May 21-23, 2010

Churches on Fire International

Annual Conference

PARTNERING WITH NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGO)

Benefits:

• Common Mission – Serving others & meeting needs through the love of Christ

• Sharing of Resources (Synergy)– Manpower– Material– Expertise– Training

• Flexibility to tailor the partnership for level of involvement

Active CommunityTeams Servicing

PARTNERING WITH NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGO)

Active Community Teams Servicing

ACTS is unique in their means of providing humanitarian services. Specializing in training high school and college age young adults in the United States as well as abroad to empower others in “Growing Through the Gospel of Serving.” They add to that a balance of an equal amount of adult “First Response Teams” and local community volunteers as a way to unite our communities in help, hope and healing!

Mission Statement“Providing leadership to empower youth volunteers in serving as a way of sharing the love of God, especially during times of disaster.”

Motto“Empowering Youth in Serving.”

Vision“Integrating Youth Into Nation Building.”

PARTNERING WITH NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGO)

ACTS World Relief has the organization and operational structure to enable Churches of all sizes to participate on a Local, National or International level for Disaster Response, Community Care, Spiritual Care and Mental Health Care.

PARTNERING WITH NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGO)

Response Equipment

PARTNERING WITH NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGO)

Mobile Kitchen

PARTNERING WITH NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS (NGO)

Training

Partnership in Practice

Partnership in Practice

Background:

• Northland started a disaster relief outreach as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

• Recognized lacking in two key areas1. Training2. Relationships with local and state agencies

• Met David Canther and recognized that ACTS WR provided resources that complimented Northland’s assets, goals and abilities.

• A partnership was established developing a MOU – outlining how we would work together on a foundation of trust and faith.

Partnership in Practice

Current Status:

Northland is actively serving with ACTS WR in local and global deployments with volunteers from the following teams:

• Emotional and Spiritual Team• Community Care Team• Medical Care Team• Kitchen and Food Prep Team• Transportation and Maintenance Team

An integrated team returned from deployment to Haiti on May 1st after participating in the ACTS Train-The-Trainer program utilizing local Haitian men and women.

Partnership in Practice

Emotional & Spiritual Care

Partnership in Practice

Medical & Community Care

Partnership in Practice

Train – The - Trainer

Community Emergency

Response Team

CERT

COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT)

About: FEMA

CitizenCorps

CERT

• Educates and certifies in disaster preparedness

– Fire Safety– Search & Rescue– Disaster Medical Operations– Team Organization

• 224 Locations in the State of Florida

COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT)

Disaster Response

Search & Rescue

Medical Ops

Command Post