Preparing for disaster Community Aid Abroad believes that we must do more than respond to emergencies when they hit. That's why we also work in many countries on disaster management, helping communities to become better equipped for natural or political emergencies. A disaster is any event that is beyond the means of the individual, family or community to respond or cope.
All disasters are complex events.
If this complexity can be reduced, a disaster becomes less severe and thus less traumatic, disruptive and damaging. Community Aid Abroad tries to consider both of these aspects in our local, country or regional planning or review processes. Disaster management involves either trying to eliminate or diminish the hazards likely to be caused by a potential disaster, or trying to make a community less vulnerable to disaster including by developing early warning systems. In planning disaster preparedness, Community Aid Abroad analysis the risks in any situation and plans programs accordingly. Global warming, land degradation, globalisation and increasing populations are only a few of the issues which are forcing more and more people to live in increasingly marginal areas.