About Disaster Response

Disaster Response is one of our Five Focus areas at IDES. Our response includes anything from refugee aid, house repairs, food and supply distribution, emergency funding, debris cleanup, shed distribution, and so much more!

IDES US Disaster Coordinators travel wherever disasters may strike, helping people put back the pieces of their life following a disaster. Our staff and volunteers are there to help find a little hope in the mess of things.

If you have any questions about an event please email us at volunteer@ides.org.

The Logistics:

Deployment dates will be from Sunday to Saturday, with an arrival time frame listed, if you cannot arrive during that time frame we ask that you reach out to either the point of contact for that site or our Volunteer Coordinator.

Work will be provided Monday through Friday with exceptions made for weather. IDES partnering church will provide housing for volunteers, you will need to provide bedding.

Your group will be responsible for their own food, but we will provide ways to prepare the food (stove, microwave) as well as some refrigeration. We do ask that each group bring a cooler if possible.

After the work week (M-F), your group will be free to leave on Friday, however; housing will be provided until noon on Saturday.

What volunteers need to provide:

• Bedding (sleeping bag or air mattress, etc.)

• Food for the week

• Toiletries

• PPE

• Clothing & Shoes (work-site appropriate)

• Cooler(s)

What IDES will provide:

• A place to sleep (host church)

• Work

• Foreman

• A kitchen for them to cook (that usually has general cooking tools)

Things volunteers may like to bring:

• Personal tools that they may like better

• Bible