How You Can Help?
Get Trained
During a disaster you may need to look after yourself and your family for at least 3 days. SmartStart: Personal Disaster Preparedness workshops help you prepare.
Consider taking First Aid training! Learn how to call 9-1-1 in your language to get help or learn what you can do to save a life! SmartStart: Community Access to First Aid instruction is available in *14 languages or ESL.
*Currently in ESL, French, Cantonese, Mandarin, Farsi, Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Korean, Vietnamese, Dutch, German, Arabic, and Amharic.
Volunteer as a Personal Disaster Preparedness Trainer in your Community
This program relies on the time and talents of dedicated volunteers who love teaching, believe in “Being Prepared”, and speak another language fluently or have ESL teaching experience. You can help by joining the team and committing to teach as a volunteer – all training is provided and you will be supported as you gain experience.
Organize a Personal Disaster Preparedness class
If you belong to a community group, teach an ESL class, provide care or have a group of interested friends then we can arrange a class for you! This 2 – 21/2 hour workshop is designed to meet your needs. The instructors teach in one of 18 languages, and are trained to adapt the content to suit the group so what you learn will be of practical value in your life today.
Workshops are conducted at your meeting place and the volunteer instructors will try as much as possible to fit your schedule.
* Currently available in Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, Dutch, ESL, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese
Don’t wait for something to happen – call the Red Cross today…
Donate to support SmartStart: Personal Disaster Preparedness
Red Cross wants everyone to know how to be prepared and what to do in a disaster, so these special workshops are offered free of charge. Corporate and individual donations are vital for the continued success and growth of this needed program. Please donate today to help us train volunteers, provide materials in first language and support our volunteers in making our communities safer and more self-reliant. Make your cheque payable to the Canadian Red Cross - SmartStart: Personal Disaster Preparedness.
Thank You!
Questions?
To find out more, please contact Kenny Leung, SmartStart: Multi-lingual Injury Prevention Program Coordinator at 604.709.6650 or kenny.leung@redcross.ca.
