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).
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.
A pilot project to help provide a quick housing response during an emergency
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.
Join a global network of digital volunteers helping us research and expose human rights violations.
An initiative to examine whether and how blockchain technologies can be used for social change.
Direct Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.
A film about civic hackers and digital humanitarians responding to crises
IBM-sponsored challenge for creating and deploying open source technologies to tackle some of the world's biggest challenges
Foresight is a platform that layers complex datasets into one single source of truth.
"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
Fostering solidarity networks against the COVID-19
Google Person Finder helps people reconnect with friends and loved ones in the aftermath of natural and humanitarian disasters.
Find, share and use humanitarian data all in one place
The Humanitarian Information Dashboard (HID) tracks and analyzes community views and humanitarian related data during emergencies.
Airtable with tools for digital humanitarian work
The system attaches to a drone, and drops small incendiaries known as “dragon eggs” from a safe height, at a much lower cost and personal risk than a helicopter.