Life involves unforeseen events which one can only predict occurrence but not timeframe.  For the majority of the rural poor or homeless or disadvantaged families, living means simply planning for day to day or week to week.  Contingency planning is not part of life and thus, when natural disaster strikes, they are the most affected.  In some rural areas, help is not immediate or secondary due to lack of infrastructure to support trucks for delivery of relief from larger international relief or rescue NGOs.  

ACWP’s ERP offers aid and relief to areas where accessibility is more limited and with greater hardship due to lack of infrastructure.   In the event of natural catastrophe, ACWP's ERP (Emergency Relief Program) provides food, clothing, medicine and small monetary aid directly to children and families who were affected by natural disaster -  floods, typhoons, and hurricanes.

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Each year, Aid for Children Without Parents (ACWP) sets aside a portion of its budget in a discretionary fund for contingent response to crises and to provide emergency assistance to children and their families who are victims of natural disasters.   

Since immediate relief activities are best carried out by local groups, in some cases, ACWP relief efforts require deployment of our mobile health clinic (MHP) to disaster-hit areas to provide timely medical assistance to children and their families.  When necessary, ACWP refers eligible children to other ACWP programs for more intensive, long-term assistance.  Want to Help? Click Here

Emergency assistance may take in the form of:

• Immediate support in providing food and shelter;
• Restructuring of the area community's existing buildings (school, community center, home)
• Medicine and water

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