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There's a long tradition of volunteer technologists rallying to aid communities in the aftermath of a disaster or humanitarian crisis. Many of the problems and solutions, such as managing skilled volunteers remotely, apply to other domains in the Civic Tech Field Guide. See also: Participatory Aid.
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Ushahidi instance crowdsourcing the flood-related data from the 2022 Floods in Pakistan.
”Cine ce face” is an information project through which citizens can get a clear and accurate picture of the roles of various institutional actors in case of an emergency.
Airbnb encourages hosts to donate their shelter in times of need, and is now spinning the program out as a formal non-profit.
European matchmaking site for mutual aid donations of all kinds
A compendium of ways to help, in English, Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian language
The Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map is a crowdsourced effort to map, document and verify information in order to provide reliable information for policymakers and journalists of the on-the-ground and online situation in and around Ukraine.
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.
A suite of tools for wildfire response and planning
Building an open data commons of health facility data with OpenStreetMap
HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.
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