations in the United States that have made disaster-related work a priority. National VOAD member agencies provide skilled direct services along the continuum from disaster prevention and preparation to ...
2014 – Charity Navigator ranked Direct Relief number one in its 2015 list, "10 of the Best Charities Everyone's Heard Of", and a "four-star" charity with a 99.94/100 charity score overall. [95] 2015 – Fast Company named the organization among "the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Not-For-Profit". [96]