groups helping those getting back on their feet after the quarter. mark we heard from manisha about pakistan and the food packets. what is the red cross doing to organize all of the efforts? the red cross is having an international group on the ground here for more than 50 years. they have more than 5,000 volunteers since the earthquake struck. now, the model, the way the red cross works is based in the community. volunteers will be from the communities where they are working. that is not just in kathmandu, but areas outside the kathmandu valley. it is hard to reach. what are the things that people need the most right now? we are seeing pictures of rescues still underway. we know people need food they need clean water. in many cases, you have families
the american red cross who joins us from oklahoma. the red cross, as you know, sir, was actually founded on this very day may the 21st back in 1881. it is somewhat fitting, i guess, that you face the task that you do on this day. it is. and i checked my call tendar fo lot of things today but missed that one. thanks for pointing it out. it is a source of pride for all of us involved in the red cross. indeed. now, there was a knphoto tweete out today of the oklahoma city office of the red cross. and, of course, there s a massive crowd of people showing up. there it is. to lend their hand to help. how long to ydo you think the rd cross will remain in moore? how long do you anticipate it will take for this community to be whole again? well, we re early on when communities like this need help, and that s really the first line that the red cross is responsible for. so you see us early, but we stay here for a good long time.
so hopefully we ll get some good news in the next couple of days as they get back in touch with their friends and loved ones. as you mentioned, the life church, one of the largest evangelical congregations in the country is taking in supplies for the purpose of donating them to anybody who needs them. milissa rehberger, thank you. coming up, too many heroes to count. now an outpouring of support for the residents of oklahoma. it is are much the american way. stay with us. for your loss.
ef-5. right. there s nothing really you can do to protect the actual physical structures in the homes and so forth. i think one of the questions, though, that will be asked is, was there enough done to make sure that people, not the structures, but people had safe places to go? and i particularly am interested in what the analysis is going to show about the level of preparedness in the schools, martin. because these areas where there are lots of children, children are very different than adults. they need different kinds of responses. they can t think or act for themselves. they need adults around them. they really need the safety of safe rooms that i don t think were necessarily in place in the schools that were affected. this is, you know, potentially something of great interest because the community, as you pointed out, has been through this before and you would think that those wake-up calls in 93, in 2003, would at the very least compel communities and governments to make sure
is to text the word red cross to 90999. just a $10 donation. super easy. really fast. and you know that that money is going to work right away to help out the people here in moore and all over the united states. we ve had a lot of tough challenges whether-wise and otherwise around the state, and the red cross has been at all of them. indeed it has. and do you share the view of craig fugate that even though people may be well intentioned, may want to provide any kind of help, that actually driving to the area is not the most helpful thing to do? bringing food and supplies also not the most helpful thing to do? yeah, one of the great things about the way the red cross works, those donations we get allow us to buy the materials we need right here in moore or in other cities and they re all a little bit different. and we know people want to do something right away. you know, i ve seen people come in with a trailer of water and, you know, soft drinks and milk