News Release
Christian Emergency Network was one of 16 key organizations recognized in the newly released Homeland Security Institute report showing how faith-based organizations (FBO’s) and secular nongovernmental organizations (NGO’s) stepped in when existing governmental disaster resources were overwhelmed in the historic national Katrina crisis.
“FBO’s and NGO’s undertook a surprisingly large, varied, and demanding set of activities with extraordinary effectiveness.” according to the HSI report issued to participants this week.
Full HSI report online.
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/hsireports/Herald_Unheard_Voices.pdf