What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, April 10

Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis

Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis

New CDP grants address food security, affordable housing in wildfire-affected Lahaina

Four Ways Funders Can Respond to Tragedy

...of other organizations. Orlando victims are commemorated in front of the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland on June 13, 2016. Credit: Mi?o??NieWyklucza (Own work) CC BY-SA 4.0 The call was...

Why Donors Should Take the Long View

...the process because it’s necessary and because it works. The long view on disasters is essential because too often, attention fades in a mere month, even from U.S. disasters. Yet...

Can disaster philanthropy close the humanitarian gap?

...be found at: http://webtv.un.org. And please let me know if you have questions about the Summit you’d like me to address. I look forward to providing further insights from Instanbul....

Recovering from Christmas Floods

...and the Salvation Army of Jefferson County, received a grant of $69,095.71 to hire, train and supervise a full-time, long-term disaster recovery community coordinator (DRCC). The DRCC will work to...

Flooding in Texas – How Funders Can Help

...recorded more than 130 high-water rescues between Oct. 30 and Nov. 1. Elsewhere in the state, two tornadoes touched down and caused low-level damages, an estimated 16 inches of rain...

Complex Refugee Crisis Presents Need for Flexible Funds

...countries around Syria – Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan – aren’t going away. Politically, the situation is complex because of the number of nations involved. In Lebanon civil tension has grown...