Fulfilling Our Mission: Translating Your Compassion Into
Community Action
DSGEN200A
Fulfilling Our Mission: Translating Your Compassion
into Community
Action is a basic, entry level instructor-led course,
which introduces
potential disaster volunteers and members of other local
agencies to the
role of the Red Cross in the community's actions in preparing
for,
responding to and recovering from emergencies and disasters.
The purpose of this course is to enable participants
to translate their care
and compassion into community action, through a uniform
message. The
participants will be able to assess how to use their skills
and abilities to
strengthen the capacity of both the community and the
Red Cross to better
serve people affected by disaster. They will understand
the mission of the
Red Cross, the principles and values that support the
mission and the
expected behaviors of Red Cross volunteers and employees
in the
conduct of that mission and then will be given the next
steps.
Participants will be any potential disaster volunteers
and members of other
local agencies interested in supporting the role of the
Red Cross in the
community's actions in preparing for, responding to and
recovering from
emergencies and disasters.
Prerequisites
Required:
• None
Recommended:
• Introduction to Disaster Services (DSGEN201C,
Rev. 09/05)
The course can be completed in 3 to 3 ½ hours.
