Registered charity: 1101593
Please help us cover the cost of our Haiti deployment
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We are a volunteer Search and Rescue Team providing disaster response, humanitarian relief and community resilience.
We recently deployed a team to Haiti. Please support us by making a donation.
Our team worked with the UN cells on the ground to establish a damage assessment coordination centre and worked with local authorities to establish a triage system to categorise the safety and habitability of damaged structures. A key part of our work is to train local engineers and provide them with clear guidance to continue this work over the long months ahead.
We deployed at the request of the Haiti Ambassador in London to provide immediate humanitarian relief and with a focus on leading the damage assessment phase. This is the next step beyond the rubble pile and aims to get people back into their homes where possible and begin the process to recovery.
We are a non-governmental charity that funds our work solely on the generosity of the donations we receive. A deployment of this nature is costly, especially when accounting for the necessary Covid quarantine upon return to the UK. Any support towards these costs is hugely appreciated and every single penny is spent directly on the deployment.
Please help us help those in need.
When disaster strikes, time is of the essence. It is therefore essential that the SARAID team is well trained, well equipped and able to deploy quickly to the site of any disaster both at home and overseas. When deployed, team members search through potentially hundreds of damaged and collapsed buildings in an effort to find survivors using a variety of technical skills, team work and specialist equipment.
We can move swiftly to the scene of the disaster and provide a comprehensive and effective service to those in need. Whether it's logistical, damage assessment, engineering, coordination, search and rescue, FPOS medical or humanitarian we have the expertise to assist.
We can only carry out our work due to the generosity of those who donate money in support of our charity. Sadly, as an organisation we face a continual struggle to raise funds. People rarely consider a charity such as ours until a disaster hits the headlines, even then many people send donations to the DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) as they see their advertisements on national prime time media.
We receive no government funding. Every penny we raise in donations is spent on essential equipment, insurance, training and transporting the team to disaster sites in order that we can help those in need.
Our volunteers do not seek thanks or recognition
Our volunteers are motivated only by their strong humanitarian principles. They work for and alongside communities impacted by major incidents and disasters. They are inspired and motivated by the resilience of people who are affected by severe disruption to their lives. Our volunteers have unreserved appreciation and respect for the innocent victims of disasters as well as immense gratitude for the people and organisations who support us so that we may assist them.
Our organisation is free of machismo and a hero complex. We are inclusive. We promote a diverse and inclusive culture where members are respected, heard, valued and connected to our success and growth. The diverse differences that enrich our organisation are key to our development.
