This list is under construction. Date of last update is 6 April 2000.

Voluntary and Non-Governmental Links

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

(A) includes policy and procedural guidelines for VOAD activities, VOAD history, by-laws, situation reports, information on and links to the NVOAD member agencies, and directory of state VOADs

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Division for Church in Society

(A) summarizes national and international disaster response activity from 1996 to date with specific situation reports for recent events and information on how international response is administered

United States Service Command, 35th Brigade (Virginia)

(A) provides organization mission and administrative and operational documents, goals, activity schedule, and incident critiques for the Virginia state unit of the United States Service Command

The Salvation Army International Headquarters

(A) explanation of the Salvation Army's mission and organizational structure - World News page includes information on current international disaster response by the Salvation Army

Salvation Army Omaha Emergency Services Team

(A) extensive list of emergency responses by a local Salvation Army disaster resposne unit with data and incident descriptions from 1975 to date and pictures of canteen vehicles and people

Mennonite Disaster Service

(A) mission statement, extensive history of the Mennonite Disaster Service, information on ongoing disaster response and archive of disaster news releases to 1998, guidance for donors

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Links on this page are checked at least quarterly. However, I have found that even governmental links change frequently. If you locate an address for an agency that does not have one, or if you find an error, please e-mail the contact address below.