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.
Airbnb encourages hosts to donate their shelter in times of need, and is now spinning the program out as a formal non-profit.
In January 2022, CIR launched the Eyes on Russia project to collect and verify videos, photos, satellite imagery, or other media related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The goal of the project is simple: to provide the world with timely and reliable information concerning the impact of Russia's invasion on Ukraine and its people.
A compendium of ways to help, in English, Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian language
Connecting people and data to improve lives
REUNITE's family tracing platform helps refugees and displaced persons search, connect and communicate with their loved ones. Here is how we do it.
Amnesty Decoders is an innovative platform for volunteers around the world to use their computers or phones to help our researchers sift through pictures, information and documents.
Collaborate across agencies to combat homelessness at the Point of Work on one unified platform.
Our platform provides unprecedented situational awareness and actionable insights for decision-makers.
An initiative to examine whether and how blockchain technologies can be used for social change.
Find, share and use humanitarian data all in one place
Foresight is a platform that layers complex datasets into one single source of truth.
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.
Direct Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.
Building an open data commons of health facility data with OpenStreetMap
the first and only Multi-Stakeholder Question & Answer Community for refugee topics
A collection of national and regional-scale layers related to weather, hazards, and emergency preparedness and response, mostly for the US.
HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.
Google Person Finder helps people reconnect with friends and loved ones in the aftermath of natural and humanitarian disasters.
Collaborative, real-time incident response tool for first responders.
Fostering solidarity networks against the COVID-19
Helping people raise their voice and those who serve them to listen and respond better
Wish you had a better way to make sense of Twitter during disasters than this? Type in a keyword like #ChileEarthquake in Twitter's search box above and you'll see more tweets than you can possibly read in a day let alone keep up with for more than a few minutes. Wish there way were an easy, free and open…
An emergency map publishing system that supports humanitarian workers in the field