10 Disaster Solutions to Know

With the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico and Florida, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, and flooding in Pakistan, many of us are wondering how best to help when disasters like these strike.

X4Impact's Tech Directory features over?50 products and services?contributing to disaster preparedness and response by processing donations, connecting those in need to food, shelter and other services, as well as coordinating first responders and volunteers. We've highlighted 10 of these solutions below.?

Read more about them to learn how you can support their efforts to mitigate the impact of disasters in the US and globally:?

American Red Cross Emergency App:?Free emergency app that lets you monitor for more than 35 different severe weather and emergency alerts and keep loved ones informed.?

Disaster Tech:?A veteran owned public benefit company providing decision-support technologies to save lives, protect the environment, and help build resilient communities.

Galaxy Digital:?Provides disaster management software for volunteer preparation, response, recovery, and seamless communication through all phases of disaster.?

GiveDirectly:?Allows governments, foundations, and individual donors to provide direct cash transfers to people impacted by poverty and disasters.?

GlobalGiving:?Connects nonprofits, donors, and companies in nearly every country in the world. Supports donations to specific relief projects.?

NeedsList:?Powers faster, more sustainable humanitarian action by aggregating and matching resource needs and offers in real-time.?

Perimeter:?A situational intelligence tool to aid first responders with incidents like natural disasters or COVID-19 by collecting all disaster data into a single platform.

re+collective:?Leverages human networks, data, and machine intelligence to close the last-mile disaster relief delivery gap and build long-term resilience for underserved communities.

RefAid:?A mobile app that connects migrants, refugees and those who help them to services provided by trusted organizations in their area.?

The Sahana Software Foundation:?Provides information management solutions that enable organizations and communities to better prepare for and respond to disasters.

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