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Making Disaster Relief and Economic Recovery Our Business
Mission
To mobilize the resources of the international business community to rebuild the lives and livelihoods threatened by natural and man-made disasters.
Indonesia Earthquake
The Disaster Resource Network is mobilizing resources for the victims of the earthquake that struck Yogyakarta, Indonesia on May 27, at 5:54 am – the worst disaster to strike Indonesia since the earthquake and tsunami of 2004 affecting the region of Northern Sumatra.
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Goals To increase the impact of corporate contributions to disaster relief and recovery efforts by helping companies target more money, goods and services to unmet needs and by assuring accountability.To create Emergency Teams that deploy business know-how, human resources, equipment and technology at the request of the United Nations to speed the flow of live-saving supplies and improve coordination of relief and recovery efforts.To stimulate business participation in long-term economic recovery efforts through national and regional coalitions with government and community agencies that are responsive to local needs, create jobs, assure accountability, and reduce future disaster-related economic risks.
Vision
The vision of the Disaster Resource Network (DRN) is to make it easier for businesses to donate talent or in-kind goods and services to disaster relief and recovery operations in developing countries and to ensure that their help is delivered in a coordinated and effective manner.
History
Coinciding with the 2001 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, an earthquake devastated Gujarat, India. Forum members in the engineering, construction and logistics fields were ready to put their resources to work but found there was no established mechanism for getting this help to relief workers on the ground.
Faced with this, Forum members recognized that as global corporate citizens, the private sector must do more than simply fund relief organizations. In their view, business should proactively participate in a multi-sector effort to prevent and mitigate the effects of disasters.
In response, Forum members established the Disaster Resource Network (DRN) – a point of contact and coordination for companies that want to provide support to disaster management efforts in developing countries.
The DRN Today
The DRN, a Swiss non-profit private foundation (registration # CH-660-1202003-6), coordinates the donations of goods and pro-bono services contributed by members of the World Economic Forum. The in-kind donation of time and administrative expertise from these corporate executives keeps overhead costs to a minimum. The DRN solicits additional financial and in-kind support from companies around the world that want to make a difference when disaster occurs.
In just three years, through its global alliance of business partners, the DRN has contributed resources to humanitarian relief efforts on four continents. Its work demonstrates how much can be accomplished when in the face of disaster business is organized to effectively dispatch assistance to the site.
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Friends of the Disaster Resource Network
The DRN is pleased to announce the formation of Friends of the Disaster Resource Network, a New York City-based not-for-profit organization founded to provide and foster assistance for disaster relief and recovery activities around the world. Friends of the Disaster Resource Network, which is currently applying for 501(c) (3) tax-exempt status, will benefit from the service and expertise of the following Directors:
Mr. Robert Bellhouse, President and Executive Director
Steven William Lawry, Vice President
Director Management Services, Program Division
The Ford Foundation
Tracy Sayegh, Secretary
Planner
Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates, Inc.
Planning and Real Estate Consultants
Fred Moavenzadeh
James Mason Crafts Professor of Engineering Systems
Director Centre for Technology, Policy & Industrial Policy (CTPID)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Linda Rodman, Nonprofit Manager
Contact Information
If you have questions about the Disaster Resource Network, please contact:
World Economic Forum at drn@weforum.org
Disaster Resource Network at info@drnglobal.org or katrina@drnglobal.org
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