🌍 IMSPARK: Ensuring Disaster Resilience for Vulnerable and Marginalized Communities 🌍

 🌍 Imagine... Ensuring Disaster Resilience for Vulnerable and Marginalized Communities 🌍

💡 Imagined Endstate:

A future where vulnerable and marginalized communities are prepared and capable of ensuring their safety during a disaster.

📚 Source:

Homeland Security News Wire. (19 August 2023). Hurricanes Have Become Deadlier, Especially for Socially Vulnerable.

🔗 Link:

https://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20230819-hurricanes-have-become-deadlier-especially-for-socially-vulnerable

💥 What's the Big Deal:

Envisions a future where disaster resilience is not a privilege but a right for all, especially the vulnerable and marginalized. It recognizes the unique challenges faced by people with impairments, who often find themselves in harm's way due to a lack of accommodations, medicine, and treatment. A future where vulnerable and marginalized communities are equipped to withstand disasters, with a particular focus on addressing the needs of people with impairments, ensuring they have access to accommodation, vital medicines, and treatment. This vision aims to create an inclusive future where everyone, regardless of their abilities, is protected from the threat of disasters.

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