1.9C Modifying loss

• Role of NGOs:

  • help local government responded to the disaster
  • provide funds
  • coordinative search and rescue
  • help develop reconstruction plans
• Short-term aid:

  Advantages

  • Reduces death toll by saving lives and keeping people alive until longer-term help arrives

  Disadvantages

  • High cost
  • Difficult to distribute in isolated areas
  • Emergency services are limited and poorly equipped in developing countries
• Advantages

  • Reconstruction can 'build in' resilience through land-use planning and better construction methods

  Disadvantages

  • Very high costs
  • Needs are quickly forgotten by the media after the initial disaster
• Emergency aid:

  • provide food, clean water and temporary shelter