
How to Become an International Disaster Volunteer
Description
Key Features
- Presents tactics from an emergency manager who has extensive international disaster volunteer experience
- Includes proven strategies that will help readers stand out to organizations
- Provides practical advice on how to prepare for chaotic disaster conditions
Readership
Emergency managers, disaster relief workers, public health workers, social workers, and others who would like to apply their skills in international relief work on a volunteer basis. Students interested in breaking into the international humanitarian aid sector and who want to try volunteering first
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Is Disaster Volunteering for You? The Rewards and Demands
- Abstract
- Five W’s and an H
- Potential Benefits
- Disadvantages
- Conclusion
Chapter 2. Finding and Choosing the Right Volunteer Organization
- Abstract
- Start Your Research
- Personal Readiness
Chapter 3. Developing Relevant Training and Education for Deployments
- Abstract
- Brief History of Disaster Response
- Recommended Training
Chapter 4. Preparation and Practice
- Abstract
- Preparing and Practicing for Your First Deployment
- Traveling
- Luggage
- Tents and Mosquito Protection
- Summing Up
Chapter 5. Predeployment Preparations
- Abstract
- Introduction
- International Travel
- Insurance, Documents, Phone, Medical Concerns
- Small Group Operations and Volunteering
Chapter 6. Psychological Readiness
- Abstract
- Mental Resiliency—Anticipate, Plan, Deter
- Conclusion
Chapter 7. On Deployment I: Setup, Operations, and Self-Care
- Abstract
- The Call … and the Tactical Pause
- Team Building
- Housing, Unpacking, Escape Route, and Rally Plan
Chapter 8. On Deployment II: Continued Operations, Winding Down, and Getting Back to the “Real World”
- Abstract
- Transportation and Recordkeeping
- Self-Care
- Building Relationships With Your Local Partners
- Packing Up, Lessons Learned, Leaving Stuff
Chapter 9. Postdeployment
- Abstract
- Coming Home
Product details
- No. of pages: 140
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 2017
- Published: February 27, 2017
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9780128045084
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128044636
About the Author
Michael Noone
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
Latest reviews
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Marcus B. Mon May 14 2018
The Book Everyone Wishes They Had Read
As an ED nurse with dozens of deployments, this is the book I wish I could have read before I started my passion of working as an International Nurse volunteer! Everyone considering working as a disaster volunteer NEEDS this book!