Project KID Mission

From a desire to draw upon and share what we have learned in the field with responders at all government levels and in the private sector, Project K.I.D. is committed to an ongoing mission of informing and spearheading coordinated emergency preparedness and response activities that will address the specific needs of children in times of disaster and devastation.

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Framing a New Era of Disaster Child Care

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  Disasters rend the fabric of community and family life in multiple tragic ways. When the primary social institutions supporting childrens well being are left in chaos in the wake of disaster, children become particularly vulnerable to physical and emotional trauma. One of the most critical challenges facing disaster responders and recovery agencies today is to attend quickly and with a well-considered advance plan to the special needs of kids in devastation.

PlayCare

Project: K.I.D. is organized around a very simple premise:  Play is at the heart of what it means to be a kid.  This means that as soon as possible in the wake of a disaster, children need protective, restorative environments where they can return to being kids.

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