Volunteers Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD) means one or coalition of (usually not-for-profit) Second Responder organizations in the United States. These groups voluntarily help survivors after a disaster. Over the past 44 years, the VOAD movement has grown to include more than 100 Member organizations.
Mobile County VOAD seeks to ensure the availability of needed resources and services and to encourage uniform, impartial provision of these resources and services. Mobile County VOAD is established as a network for organizations who desire to work together to reduce the effects of disasters and promote the rebuilding of lives and communities after disasters. Our network of non-profit agencies and faith based organizations are bound together through the belief in the key tenants of the National VOAD:
- Cooperation
- Coordination
- Communication
- Collaboration