Disaster Philanthropy Lessons From The Playground

...time. On this bright beautiful day, however, the number of tumbles seemed oddly high. It was through watching these little ones trip, fall, and cry, that inspiration took hold. I...

Arts & Culture

Preparing for the Next Flood on the India-Nepal Border

...local Community Disaster Management Committee (CDMC) in Narsahi, Nepal, shows visitors the flood gauge that measures water levels to indicate imminent flooding. Credit: Lutheran World Relief In a flood, every...

A New Approach to Capacity Building

...computers, tablets, and smartphones. If you would like to learn how your organization can get involved in our efforts in Syria and throughout the world, please contact us at info@DisasterReady.org....

Listening in Times of Disaster

On Feb. 28, 2020, the closing day of the Feedback+San Juan summit, attendees discuss their plans to build feedback loops into their own work. (Photographer: Alonso Sambolín) In early 2020,...

Technology

...not “location aware.” For example, if a person with a WEA-capable device from Washington, D.C. were in southern California when an earthquake occurred there, they would receive an “Imminent Threat...

Disaster Relief in the Form of Resilience

...installation (solar plus storage is a requirement for these centers) costs between $150,000 – $300,000. Fulton County, Georgia is applying for funds from the Southeast Sustainable Communities Fund (SSCF) to...

Test Page – Playbook Resources Landing

Foundations and Donors Need to Look at Education Beyond Schools

...learning, defined days for cohorts of students, hybrid approaches, full virtual learning, extra tutoring and self-selected learning pods. How are teachers, with personal worries about health and family, to manage?...

COVID-19 – Culture Aid

...dignity, grace. In fact, we have a banned words list – ‘need, food bank, desperate’ etc.” CDP’s grant provided significant capacity-building support for Culture Aid. Chomsky-Adelson was still working at...