Evacuteer.org gives presentation to delegation from Pakistan

NEW ORLEANS-A delegation of Pakistan relief workers traveled the U.S. visiting disaster-affected areas to learn more about the challenges and best practices in managing disasters.  Their visit, sponsored by the Department of State, US AID and the Pakistani Embassy, also included a service component with Evacuteer.org partner organization, Phoenix of New Orleans.

During their visit to New Orleans, they asked to meet with evacuteer.org Founder and Director Robert Fogarty to learn about the genesis of evacuteer.org, how the organization recruits volunteers, and how it assists New Orleans residents to evacuate for hurricanes in a safe and efficient manner. They also learned how evacuteer.org can be used as a model domestically and internationally to recruit and retain volunteers in emergency situations.

New Orleans, four years after the storm, has been an apparatus of social innovation, and organizations like evacuteer.org hope to export the knowledge and experience gained here to other cities in the United States and around the world.

Photos and text courtesy of Julie Plonk