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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 have my go-to global organizations that do a great job at relief efforts on the ground, set up funds for long-term rebuilding, or do a terrific job of vetting local charities to support. How do you decide which organizations to support?

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Bookshare en Puerto Rico

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I am lucky to be able to contribute this passion to Benetech by providing outreach and membership support in Spanish to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? They took place in Las Piedras, Bayamon, Hormigueros, and Ponce.

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Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

The Verge

Loon has also provided internet services to areas affected by natural disasters, deploying balloons to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017 and to Peru following an earthquake in 2019. Teller says that Loon is working to place employees in other roles at X, Google, and Alphabet. “A

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

Puerto Rico “ earthquake swarm.” Puerto Rico experienced a series of earthquakes beginning in December 2019. We identified $791,176 to date in earthquake funding for Puerto Rico. Non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) staff deployment, coordination, and collaboration also needed to take place virtually.

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

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. And it worked really well in Puerto Rico - we’ve served over 3.6 We’d gone from 5,000 to 30,000 supporters over the course of a few months.

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Here are all of the companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator’s 30th Demo Day today

TechCrunch

RED Atlas: A platform for real estate insights and analytics, focusing first on Puerto Rico. Recoshelf: A computer-vision tool that lets retail employees use cameras to more quickly audit shelves, checking for things that are out of stock, in the wrong place or priced incorrectly.

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Philanthropy Cloud Adds New Volunteer Management Capabilities for National Volunteer Week

Saleforce Nonprofit

To celebrate the power of connecting volunteers with communities that need their support, we’re highlighting three organizations that are rallying thousands of volunteers to tackle issues like food insecurity, climate change, and mass vaccinations. . Serving Food and Friendship During Lockdown. When lockdowns hit the U.K.

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