what is disaster? explain function of government and non government functionaries
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A disaster is defined as a "sudden or great misfortune" or simply "any unfortunate event." More precisely, a disaster is "an event whose timing is unexpected and whose consequences are seriously destructive.
Governments have an inherent obligation to provide for the welfare of those who are governed by them. The government is expected to apply its assets to providing relief for those who are affected by the disaster. We expect the government to be familiar with the needs of the people who are affected, the area in which they live, and the resources that are available at the government level.
Governing bodies usually have offices of emergency services or emergency management as well as being connected to other governments of similar size and authority. As such, they have plans in place and can utilize government services without having to go through too many channels in order to access them.
Governments have access to funding that is not necessarily available to other organizations, so they can tap the reserves that are help for emergency situations. They also have a vested interest in restoring services to the affected areas in order to bring them back to full functionality because that is how they must be in order for the government to make money on taxes. If the businesses and the population are unable to pay taxes, the government is without funds for all of its needs. That makes disaster recovery a very high priority if the governing body wants to remain in power. Failure to provide services in a time of critical need makes the government look bad to the governed.
Organizations are not bound by some of the same restrictions as governments are bound. Faith-based groups may focus on the needs of those within the same faith. Some non-governmental organizations may focus on the needs of children, women, or people of a particular cultural heritage in their efforts to provide aid to them. These organizations may exclude others from receiving their aid whereas governments cannot pick and choose with the same freedom.
NGOs are organizations that are nonprofit making, voluntary and independent of government, engaged in activities concerning various societal and developmental issues. The role of the NGO's during a disaster is to have quick response and to try and save as many lives as it can with the given funds. NGO's have a faster response to situations because it does not need to clear paperwork. A study was undertaken in cyclone Aila affected areas in West Bengal on role of Non Governmental Organization on disaster management. The main role performed by the NGOs were providing relief materials, organizing health camp, involved in rescue operation, arranging temporary shelters and so on. The data were collected in the month of October 2013 to March, 2014 to attain the objective of the study. A total 150 respondents were selected purposively as the respondents. The data were processed into percentage, mean score and score gap. The findings of the study conclude that, the people of the disaster affected area should inform the details of the disaster sufficiently ahead. Friends and relatives followed by electronic and print media were the better source of information about occurrence of disasters. The study also found that the role of the NGOs in disaster management were providing relief materials, involvement in rescue operations, arranging temporary shelters; organize health camp and developing communication facilities. NGO also provided training and education to the children.
Governments have an inherent obligation to provide for the welfare of those who are governed by them. The government is expected to apply its assets to providing relief for those who are affected by the disaster. We expect the government to be familiar with the needs of the people who are affected, the area in which they live, and the resources that are available at the government level.
Governing bodies usually have offices of emergency services or emergency management as well as being connected to other governments of similar size and authority. As such, they have plans in place and can utilize government services without having to go through too many channels in order to access them.
Governments have access to funding that is not necessarily available to other organizations, so they can tap the reserves that are help for emergency situations. They also have a vested interest in restoring services to the affected areas in order to bring them back to full functionality because that is how they must be in order for the government to make money on taxes. If the businesses and the population are unable to pay taxes, the government is without funds for all of its needs. That makes disaster recovery a very high priority if the governing body wants to remain in power. Failure to provide services in a time of critical need makes the government look bad to the governed.
Organizations are not bound by some of the same restrictions as governments are bound. Faith-based groups may focus on the needs of those within the same faith. Some non-governmental organizations may focus on the needs of children, women, or people of a particular cultural heritage in their efforts to provide aid to them. These organizations may exclude others from receiving their aid whereas governments cannot pick and choose with the same freedom.
NGOs are organizations that are nonprofit making, voluntary and independent of government, engaged in activities concerning various societal and developmental issues. The role of the NGO's during a disaster is to have quick response and to try and save as many lives as it can with the given funds. NGO's have a faster response to situations because it does not need to clear paperwork. A study was undertaken in cyclone Aila affected areas in West Bengal on role of Non Governmental Organization on disaster management. The main role performed by the NGOs were providing relief materials, organizing health camp, involved in rescue operation, arranging temporary shelters and so on. The data were collected in the month of October 2013 to March, 2014 to attain the objective of the study. A total 150 respondents were selected purposively as the respondents. The data were processed into percentage, mean score and score gap. The findings of the study conclude that, the people of the disaster affected area should inform the details of the disaster sufficiently ahead. Friends and relatives followed by electronic and print media were the better source of information about occurrence of disasters. The study also found that the role of the NGOs in disaster management were providing relief materials, involvement in rescue operations, arranging temporary shelters; organize health camp and developing communication facilities. NGO also provided training and education to the children.
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