GADRA activated its Emergency Operations Center in response to the February 22, 2024 fire at Bamenda Main Market in the North West region of Cameroon. By supporting the Community Creative Center a disability-led organization in the impacted region, GADRA is actively engaged in expediting disability resources not provided by other humanitarian aid supply chains.
Join GADRA in assisting disability-led organizations in Cameroon who urgently need our support today. Unlike other organizations, 100% of your donations will go directly to the Center for them to use in their disaster recovery. GADRA is committed to leave no one behind.
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Words from the Community Creative Center in Cameroon
Community Creative Center's Ask
Greetings from the Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration (GADRA),
Despite the difficulties and the devastation of the fire, Armelle has not lost hope and aims to have startup capital for income-generation activities like bringing in educational materials, vocational training tools, assistive devices like wheelchairs, and other resources tailored to the specific needs of the women served at the Center. To resume providing this essential service to the community, and recover from this disaster the Center needs $3,800 USD.
Looking forward, she hopes to establish a permanent location for the Center, no longer renting space, provide advocacy for the respec to rights, provide scholarship programs, offer counseling services, provide assistive technology (AT), and continue to conduct skill development for income-generating activities, facilitate identification, and referrals to health interventions. To build forward from this disaster and create a more resilient future for the community the Community Creative Center needs additional funding.
Following the GADRA Rapid Response Protocol we have begun seeking humanitarian relief resources from corporations and foundations seeking to provide direct assistance to disability-led organizations serving the immediate needs of people with disabilities in their community. Interested supporters are encouraged to visit https://gadra.communityos.org/ and click ‘Corporate Funders’ to make a direct connection to DPOs in need.
Experience has shown that in more traditional disaster relief, it rarely reaches local disability-led organizations. GADRA exists to fill this gap for DPOs. Community Creative Center is not looking for charity, they are looking for support to respond to their community now.
If you are a Corporation or Foundation wanting to be sure your humanitarian resources reach local disability led organizations, please let us help you make that connection. Whether you have been active with GADRA, or this is the first that you are hearing about us, we invite you to partner with us to accelerate disaster relief to where and how it's needed most. Please go to https://gadra.communityos.org/ to join GADRA as we accelerate disaster resources to Disabled Persons Organizations. For more information or support you may also reach out to GADRA@wid.org
Sincerely,
Global Alliance for Disaster Resource Acceleration Steering Committee
The World Institute on Disability, The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, ONG Inclusiva
About GADRA
Launched by WID, the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies and ONG Inclusiva in 2020, GADRA brings together Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) experiencing disaster directly with corporate and foundation humanitarian relief funding and resources where and when they are needed most. Thus far, GADRA has facilitated direct assistance to DPOs valued at over one million dollars (USD).
GADRA communicates with disability stakeholders in over 130 countries and has supported Disability Led Organizations in multiple countries experiencing crisis and disaster including Disability Leaders in Columbia, Haiti, Ukraine, Jordan, Pakistan, and Turkey, as well as in the US, in Puerto Rico, Texas and Louisiana.
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