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Washington Interfaith Disaster Recovery Organization

"Restoring Ordinary Life"

An Organization of the Washington Faith Based Community
Serving Effectively When a Disaster Strikes

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Welcome to WIDRO

Washington Interfaith Disaster Recovery Organization (WIDRO) is a network of faith-based groups committed to collaboratively maximizing the deployment of our respective resources when responding to Washington State disasters.

WIDRO provides an essential and primary link for communicating key information and guidance among faith-based groups / individuals / communities following a disaster event. WIDRO also engages in disaster related education, preparation and mitigation efforts between disaster events.

WIDRO maintains a network of people and organizations from faith based and secular organizations willing to share information, experiences, resources and strategies.

During an active disaster event and  recovery activities, WIDRO will contact network partners providing services within impacted area and assess their potential capacity to respond.

Donate to Long Term Recovery Efforts

To enable WIDRO to fulfill its mission of assisting with long-term recovery from Washington State disasters, it is seeking financial support.

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Washington January 2009 Flooding

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ictures courtesy of the Welfare Department (Disaster Response)
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Click here for a Power Point slide show presentation showing the destruction of the December 2008 winter storms and the January 2009 floods. The slide show is courtesy of the Welfare Department (Disaster Response) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (File size 2.6 MB)

To view the Power Point slide show presentation you must have Power Point installed on your computer or the free Power Point viewer. Click here to download the free Power Point Viewer.

WIDRO encourages LTROs to share their disaster recovery stories and pictures with WIDRO.

The Faith Community Responds to Unmet Needs


 Photo ©2007 by Paul Henderson

How does a family recover from a disaster like  the December 2007 devastating storm? For most families, recovery will be based primarily on their own resources. But for a substantial number of survivors who either don’t have those resources already or who may not have access to the financial help they need, recovery will likely depend almost entirely on extensive assistance from the voluntary sector, and especially the faith-based community.

» Click here the rest of the story.
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