Wondering what it’s like to volunteer with our partner Camp Noah? Read on to learn from Claire Humphreys, a Child Life Disaster Relief member and child life student who volunteered with Camp Noah last summer. We expect to have specific dates/locations for Camp Noah summer 2020 soon, in the meantime, we are recruiting volunteers in […]
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In 2019, the Bahamas Ministry of Health and a US Coalition of Physicians initiated a request for psychosocial care for children affected by Hurricane Dorian. CLDR responded by deploying twelve CCLS who made over 1,000 therapeutic contacts with children over a four week period.
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The Greater Sum Foundation has named Child Life Disaster Relief (CLDR) as one of nine nonprofit organizations chosen to advance to a “final pitch round” in a competition for funding and services organized by the grant-giving Foundation! https://thegreatersum.org/2019-finalists The Foundation supports innovation in the nonprofit sector by providing funding, subject matter expertise, networking, and professional
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One of the most important factors in promoting resilience and positive outcomes post-disaster for children is the services and support they receive within those first few hours after a traumatic event. Unfortunately, this is also one of the largest gaps in disaster services for children; there are currently no nationally coordinated services directly focused on
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Camp Noah is a nationally recognized preparedness and resiliency day camp offered to elementary age children in communities impacted by a disaster or crisis. Child Life Disaster Relief is partnered with Camp Noah, and offers Certified Child Life Specialists and child life students the opportunity to get involved in camp this summer. To learn more
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Child’s Play Charities receives the Child Life Disaster Relief Impact Donor of the Year award. Their funding and their vision has had a significant impact on CLDR’s ability to help children and their families cope during natural and man-made disasters. In August of 2017, Child’s Play reached out to CLDR during the devastation of Hurricane
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