2.4 Beneficiaries
The relief organizations develop two types of activities in aid of the victims. The first is related to the
relief activities in the short term, there is an effort to meet emergencies, focusing on providing products and
services to mitigate health risks and ensuring survival.
Then start up the development activities, where there is a long-term aid focused on self-sufficiency and
sustainability of the community. These activities include the establishment of services such as
transportation, health care, housing and food (Beamon & Balcik, 2008).
Clearly, time is a crucial factor in any relief operation. It is important that stocks come to the right place
at the right time so that victims are assisted (Pettit & Beresford, 2009).
Several agents contribute to a process of supporting the victims when they are in a vulnerable state. The
coordination of this process is not simple, because besides the practical issues you one needs to consider the
chaotic post-disaster environment with its many variables, involving losses of materials and lack of
resources that affect both physical and psychological part of those involved. To determine the critical
factors that assist in this process is of great importance for the future planning of logistics operations that
meet the immediate need of those affected are performed .