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Three Ways To Help Support Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has been ten days since Hurricane Maria has devastated the Island of Puerto Rico. I usually take a three-prong strategy for disaster relief. As we watch reports of a disaster, we can give directly to people on the ground. Here’s my giving strategy for Puerto Rico. Where should be donate?

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

The year 2020 was an astounding year for disaster philanthropy, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. i What did the remaining $223 million in disaster aid address? The numerous other disasters and humanitarian crises occurred or continued to occur that year—events that were overshadowed by the pandemic. . Syrian refugee crisis.

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Visionlink’s Volunteer Registry Deployed for Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

VisionLink

Volunteers can identify the disaster event they would want to volunteer for. If you would like to volunteer the system is currently accessible from the following sites: For Texas: [link] For Puerto Rico: [link] For U.S. Due to the ongoing uncertainty of Hurricane Irma, other states will be added as necessary.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding Support underfunded areas of the disaster lifecycle. In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

Using the expertise of its Chef Network, WCK works to empower people to be a part of the solution with a focus on health, education, jobs, and disaster relief. Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California.

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. The Surprising Truth About Disaster Donor Fatigue – guest post by Alson Carlman, Global Giving. Disaster relief organizations have been working around the clock to respond to seven catastrophic disasters in the past two months. It will surprise you.

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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

We are particularly pleased to support those partnerships that weave 2-1-1 operations into a more holistic effort, such as when integrated with elder care, homeless management, or disaster response. 2-1-1 is an easy to remember phone number that connects individuals with resources in their community.