NewsChallenge: Networks Winner Caitria ONeill
Winners: Caitria O’Neill, Alvin Liang and Morgan O’Neill
Twitter: @recovers_org
Oneliner: To help communities recover from disasters by creating a dashboard that acts as a central hub for recovery efforts.
Summary: When a tornado touched down in her Massachusetts yard, Caitria O'Neill and her neighbors struggled to match the sudden wave of resources with massive community needs. While large aid organizations can deliver significant resources, in each disaster untrained local volunteers must help structure unofficial resources long-term. O'Neill and her sister Morgan O’Neill teamed up with engineer Alvin Liang to create Recovers.org, and to build and deliver web tools and local hubs for disaster recovery efforts. Their online organizing platform, located at [townname.recovers.org], can be launched before or immediately after an event, to turn interest into aid. Already their platform has helped turn the spike in interest post-disaster into money, items and volunteers in five communities. Post-disaster launches are pro-bono, but the team licenses the software to areas interested in preparing and enabling the community's response.
NewsChallenge: Networks Winner Caitria ONeill
Winners: Caitria O’Neill, Alvin Liang and Morgan O’Neill
Twitter: @recovers_org
Oneliner: To help communities recover from disasters by creating a dashboard that acts as a central hub for recovery efforts.
Summary: When a tornado touched down in her Massachusetts yard, Caitria O'Neill and her neighbors struggled to match the sudden wave of resources with massive community needs. While large aid organizations can deliver significant resources, in each disaster untrained local volunteers must help structure unofficial resources long-term. O'Neill and her sister Morgan O’Neill teamed up with engineer Alvin Liang to create Recovers.org, and to build and deliver web tools and local hubs for disaster recovery efforts. Their online organizing platform, located at [townname.recovers.org], can be launched before or immediately after an event, to turn interest into aid. Already their platform has helped turn the spike in interest post-disaster into money, items and volunteers in five communities. Post-disaster launches are pro-bono, but the team licenses the software to areas interested in preparing and enabling the community's response.