Project Advises Congregations To Include Disability In Disaster
Planning
By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express
December 7,
2006
WASHINGTON, DC--The National Organization on Disability has
launched "Congregations Who Care - Prepare", a pilot project designed to help
congregations of all faiths to consider people with disabilities when they
design their emergency evacuation plans.
"Each person, with or without a disability, can reduce the impact of
disaster by taking steps to prepare before an event occurs," said NOD Chairman
Tom Ridge, who became the first Director of Homeland Security in 2001, in a
press release. "Congregations are a key partner for achieving this goal in our
nation's communities."
The project is a collaboration of NOD's Religion and Disability program
and its Emergency Preparedness Initiative, which was formed after the September
11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
"There is much work to be done, and congregations, which are trusted to
distribute reliable health and safety information, can be an invaluable ally in
promoting emergency preparedness," explained Ginny Thornburgh, Director of the
Religion and Disability Program.
More information is available on the NOD website.
Related:
"Congregations Who Care - Prepare" (National Organization
on Disability)
http://www.nod.org/congregationsprepare
---
Reproduced here under special arrangement
with Inclusion Daily Express international disability rights news service.
© Copyright 2006 Inonit
Publishing. Please do not reprint, publish or distribute without
permission. |
