Disasters

Question 1

List five different types of natural disasters.

Answer 1

An avalanche, cold snap/wave, drought, flood, earthquake, heatwave, landslide, lightning strike, limnic eruption, storm, tsunami, typhoon (cyclones/hurricanes/tornadoes), volcanic eruption, and wildfire.

Question 2

List five different types of man-made disasters.

Answer 2

Bioterrorism, civil unrest (riot/stampede), famine, fire, global warming, hazardous material spill, industrial accident, nuclear & radiation accident, power failure, terrorism, transport accident, and war.

Question 3

What percentage of people killed or impacted by disasters live in poor communities?

Answer 3

92%.

Question 4

Tearfund is a member of the HAP. What does this abbreviation mean?

Answer 4

Humanitarian Accountability Partnership.

Question 5

Tearfund is a signatory of the Code of Conduct of which three organisations?

Answer 5

Tearfund is a signatory of the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief.

Question 6

Cite three principles from this Code of Conduct.

Answer 6

The code includes principles such as accountability, building capacity, dignity, impartiality, participation, and reducing vulnerability which are reflected in Tearfund’s Quality Standards.

Question 7

What does the abbreviation DEC stand for?

Answer 7

The Disasters Emergency Committee.

Question 8

Give two achievements of the UK Aid Match Appeal in 2019 (Pakistan Plastic Project).

Answer 8

£8.9 million was raised!
10 recycling hubs can now be built in Pakistan.
The excess funding means that recycling hubs can be built in two additional countries.

Question 9

What has Tearfund achieved in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe since Cyclone Idai struck in March 2019?

Answer 9

68,871 people have received much-needed food supplies.
50,000 people have received essential items such as buckets, chlorine tablets, jerry cans, and soap as a part of our WASH work.
We are supporting the people of this region with crucial things like food, water purification and hygiene kits, seeds and fertilisers, as the process of rebuilding livelihoods and hope begins.

Question 10

What has Tearfund achieved in Indonesia following the earthquake and tsunami in September 2018?

Answer 10

We’ve helped more than 21,600 people.
Along with emergency food and freshwater, Tearfund has provided communal latrines and bathing units, along with special kits, allowing families to put together their own temporary shelters.
We carried out similar emergency work on another Indonesian island, Sumatra, providing food, healthcare, cash, and vouchers for 1,700 people.
We have brought in experts to teach local builders how to build earthquake-resistant houses.

Question 11

Give the abbreviations for two other bodies from which Tearfund receives funding.

Answer 11

DfID, ECHO, & OFDA.

Question 12

How many people were helped through our disasters work in 2018-2019?

Answer 12

1.2 million people.

Question 13

What is our aim in our disasters work?

Answer 13

Ensuring communities affected by disasters receive life-saving assistance, recover quickly, and are better equipped to face and respond to future hazards.

Question 14

How many countries in 2018-2019 used Tearfund’s “Disasters and the local church” guide to emergency management?

Answer 14

20+ countries.

Question 15

How many people were helped by our disasters work between 2006 and 2016?

Answer 15

13 million people.

Question 16

Tearfund’s “Disasters and the local church” guide has a four-stage model for helping communities with disasters. What are these?

Answer 16

Emergency response, rehabilitation, mitigation, & preparedness.

Question 17

What examples are there of fast-impact disasters?

Answer 17

An avalanche, cold snap/wave, flood, earthquake, glacial-lake burst, heatwave, landslide, lightning strike, limnic eruption, storm, tsunami, typhoon (cyclones/hurricanes/tornadoes), volcanic eruption, and wildfire.

Question 18

What examples are there of slow-impact disasters?

Answer 18

Drought, displacement, famine, water-logging, & long-term conflict.

Question 19

What is the aim of emergency response?

Answer 19

The aim of emergency response is to meet the immediate and basic needs of the people who have survived the disaster – such as food, water, clothing, shelter, medical care and emotional security.

Question 20

What is rehabilitation in the context of disaster management?

Answer 20

Rehabilitation includes the actions taken to rebuild a community once the emergency response stage has passed. It may last for weeks or months after a disaster. Rehabilitation can include repairing houses, restoring basic services (such as water and sanitation), and helping people to start earning a living again in a way that makes them less vulnerable to future disasters.

Question 21

What is disaster mitigation?

Answer 21

It is possible to take practical action before a natural hazard strikes a community to reduce the potential impact of the hazard on it so that the risk of a disaster is reduced.

Question 22

What is disaster preparedness?

Answer 22

Preparedness is a set of activities preparing for the impact of a hazard –activities that will help community members to cope and to recover. When a community is doing preparedness work, it has to assume that a hazard will hit the community soon!