International Medical Corps UK Navigation WHAT WE DO WHERE WE WORK Utility Nav DONATE GET INVOLVED You are here: PREPAREDNESS DEJENE & BULA'S STORY Helping communities prepare for future droughts and hunger in Ethiopia WATCH NOW breadcrumb navigation: PREPARING COMMUNITIES AGAINST FUTURE DISASTERS EMERGENCY PLANNING|DISASTER RESPONSE EXPERTISE|GLOBAL REACH The first 72 hours after a disaster strikes are when the most lives can be saved and life-threatening disease can most effectively be contained. Preparing communities in advance on how best to respond when the worst happens, offers the most effective, and efficient means to help people. For every £1 spent on training and preparedness before a disaster strikes as much as £7 is saved in the aftermath of the event. International Medical Corps helps to prepare communities through training programmes for local staff so they can respond better to future disasters. Working with communities, we develop emergency systems that cover the spectrum from household to national-level in order to reduce the impact of future disasters and, in the long-term, possibly prevent them. Every local health worker, community volunteer, and ministry of health civil servant trained by International Medical Corps represents a key building block in a county’s defence mechanism against disasters and suffering. This is why we often stay in countries long after the immediate crisis has passed, supporting communities and building capacity so that the next disaster will not be devastating. In Ethiopia for example, we have seen numerous droughts and food crises cause terrible suffering in the regions where we work. However, each time the skills and expertise that we have brought to health care workers and local communities reduces the impact of each successive crisis. International Medical Corps is widely recognised as a pre-eminent disaster response organisation with a global reach. Such work depends on trained, experienced personnel, and we maintain an active roster of experts with skills in emergency response operations. EXPLORE PREPAREDNESS OUR IMPACT AND WORK FILTER CONTENT BY ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE READ MORE TRAINED AND READY READ MORE ON HIGH ALERT READ MORE HURRICANE FLORENCE ALERT READ MORE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS SCALES UP EFFORTS AS THREE ADDITIONAL URBAN CASES OF EBOLA CONFIRMED READ MORE EBOLA RESPONSE EFFORTS RAMP UP AS VIRUS SPREADS AND CASE NUMBERS INCREASE READ MORE MORE JOIN THE FIGHT TO HELP THOSE HIT BY CONFLICT AND DISASTER AROUND THE WORLD. SIGN UP TO RECEIVE EMAILS FROM US. GET IN TOUCH International Medical Corps UK will send you emails about our work and how you can contribute to that work using the data you provide. You may unsubscribe at any point. Your data will be processed in line with our privacy policy. Footer Navigation ABOUT US CONTACT FRAUD ALERT JOBS MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT PRIVACY AND COOKIES PRESS RELEASES REPORTS VOLUNTEER Connect KEEP INFORMED International Medical Corps UK will send you emails about our work and how you can contribute to that work using the data you provide. You may unsubscribe at any point. Your data will be processed in line with our privacy policy. share this facebook icon twitter icon instagram icon linkedin icon Small Print Registered Charity Number 1093861 Registered in England and Wales as Company Number 04474904. Cookies & Privacy Policy. Our website uses cookies. By continuing we assume your permission to deploy cookies. You can read our cookies and privacy policies (updated May 25th 2018) here..