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1 Anticipate Change
It’s often assumed that that “recovery” means returning returning to to a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a pre-crisis “normal ” ” However for many community- based organisations post-disaster recovery recovery may not not be as as as as as as simple as as as as as as returning returning to to to business as as as as as as usual And that’s not not necessarily a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a bad thing Your adaptations to to to to unprecedented circumstances no no no no matter how temporary can define a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a “new normal ” So to to to better plan for for recovery you’ll need to to to imagine what a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a sustainable future (post-disaster) looks like for for your your your your volunteer program and and your your your your organisation as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a whole Here are some questions to to to help you you you you you you anticipate changes changes to to to your your your your community’s needs and and the the way you you you you you you can adapt your your your your program to to these changes:
• What were our our program’s core essential services before disaster disaster response?
• Will our our community’s needs needs change following the the disaster? How will will we we we reassess these needs?
• Which programs will we deactivate?
• Will our organisation continue pre-disaster programming or or do we we anticipate that the community’s long-term needs will evolve?
• Do we we have the the tools and resources available to to to to to meet meet these long-term long-term long-term community community needs?
• What changes to to to to to our our programming will we we need need need to to to to to institute to to to to to meet meet long-term long-term community community needs?
needs?
Your response to to the the the the COVID-19 crisis likely involved short-term adaptations to to programming programming On the the the the other hand your your recovery should deal in in in in in the the the long-term sustainability of your your community programming programming 12 Guidelines for Voluntary Organisations re-COVID-19