Disaster response and humanitarian tech
Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid
- ec.europa.eu
- Adjacent Fields, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Get funding, Tech for public challenges, The People
The prize will be allocated in separate awards of €1 million each in 5 distinct thematic areas: shelter and related assistance, water, sanitation and hygiene, energy, health and medical care, other forms of humanitarian aid (open category).
European Commission, Rue Philippe Le Bon, Brussels, Belgium
Agency
- www.agency.ngo
- Adjacent Fields, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Social impact design firms, Tech for public challenges
At Agency, we ally with civil society organizations in Africa and Latin America, along with their partners and networks, to advance the resilience and future preparedness of the ecosystem.
Africa
Airbnb Open Homes
A pilot project to help provide a quick housing response during an emergency
888 Brannan Street, San Francisco, California
Alerta de enchentes
- enchentes.infoamazonia.org
- Adjacent Fields, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Tech for public challenges
The Floods Alert is a pilot platform currently available only in Portuguese that informs on the risks of flooding of rivers in the Amazon region.
Brazil
Amnesty Decoders
- decoders.amnesty.org
- Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Media and social media analysis, Pro bono and volunteer
Join a global network of digital volunteers helping us research and expose human rights violations.
Blockchange
- blockchan.ge
- Blockchain, Civic tech catalogs, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Government transparency, Tech for public challenges
An initiative to examine whether and how blockchain technologies can be used for social change.
2 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Bots for Charity
- botsforcharity.com
- Artificial intelligence, Bots, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Emerging Tech Organizations, Emtech, Fundraising, Get funding, High-tech civic tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
Direct Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.
Direct Relief, 6100 Wallace Becknell Road, Santa Barbara, California 93117, USA
Code & Response (film)
- www.austinjpeck.com
- Adjacent Fields, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Learn about civic tech, Shows and films, Tech for public challenges, The People
A film about civic hackers and digital humanitarians responding to crises
Code and Response challenge
- developer.ibm.com
- Adjacent Fields, Challenges, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Get funding, Tech for public challenges, The People
IBM-sponsored challenge for creating and deploying open source technologies to tackle some of the world's biggest challenges
Code for Australia Foresight
- codeforaustralia.org
- Adjacent Fields, Data visualization tools and platforms, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Govtech, State and regional government technology, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
Foresight is a platform that layers complex datasets into one single source of truth.
Victoria, Australia
Disaster Relief by Amazon
- www.govtech.com
- Adjacent Fields, Build something, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Help out, Pro bono and volunteer, Tech companies with civic teams, Tech for public challenges, The People
"A five-member team of Amazon product and program managers connecting with nonprofits worldwide and are ready to respond to requests for resources during a disaster." - GovTech
Seattle
EnPremiereLigne.fr
- enpremiereligne.fr
- Coronavirus, Coronavirus Engagement Projects, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Humanitarian aid and crisis response, Resource matching and sharing, Solidarity networks
Fostering solidarity networks against the COVID-19
France
Google Person Finder
- google.org
- Adjacent Fields, Check-in tools, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Humanitarian aid and crisis response, Tech for public challenges
Google Person Finder helps people reconnect with friends and loved ones in the aftermath of natural and humanitarian disasters.
Humanitarian Data Exchange
- data.humdata.org
- Civic data, Civic tech catalogs, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Humanitarian aid and crisis response, Learn about civic tech, The People, The Tech
Find, share and use humanitarian data all in one place
Humanitarian Innovation Dashboard
- github.com
- Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Dashboards, Data visualization, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
The Humanitarian Information Dashboard (HID) tracks and analyzes community views and humanitarian related data during emergencies.
Humanitarian Knowledge Base
- airtable.com
- Adjacent Fields, Civic tech catalogs, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Learn about civic tech, Tech for public challenges, The People
Airtable with tools for digital humanitarian work
San Francisco, CA, USA
MapAction
- mapaction.org
- Civic data, Data visualization, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Mapping, Mapping platforms, The Tech
An emergency map publishing system that supports humanitarian workers in the field
Oxfordshire, UK- 1
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