The LDS Church's 2025 Caring Report documents 569 emergency relief projects worldwide in a single year — separate from the 3,514 ongoing humanitarian projects. The Church pre-positions supplies in regional storehouses so shipments can be dispatched within hours of a disaster declaration, with ward-level volunteer organization mobilizing on the ground.
This isn't a one-time response — it's a repeatable infrastructure built on bishops' storehouses, pre-staged supplies, and a global ward-based volunteer network designed for rapid mobilization. Independent reports have documented LDS relief teams arriving before the Red Cross or Salvation Army in multiple disasters.
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