Empowering Communities And Saving Lives | World Cares Center

Empowering communities to save themselves!

World Cares Center’s mission is to reduce the harm, suffering, and loss caused by disasters through the empowerment of underserved, at-risk communities to prevent everyday accidents and react as educated and skilled ready responders when disasters occur. WCC believes that resiliency is best promoted when all facets of communities are prepared to respond to disasters together to mitigate their inherent risks, thereby reducing human and economic loss and suffering.

Everyone can be a Ready Responder!

TRAINING EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN CRISIS RESPONSE

Prepare-Training

World Cares Center delivers training forged in real disasters—not just classrooms. Backed by 25 years of frontline experience and informed by research and best practices from partners including NIEHS, OSHA, the CDC, leading universities, and emergency response agencies, our programs prepare people to perform safely, confidently, and effectively when lives are on the line. The Collaborative Disaster Volunteer Credential training program provides a solid foundation of knowledge for any disaster volunteer. Founded in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11th, the World Cares Center and its partners understand the need to train all types of volunteers to work together safely and with a common understanding of how things should get done. Often, grassroots groups do not have the resources to develop and deliver their own training, and this is where the Cooperative comes in. New members are encouraged to join this collaborative movement that improves our ability to work together, share resources, and reduce responder injuries.

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CONNECTING READY RESPONDERS

Ready Responders hold regular day jobs and live normal lives. But disaster strikes, they are prepared to help themselves, their neighbors, and their colleagues to recover and emerge stronger and more resilient. World Cares Center has combined two of its most powerful free tools into a one-stop resource to support Ready Responders locally and globally. The Ready Responder Hub serves as a virtual emergency operations center, engaging and empowering individuals and communities to work together and become resilient in the wake of disasters and crises. The site offers resources, facilitates discussion, and allows for relationship building, connecting traditional response agencies and corporations to individuals and hyperlocal communities. During times of crisis, the RRH provides a virtual outlet for experts not involved on-scene to provide advice and subject matter assistance to those on the scene.

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DELIVERING HOPE, LOVE, AND COURAGE

HOPE, LOVE AND COURAGE

The Hope, Love and Courage program was founded during the September 11th relief effort and offered at our community center, September Space, for rescue workers, disaster volunteers and survivors. World Cares Center, with two decades of experience in emotional resilience, mental health and art therapy, has created a guidebook for caregivers that includes a coloring book for affected children and a journal for young adults. These publications have been translated into several languages to help child survivors manage their trauma and grief. We deliver these workshop to survivors of disaster as well as to the Ready Responders that provide services in highly emotional situations. We are working with schools in the graeater NY/NY area and Jamaica post hurricane recovery, supporting Ukrainian refugees in our NYC Headquarters.

DISASTER RESPONSE

World Cares Center responds to the needs of communities impacted by disaster through a capacity building lens. Our highly training response team works with local leaders from the impacted area to customize our services meeting the needs of the impacted community. From pop up medical clinics, to distribution and training on water pruficiation systems, and our Hope, Love and Courage helating workshop for children and families, we are mentoring local students as we deliver services. This model ensures that when our team departs we are leaving behind the knowledge to help ones own community recover. The World Cares Center team remains connected through the Ready Responder Hub and return visits to provide follow on support.

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JOIN THE 9/11 DAY READY RESPONDER INITIATIVE

Honor September 11th Thourgh Service, Readiness and Learning Lifesaving Skills

Join World Cares Center during the month of September to commemorate and honor the resilient spirit of our 9/11 community. Through the Ready Responder Initiative learn about the history of 9/11/2001, the importantce of being trained as a Ready Responder, and learn Life Saving Skills including Hands Only CPR and Stop the Bleed. You too can be a Ready Reaponder. This program is generously supported by 9/11 Day and AmeriCorps. To schedule a training at your school, club, place of work or organization contact us.

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