Disaster Ministry

A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

Disaster Ministry Honor is designed to help the pathfinder or adults to understand the need to be ready when a disaster occurs. Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95% of all deaths caused by hazards occur in developing countries, and losses due to natural hazards are 20 times greater (as a percentage of GDP) in developing countries than in industrialized countries. No matter what society disasters occur in, they tend to induce change in government and social life. They may even alter the course of history by broadly affecting entire populations and exposing mismanagement or corruption regardless of how tightly information is controlled in a society.

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster

(ACS) Adventist Disaster Preparation Manual

Family Communication Plan

Additional Links on Disasters