Disaster Response Taiwan Project #55580

Help Taiwan Vulnerable Families Facing Emergency

by The Mustard Seed Mission

Project Report | Oct 20, 2022
Earthquakes Response in Taiwan

By You Ting-Ting | Project Leader

Several 6 magnitude strong #earthquakes occurred in #Hualien and #Taitung in these two days, causing serious disasters such as the collapse of buildings in the urban area.

The Mustard Seed Mission (MSM) immediately launches disaster relief work in Hualien and provided food, daily supplies, and emergency relief funds. Besides, MSM opened its space in the Vocational Training Center as a temporary shelter for the affected families and people, caring for and accompanying people in the disaster area through difficult times.

Torbors Chyuan, director of the Social Assistance Department of MSM, said that MSM has a professional team responsible for community disaster prevention and relief services. On weekdays, the team is not only committed to cultivating the community’s response strategies to face disasters and organizing community disaster relief teams to simulate drills, etc., but also keeps abreast of any disaster situation at any time and provides immediate and nearby services through the community mutual aid network.

In response to the earthquake, the social worker drove a food bank transfer ven to Hualien and Taitung overnight with sufficient supplies for the post-earthquake responses. In addition to providing supplies to the people in the disaster area, MSM also provided emergency relief funds for affected people to apply for.

The relief funds will be issued to affected people after social workers finish the assessment. MSM’s Vocational Training Center in Hualien also became a temporary shelter for the affected people during the earthquake.

MSM reminds people immediately find a safe place to cover and take shelter on the spot when the earthquake shakes. Besides, MSM encourages people to prepare family disaster prevention kits and disaster prevention hoods and plan the ways to protect themselves in advance, and firmly secure items and furniture in their house.

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