Emergency Response News Briefs
October 4, 2007 • Archive
CWS, UCC help launch September 11 worker registry
In the days following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, thousands of workers and volunteers flocked to the World Trade Center site to assist with cleanup. Many workers are encountering health problems from their service in the area of disaster, and CWS joined the United Church of Christ and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health to create a registry for those to help document their service as they face challenges in securing health care. Emergency Response Specialist (ERS) Joann Hale represented CWS at the September 11 kick-off for the registry.
CWS communications officer visits India, Afghanistan
ERP staff member Chris Herlinger is meeting in Chennai, India with counterparts on the Action by Churches Together communications team. While in India, Herlinger will examine a number of projects implemented by CWS partner, Church's Auxiliary for Social Action. Herlinger will also visit CWS-supported projects in Kabul, Afghanistan during his journey.
Martinez participates in roundtable
ERS Heriberto Martinez represented CWS at a roundtable luncheon in Austin Sept. 28. The United Way of Texas and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission invited Martinez to join in the discussion, "A Partnership Perspective for Working with Volunteers During Disasters."
CWS continues to lead training
The CWS ERS team continues to be called on by faith groups and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help lead training programs for newly-established long-term recovery groups. ERS Martinez is in Texas , training new groups working to respond to summer floods and examining project development opportunities with CWS partner agencies. ERS Hale led a training workshop for an Orange County, N.Y. group formed to meet needs following the upstate floods of the summer.
Material resources update
CWS has provided 15,000 CWS School Kits to ERP partner, International Orthodox Christian Charities for assistance to Iraqi refugees in Jordan; value: US$227,500