ON GUARD FOR HUMANITY

Emergency pteparedness begins at the local community level

Partnerships for Success

On Guard for Humanity is a registered charitable organization that believes in giving but also believes that giving, if it is to be successful, must involve those in need as well.

Communities that look after themselves thrive and have the power to change the course of their destiny. AS a charitable organization, with limited financial resources On Guard for Humanity cannot do it alone.  It needs the cooperation of corporate and private donors, philanthropists, government’s and above all the communities that most need help. It has to be a two-way street.

On Guard for Humanity’s approach to community-building and self-sufficiency is to first discover the community’s resourcefulness. Survival is the most primordial of all human resources and yes, economic and sustainable value must also be created in the process. In doing so, research must be completed and ground rules established under which a project can be self-supporting and sustainable overt the long term.

Communities exposed to recurring natural and other disasters not only suffer from the tragic consequences of these disasters, loss of life, injury and economic losses, but they also affect the economy of these communities and their countries.

On Guard for Humanity works in tandem with local governments and needy communities on a community-by-community basis to ensure that an economical model can be built to make local communities thrive and where each member takes charge and assumes responsibility for their own wellbeing and safety.

This is achieved in collaboration with local government through the development and implementation of “Partnerships for Success” that emphasize planning, prevention, community and empowerment.  

When Value-added members and Volunters  work with us, they gain not only a world-class team of people to work with, but also a wealth of industry experience. Read about some of our curret projects and keep abreast of news releases as well as our regular newslertters and white papers and testimonials published from time to time.

Projects

1. The Toronto Volunteer Centre

Support our Volunteer Training Centre, where volunteers are trained and prepared to go out into the world to help people in need. The Centre will serve as our headquarters and warehouse equipment to respond to major natural and other disasters anywhere.  

2. General Disaster Fund

Support the acquisition and maintenance of equipment for search, rescue and recovery operations including shelter, water, food and medical supplies for victims of natural disasters, armed conflict and other catastrophic events anywhere.

3. South African Centres

Support our community building projects in new sub-economic residential areas; greening and lighting these suburbs, providing training on environmental responsibility, creation of crèches and care for the aged, family hygiene and medical care programs. 

4. Mozambique Centres of Excellence

Support us provide the tools needed to mitigate losses caused by natural disasters, while building sustainable communities with safe drinking water, irrigation for agricultural development and training including, family hygiene and medical care programs.       

5. Quito, Ecuador Emergency Preparedness Centre(s)

Support the establishment of local community based Emergency Preparedness Centres in Quito to assist local authorities in the event of a major disaster. Quito is surrounded by five active volcanoes and rests in a major seismic fault activity area

6. Restoring the Life of Victims of Land Mines  

Support our efforts to bring wheel chairs and provide computer skills of countless victims of land mines who have either been forgotten or marginalized by their own communities, so that they may regain their dignity and self-respect through employment.

7. The U N Reported 10.5 Million Refugees Under Their Care Early 2009.

A further 26 million “Internally Displaced People” (IDP) were uprooted within their own countries, the result of wars, ethnic cleansing, natural disasters, famine and poverty. Support our efforts providing shelter and aid to refugee camps worldwide

8.  Haiti Community Development Project

Develop emergency preparedness programs, provide search, rescue and recovery equipment including; monitoring systems and resources, temporary shelters and housing to meet local community needs in a sustainable manner.

9. Gulf Disaster Relief Project

Help restore livelihoods destroyed by the BP oil disaster. With job retraining programs so that people impacted may avoid financial ruin. Visit our News Release page for details. 

For more information on each of these projects, including white paparers either; write to us, see our frequent News Releases and Newsletters, available online.