{"id":2102,"date":"2021-04-12T09:46:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/voanews-features-disasters-religion-app\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T20:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:16:03","slug":"voanews-features-disasters-religion-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/voanews-features-disasters-religion-app\/","title":{"rendered":"VOANews Features Disasters &amp; Religion App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2021\/04\/Untitled-design-23-768x432.png\"\n          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groups play a critical role in responding to wildfires, hurricanes and other disasters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/episode\/new-app-helps-disaster-responders-deal-religious-communities-4652831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VOA News notes in a piece<\/a> about the <a href=\"\/new-app-equips-disaster-responders-to-better-help-religious-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disasters &amp; Religions app<\/a>. The app helps disaster professional and volunteers learn about different traditions so they can better serve the people they assist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/media\/3026356\/embed\" width=\"876\" height=\"493\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8220;It was really after [Hurricane] Katrina that there was a real realignment of understanding from the federal government side that faith communities were important actors in the disaster responses system and they needed to be part of the &#8216;whole community&#8217; approach,&#8221; CRCC&#8217;s Executive Director <a href=\"\/people\/brie-loskota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brie Loskota<\/a> told VOA News.<\/p>\n<p>The app\u2014developed by CRCC and the National Disaster Interfaiths Network (NDIN) and New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS)\u2014includes information about what various religious groups believe, what they can and cannot eat, their burial practices or shelter practices, said <a href=\"\/people\/peter-b-gudaitis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Gudaitis<\/a>, executive director at NYDIS, president at NDIN and a fellow with CRCC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/new-app-equips-disaster-responders-to-better-help-religious-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to learn more about the app.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/disasters-and-religions\/id1513405416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96509 aligncenter\" src=\"\/crcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2020\/10\/app-store-icon.jpg\" alt=\"download on apple app store\" width=\"30%\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/disasters-and-religions\/id1513405416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download on Apple App Store<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.crcc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96510 aligncenter\" src=\"\/crcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2020\/10\/Google-play-icon.jpg\" alt=\"download on google play\" width=\"30%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.crcc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download on Google Play<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious groups play a critical role in responding to wildfires, hurricanes and other disasters, VOA News notes in a piece about the Disasters &amp; 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