Disaster response and humanitarian tech
There's a long tradition of volunteer technologists rallying to aid communities in the aftermath of a disaster or humanitarian crisis. Many of the problems and solutions, such as managing skilled volunteers remotely, apply to other domains in the Civic Tech Field Guide. See also: Participatory Aid.
Humanitarian Knowledge Base
Airtable with tools for digital humanitarian work
Sahana Eden ASP
Sahana EDEN ASP is an open source humanitarian aid management application with a specific focus on refugee case management.
WeFugees
the first and only Multi-Stakeholder Question & Answer Community for refugee topics
Ushahidi
Helping people raise their voice and those who serve them to listen and respond better
Amnesty Decoders
Amnesty Decoders is an innovative platform for volunteers around the world to use their computers or phones to help our researchers sift through pictures, information and documents.
TechFugees
Techfugees is an initiative that supports the deployment of responsible technology products and services for and with displaced persons across the world. It also enables the creation and application o...
Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response
Wish you had a better way to make sense of Twitter during disasters than this? Type in a keyword like #ChileEarthquake in Twitter's search box above and you'll see more tweets than you can possibly re...
Google Crisis Map
A collection of national and regional-scale layers related to weather, hazards, and emergency preparedness and response, mostly for the US.
Code for Australia Foresight
Foresight is a platform that layers complex datasets into one single source of truth.
Vframe
VFRAME is a computer vision toolkit for human rights researchers
Code & Response (film)
A film about civic hackers and digital humanitarians responding to crises
Refugees United
REUNITE's family tracing platform helps refugees and displaced persons search, connect and communicate with their loved ones. Here is how we do it.
CanDo
Everyone a humanitarian
Humanitarian Data Exchange
Find, share and use humanitarian data all in one place
Facebook Safety Check
Crisis Response is a place on Facebook where you can find information about recent crises, use Safety Check to connect with friends and loved ones during a crisis, give or find help to people in the a...
Ignis
The system attaches to a drone, and drops small incendiaries known as “dragon eggs” from a safe height, at a much lower cost and personal risk than a helicopter.
Outreach Grid
Collaborate across agencies to combat homelessness at the Point of Work on one unified platform.
Perimeter
Collaborative, real-time incident response tool for first responders.
MapAction
An emergency map publishing system that supports humanitarian workers in the field
One Concern
Our platform provides unprecedented situational awareness and actionable insights for decision-makers.
Blockchange
An initiative to examine whether and how blockchain technologies can be used for social change.