Disaster Response

The Government will seek to:

• encourage international disaster preparedness in Wales and enable and support appropriate volunteering at times of disaster;
• support diaspora communities in Wales in their efforts to respond to international disasters in their homeland;
• support efforts to both encourage public donations to emergency appeals and channel individual and community effort most effectively.

Very many Welsh people are either heavily involved in humanitarian relief with major NGOs or volunteer their skills as and when they are able to do so.

There are a large number of individuals, organisations and businesses in Wales who, from time to time, engage in fundraising to support disaster and emergency response work. Several of the diaspora communities in Wales have been particularly affected by recent emergencies and responded accordingly.