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About Maui VOAD
Maui VOAD
coordinates planning efforts of many voluntary organizations responding
to disasters. Maui VOAD member organizations reduce duplication
in services by getting together before disasters strike. Once
disasters occur, Maui VOAD encourages members and other voluntary
agencies to convene on site. This cooperative effort has proven
to be the most effective way for a wide variety of volunteers
and organizations to work together in a crisis.
Maui
VOAD serves member organizations through:
- Cooperation - creating
a climate for cooperation at all levels (including grass roots)
and providing information.
- Coordination - coordinating
policy among member organizations and serving as a liaison, advocate,
and Maui VOAD voice to Hawaii State VOAD. Education - providing
training, increased awareness and preparedness
in each organization.
- Leadership Development
- giving volunteer leaders training and support in building an
effective Maui VOAD organization.
- Mitigation - supporting
the efforts of Federal, State, and local agencies and governments;
supporting appropriate legislation.
- Convening Mechanisms
- providing seminars, meetings, board meetings, regional conferences,
training programs, and local conferences.
- Outreach - encouraging
the formation of and giving guidance to state and regional voluntary
organizations active in disaster relief.
Mission Statement
To facilitate
the provision of comprehensive services to the people of Maui
County in the four phases of disaster: preparation, response,
recovery, and mitigation, and to foster cooperation and coordination
among private, non-profit and government agencies.
The Mission
of the Maui (VOAD) shall be accomplished by achieving the following
goals:
- Prepare Maui VOAD
member agencies to respond to disasters by: *sharing and encouraging
inter/intra agency training;
* encouraging the development of individual agency disaster plans;
* developing agency profiles describing resources and services
that would be available in disaster preparedness, response and
recovery; and developing an emergency notification procedure.
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