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Data Responsibility Working Group (DRWG)
The Hague, NetherlandsThe Data Responsibility Working Group (DRWG) is a global coordination body working to advance data responsibility across the humanitarian system.
The time for theorizing is coming to an end. The need for action has arrived.
Digital Humanitarian Network
EuropeOutfit that organized digital volunteer deployments around humanitarian crises. No longer active in this regard, but still publishing reports.
Tracking Current Wildfires in the US
International Aid Transparency Initiative
Aid Effectiveness Team, Department of International Development, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G75 8EA, UKInternational Aid Transparency Initiative IATI is a global initiative to improve the transparency of development and humanitarian resources and their results to address poverty and crises.
In Cascadia 9.0, you play as several different characters to learn how to survive and thrive in this earth-shaking catastrophe!
Response Innovation Lab
UgandaDesigned to open humanitarian response to startups, social entrepreneurs, researchers, and other non-traditional actors capable of contributing solutions to the resopnse
Response Innovation Lab Iraq
Iraq (al-ʿIrāq)The Iraq Response Innovation Lab (IRIL) convenes actors around humanitarian problems faced locally through analysis and promotion of innovations and innovators.
In partnership with Google and Propel, GiveDirectly is automating cash aid to Propel users living in areas deemed damaged by satellite imagery
Flood Light
PakistanUshahidi instance crowdsourcing the flood-related data from the 2022 Floods in Pakistan.
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Flexport.org uses logistics as a positive force for social and environmental impact - enabling organizations to deliver global aid and meet their sustainability goals with greater ease and lower costs.
Aggie is an open-source social and online media aggregation tool designed specifically for monitoring events in real time.
Cine ce face (Who does what)
Romania”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.
A global forum to discuss and debate digital transformation within the humanitarian sector, with a focus on data protection laws and humanitarian protection, policy, ethics and action.
The Fellowship Program is a 6-month program supported by Code for Pakistan, the KP IT Board, and the World Bank, where a team of talented researchers, designers, community organizers, and developers collaborate to build apps, inspire citizen engagement, improve government, and show how to innovate in public services
Airbnb.org
888 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CaliforniaAirbnb encourages hosts to donate their shelter in times of need, and is now spinning the program out as a formal non-profit.
The Sage project will design and build a new kind of national-scale reusable cyberinfrastructure to enable AI at the edge.
European matchmaking site for mutual aid donations of all kinds
Humanitarian Data and Trust Initiative
Humanity Hub, Fluwelen Burgwal, The Hague, NetherlandsHow can humanitarian organizations, states, civil society, academia and the private sector join forces to maximize the benefits of technology and humanitarian data while minimizing the risks of doing harm?
Counting Us mobile app
575 Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021The Counting Us mobile app was developed by Simtech Solutions to automate the collection of data for the annual homeless census.
Information sheets for people fleeing Ukraine, in English and Ukranian
Ways to help Ukraine
Poland (Polska)A compendium of ways to help, in English, Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian language
Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map
Ukraine (Ukrayina)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.
Допомога (Dopomoha)
RomaniaCode for Romania's information portal for people fleeing war in Ukraine
Alerta de enchentes
Brazil (Brasil)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.
Agency
AfricaAt 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.
We improve the effectiveness of international development efforts by understanding and encouraging what works using rigorous, actionable and engaging evidence.
Centre for Humanitarian Data
Humanity Hub, Fluwelen Burgwal, The Hague, NetherlandsConnecting people and data to improve lives
Water Wazi
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)a portal of water-related data and information
A suite of tools for wildfire response and planning
Help your community recover from disasters. A free, easy-to-use website for organizing disaster relief.
OPEN DATA TODAY TO BUILD RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES TOMORROW
Another Google Doc: a growing list of mutual aid pandemic disaster care
Neon Air
ColombiaHEAVY LIFT AND MICRO UAV / UAS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE, INDUSTRIAL, CIVIL AND CONSTRUCTION
Google Person Finder helps people reconnect with friends and loved ones in the aftermath of natural and humanitarian disasters.
An online forum for community discussion
Perimeter
Bay Area, CA, USACollaborative, real-time incident response tool for first responders.
Development Seed is supporting the World Bank to identify dangerous housing in Colombia through the use of artificial intelligence.
Ushahidi
NairobiHelping people raise their voice and those who serve them to listen and respond better
This is an exploratory overview of current and upcoming sources of data, processing pipelines, and data products. It is aimed at helping non-experts explore and harness the unfolding revolution of Earth observation, with an emphasis on understanding current capabilities and project development considerations.
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.
Project Carola
BerlinContainerized Open-Source Mask Production Lines
Google Crisis Map
Mountain View, CA, USAA collection of national and regional-scale layers related to weather, hazards, and emergency preparedness and response, mostly for the US.
IDEO brings together technologists and social innovators to imagine new uses for these “flying helpers"
Code for Australia Foresight
Victoria, AustraliaForesight is a platform that layers complex datasets into one single source of truth.
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