What Are Some Faith Based Disaster Relief Organizations?

GFA national missionaries are from the areas where they are serving, so they know the culture, people and needs better than an outsider would.[1]This gives them a clear advantage, which helps make GFA’s ministry effective. The national missionaries are trained in poverty alleviation and disaster relief, using solutions like education, vocational training and income-generating gifts to break the cycle of poverty. These actions give the survivors hope for their futures, which would otherwise be very disheartening in the event of a natural disaster.[2]

GFA missionaries asked Samita how they could help her, and her one request was quite revealing: “Please help me study and go to school.”[4] With no one else to take care of her siblings, she would have to drop out of school to find a job. GFA has programs specifically to prevent children from having to make that sacrifice. Samita is just one of the thousands of kids who lost friends and family in the initial earthquake or one of the hundreds of aftershocks. GFA workers were right there working with the traumatized kids. Four Sisters of Compassion spent time with them, playing games, giving them candy and just generally caring for them.[5]