Global Relief’s vision:
- That surviving communities of disasters take ownership of their own emotional and physical reconstruction and reach out to others
- Vuzavusa (Vuza: leak, mourn; Vusa: rise up, blossom)
Global Relief’s mission:
- To respond speedily to requests from selected disaster-stricken communities by sending skilled people and resources at short notice.
- To continue relief efforts beyond the initial Search-and-Rescue phase, empowering the affected communities to take ownership of their own reconstruction.
Global Relief’s role:
- Facilitating professional volunteers to empower disaster-stricken communities to take ownership of their own physical and psycho-social reconstruction.
- To continue relief efforts beyond the initial Search-and-Rescue phase, empowering the affected communities to take ownership of their own reconstruction
Multi-disciplinary approach:
- Psycho-social
- Search & Rescue Support
- Medical and paramedical
- Engineering – structural, water, civil
- Institutional/Organizational
Why psycho-social?
- Expressed need not addressed
- When you are satisfied, your bucket is full
- The water represents your emotional well-being
- Trauma & shock can cause your bucket to start leaking
- Leak = Vuza (in Zulu)
- Vusa means to wake up & bloom (in Zulu)
Multi-phase approach
- Readiness phase
- Search and Rescue phase
- Continued emergency phase
- Reconciliation phase
- Resettlement phase
- Reconstruction phase
Cost structure
- Voluntarism
- Donations in kind as far as possible (E.g. air tickets, equipment etc.)
- Remuneration for volunteers serving for longer periods
- Office overheads, training etc.
Who is Global Relief?
- Board of directors (see list below)
- Section 21 company, no. 2004/020715
- Registered NPO, no. 039-990-NPO
- Maintaining skeleton staff of volunteers
Outcome
- >170 volunteers were facilitated to respond to Disaster stricken communities in these countries
- GRf made a difference in the lives of hundreds of survivors
- Relationships and Goodwill formed
Board of Directors
Loffie Schoeman | - CEO |
Dr. Jean Simonis | - Chief Operational Manager |
Gnl Job Ngema – Chairman Board of Directors | - Strategic Relations |
Mr. Murray Louw -Founder – (Civil Engineer) | - Assistant to CEO, Mobilizer |
Mrs. Patricia Molageng – (Social Worker) | - Networks |
Mr. Teo Louw- (Consulting Civil Engineer) | - Strategic Planner |
Mr. Pieter Strobos – (Consulting Structural Engineer) | - Engineering, infrastructure |
Mrs. Christine Louw – (Film Maker) | - Psychosocial, Research |