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Network for Good Study of Disaster Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

million in charitable giving online through Network for Good in response to three major crises: the December 2004 tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and the Pakistan earthquake of October 2005. ?? This study is based on analysis of $24.5 Tsunami relief: 82,000 donations totaling $11 million for 124 charities ??

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Saving the World One Tech Innovation at a Time

Tech Soup

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. For example, basic SMS and telephone messaging are being used to educate students in remote areas of Pakistan, to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, and to raise funds for East African drought relief. Worst of all, many villagers will be injured or killed.

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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. For example, Hurricane Katrina, in August of 2005, presented as a once-in-a-generation disaster. That is no longer the case.