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What is RI VOAD?
Building stronger partnerships through communication, coordination, collaboration, and cooperation.
Rhode Island VOAD is a coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the way communities prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the impacts of disasters. Through year-round collaboration, our members share information, build partnerships, and coordinate resources to better serve Rhode Island communities.
- Communication We develop and maintain effective channels for sharing information. Members and partners foster a climate of openness to promote regular sharing of information about and between our member organizations- their capacities, accomplishments, limitations and commitments. Members develop and maintain effective channels for sharing information, listen carefully to each other, and deal openly with concerns.
- Cooperation We work together to overcome challenges. Member organizations recognize that no single organization has all the answers for all the challenges that arise during disasters, and it is important to understand common goals for a community can be best achieved by working or acting together with a common purpose.
- Coordination We effectively utilize resources to help communities prepare and recover. Member organizations commit to working together, in a non-competitive manner, toward the goal of effective service delivery throughout the disaster cycle. Through careful planning and preparation, RI VOAD member organizations form tactical partnerships to work in a coordinated, predictive fashion to more effectively utilize resources to accomplish a set of tasks.
- Collaboration We identify common goals and create shared solutions. Member organizations establish shared goals and actively work together to achieve those goals, and undertake specific projects throughout the disaster cycle. Trust, mutual respect, and equal partnerships of community service providers are essential elements of our work.
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Resources
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Developed by RI VOAD, our members, and trusted partners to help organizations and communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.
