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Part of harvest activities at the LDS Medford Pear Orchard, USA. Emergency Response is the part of the LDS Church's humanitarian efforts of which most people are aware. Funds and supplies in this area are used to help victims of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, tornadoes, and hurricanes, as well as other disasters such as wars or political unrest.
As of 2019, 633 humanitarian related projects were completed by the LDS Church, including 520 community projects, 74 wheelchair donation initiatives, 20 refugee response efforts, 12 emergency response initiatives, four maternal and newborn care projects, and three clean water initiatives. [8]
As of early 2011, LDS humanitarian and development work has been limited to a clean water project in Ngambe and Pong. Prospects for additional clean water projects appear high. Latter-day Saint Charities also partners with Relief International in providing support for improving healthcare and other basic services in the country. [8]
The Church has conducted 161 humanitarian projects since 1985 that have included activities such as clean water initiatives, community projects, emergency response, refugee response, and wheelchair donations. Most recent projects have focused on refugees. Large amounts of humanitarian aid were donated from 1991 to 1992 due to war in the region. [9]
The LDS Church has an extensive humanitarian program in Ghana. The projects have included drilling wells, building schools, working in orphanages, and distributing wheelchairs. They have also built health clinics and provided computers. Local members have organized projects painting streets and buildings.
The activities carried out by Helping Hands are diverse and include cleaning, maintenance, and repair projects for public spaces, collecting and distributing donations, [5] job market guidance, [6] health campaigns, and support for victims of natural disasters. [7]
The church has provided medical equipment and supplies and training for hospitals and individuals, implemented several clean water projects, implemented programs to help people struggling with drug and alcohol addictions, job training, education, as well as several other humanitarian service projects. The LDS Church continued to provide ...
Latter-day Saint Charities, the humanitarian arm of the church, has provided Hospitals and clinics, and disaster relief among other supplies and services. [10] [11] [12] In 2021, Latter-day Saint Charities provided a $20 million donation to UNICEF to provide vaccines to Belize and other countries. [13]