Disaster Relief Chartiy on the Ground as Super Typhoon Strikes Philippines - Press Release - Digital Journal

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Disaster Relief Chartiy on the Ground as Super Typhoon Strikes Philippines - Press Release - Digital Journal: WHO: Originally responding to a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit last month, international disaster relief organization, ShelterBox, is working in the Philippines as what meteorologists are calling the most powerful storm ever to make landfall approaches.

Philippines Typhoon Haiyan | Oxfam

Philippines Typhoon Haiyan | Oxfam: Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on 8 November 2013.

Around 42,000 families or 210,000 individuals have been affected and are staying in 562 evacuation centres in 22 provinces, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

- Felipe Ramiro, acting country director of Oxfam in the Philippines.

Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest ever, rips into Philippines - CNN.com

Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest ever, rips into Philippines - CNN.com: Super Typhoon Haiyan -- one of the strongest storms recorded on the planet -- smashed into island after island as it plowed across the central Philippines on Friday, threatening millions of people.

Super Typhoon Haiyan Threatening Heifer Farmers in the Philippines | Heifer International | Charity Ending Hunger And Poverty

Super Typhoon Haiyan Threatening Heifer Farmers in the Philippines | Heifer International | Charity Ending Hunger And Poverty: Super Typhoon Haiyan Threatening Heifer Farmers in the Philippines



UPDATE (9:15 p.m.):Preliminary damage reports are coming in from the Philippines, and while we are still awaiting word from country staff on how projects are faring, we know winds and rain from typhoon Haiyan are lashing eastern provinces, whipping up 12- to 15-foot waves, and felling trees in others. Communication lines were still operating out of Manila at 7 p.m. local time (9 a.m. in Manila), and we will provide updates on project participants as soon as we have them.

Hitting the Wall - For Marathon Charities, Numbers Are Slowing - NYTimes.com

Hitting the Wall - For Marathon Charities, Numbers Are Slowing - NYTimes.com: y this time of year, the height of fall marathon season, the e-mails have long piled up: marathon aspirants seeking charitable donations from family and friends to help them secure a spot in a particular race. On race days, charity logos on runners’ gear have become as ubiquitous as mile markers, an integral part of an event’s feel-good message of fitness and philanthropy.

4 Charity Lessons From Superstorm Sandy - Forbes

4 Charity Lessons From Superstorm Sandy - Forbes: t’s been a year since Superstorm Sandy killed more than 150 people, caused a million others in a dozen states to evacuate their homes and unleashed $65 billion worth of damage. So I thought this would be an apt time to review how charities served Sandy’s victims and see what lessons we can learn about making wise charitable donations when future disasters hit.

A Nonprofit Pushes to Make Legal Aid Key Part of Disaster Services - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

A Nonprofit Pushes to Make Legal Aid Key Part of Disaster Services - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Many people who suffered the wrath of Superstorm Sandy have spent the last year trying to make sense of a bewildering array of aid programs, fighting with their insurance companies, and scrambling to keep up with mortgage payments even as they make costly repairs.

Now the New York Legal Assistance Group, an organization that has worked hand-in-hand with storm victims to try to make the arduous road to recovery a little easier, is doing all it can to get charities, grant makers, and government to think about legal aid almost in the same way it thinks about the Red Cross: an essential nonprofit service that starts work right after a disaster strikes.

Tracking the Federal Sandy Aid Money One Year Later - NJ Spotlight

Tracking the Federal Sandy Aid Money One Year Later - NJ Spotlight: The Obama administration's $60.4 billion emergency funding request to Congress last December stated that part of the money for recovery and rebuilding should be used "to help the region prepare for future challenges, including future severe storms and coastal flooding, as well as impacts associated with a changing climate."

Displaced New Jersey Residents Not Impressed by Sandy Recovery Efforts, Survey Finds | PND | Foundation Center

Displaced New Jersey Residents Not Impressed by Sandy Recovery Efforts, Survey Finds | PND | Foundation Center: Displaced New Jersey Residents Not Impressed by Sandy Recovery Efforts, Survey Finds

Few New Jersey residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy a year ago feel they are close to full recovery, while most feel they have been overlooked by the state's post-Sandy efforts, a survey by the Monmouth University Polling Institute finds.

Perspective: How My Firm Saved Brooklyn Bridge Park From Sandy's Fury | Co.Design | business design

Perspective: How My Firm Saved Brooklyn Bridge Park From Sandy's Fury | Co.Design | business design: Perspective: How My Firm Saved Brooklyn Bridge Park From Sandy's Fury

Is 3D Printing the Future of Disaster Relief? | Motherboard

Is 3D Printing the Future of Disaster Relief? | Motherboard: But advocates for the technology say that it's only a matter of time before we're shipping raw materials and 3D printers instead of medical supplies to the site of a disaster. 3D printers are already being used in the medical field to create customized tracheal valves, umbilical cord clamps, splints, and even blood vessels. A group in Haiti is already using the umbilical cord clamps to show locals the potential for the technology. And it's only a matter of time before they get deployed in a disaster scenario, according to Thomas Campbell, a Virginia Tech professor and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Red Cross Agrees to Changes in Disaster Solicitations - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Red Cross Agrees to Changes in Disaster Solicitations - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Following criticism of its spending of Hurricane Sandy relief funds, the American Red Cross will make changes aimed at avoiding donor confusion over how it uses money raised in the wake of major disasters, the Associated Press reports.

Under an agreement with New York’s attorney general, the charity will modify the language of online appeals to give contributors more information about whether their gifts will go directly to victims of particular disaster or finance general Red Cross operations.

PHILANTHROPY 2173: Data-informed resiliency

PHILANTHROPY 2173: Data-informed resiliency: What data do cities already collect that, with the proper foresight and integration, could be useful in disasters? And how can they collect, use, and share the data in ways that protect personal privacy and that best serve the poor, infirm, and elderly (as opposed to discriminating against them)?

Alberta Flood Aid raises nearly 2.2 million dollars through benefit concert - Financial and Business News - MENAFN

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Alberta Flood Aid raises nearly 2.2 million dollars through benefit concert - Financial and Business News - MENAFN: CALGARY, Oct. 17, 2013 (Menafn - Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) --On Thursday, August 15, 2013, 32,000 music lovers joined together at McMahon Stadium in Calgary for Alberta Flood Aid, a star-studded benefit concert to raise much-needed funds for flood recovery in southern Alberta. Thanks to an enormous outpouring of support, nearly 2.2 million was raised.

This memorable night in music history, hosted by Brent Butt featured legendary artists including; Nickelback, Jann Arden, Randy Bachman, Tom Cochrane, Matthew Good, Colin James, Loverboy, Corb Lund, Johnny Reid, The Sadies, The Sheepdogs and Ian Tyson donating their time and services to contribute to the effort. TELUS funded the live, online broadcast of the concert for viewers across Canada free of charge.

Poor suffer digital deficit in disasters - Red Cross

Poor suffer digital deficit in disasters - Red Cross: In its annual World Disasters Report, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) charts the revolutionary impact of technology on humanitarian aid, but also explores the barriers to its adoption.

From text message warnings about coming storms and mobile apps telling survivors where to find relief, to online services that map needs in crises and digital collection of data on health or displaced families, the global expansion of mobile telephones and the internet has enabled two-way communication between people hit by disasters and the aid workers who help them.

Social media, crisis mapping and the new frontier in disaster response | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional

Social media, crisis mapping and the new frontier in disaster response | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional: Social media, crisis mapping and the new frontier in disaster response

During a crisis the large amounts of data produced can be overwhelming to analyse. Microtasking could help solve that problem by harnessing the power of the crowd

Record smashing swimmer Diana Nyad to swim laps for two days in Herald Square

Record smashing swimmer Diana Nyad to swim laps for two days in Herald Square: Swimming 110 miles from Cuba to Florida was apparently just a warm-up.

Beginning Tuesdayat 8:30 a.m., swimmer Diana Nyad will be swimming for 48 hours straight in a pool set up in Herald Square to support Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts while raising money for AmeriCares, the global health and disaster relief organization.

Report urges extreme weather superfund in wake of Sandy

Report urges extreme weather superfund in wake of Sandy: Escalating costs from weather disasters like superstorm Sandy and the recent Colorado floods show the need for a new national disaster relief and preparation fund, paid for with new revenue including a levy on atmospheric carbon emissions, according to a new report by the New Jersey-based nonprofit group U.S. Strong.

Wireless Developer Network

Wireless Developer Network: A unique SMS-driven fundraiser, has been launched in Russia under the banner “All Together”. The goal of the campaign is to raise funds for families hit by the floods in the Russian Far East. This event proved to be the biggest non-profit campaigns in Europe – more than 9.5 million people took part in it which allowed to raise more than US $ 23 million, and a considerable part of it was raised through SMS. The technical side of the fundraiser was handled by i-Free.

Lowe's Announces $500,000 Grant To First Response Team Of America - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee

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Lowe's Announces $500,000 Grant To First Response Team Of America - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee: MOORESVILLE, N.C., Oct. 4, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation today announced a $500,000 grant to the First Response Team of America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to working alongside local agencies to help save lives in the wake of destruction. Lowe's and the First Response Team are currently helping local families and communities recover from the recent flooding in Colorado. Volunteers are delivering critically needed cleaning supplies and assisting residents.