November Newsletter: New "How to Help" lists, network support & donor offerings!

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Organizations on the front-line of climate disasters, conflict, and other humanitarian crises

Below, learn about 27 inspiring organizations on the front-lines of climate disasters, conflict, and other humanitarian crises in Peru, Morocco, Pakistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and more. Many of the crises described below do not make headlines.

You can contact and support each organization directly.

Our growing list now includes over 650 organizations from over 65 countries and 25 U.S. states and territories.

• Morocco: Espace Associatif pour le développement participatif

We are helping 5 local communities in Meknes, Morocco overcome the drought crisis occurring in these areas, and we need 30,000 euros to aid them in getting through this crisis.

• Pakistan: REEDS

REEDS is responding to the Flood Disaster 2022 in Punjab and Sindh, we still need 50000 to 70000 Euro for DRR and women Enterprises development for sustainable livelihoods.

• Peru: Aprode Peru

We are helping vulnerable and low-income people affected by the El Niño 2023 phenomenon.

• Bangladesh: Paribartan

At the moment we would like to support at least 500 such vulnerable and marginalized women and girls for boosting their daily earning income through various types of income generating activities and need $125,000 USD to assist as the capital for small business.

• Ghana: WUZDA

Funding needs of WUZDA Ghana are around climate smart agriculture activities evolving around agro ecological agriculture to assist manage and protect the following: Reduce climate vulnerabilities of local people and communities, Improve food security needs of local people and communities, Protect and improve water security for food requirements of local people and communities, Reduce land and water conflicts in communities.

• Sierra Leone: Community Action for Sustainable Development

The greatest need of Community Action for Sustainable Development in Sierra Leone is funding to furnish its Office, pay allowances for the volunteers and keep on its disaster mitigation community engagement project in Sierra Leone.

• Ghana: Northern Needy Child Foundation

The organisation needs funding to assist 60 women farmers to adopt new practices of farming and to adopt to climate change.

• Malawi: People's Federation for National Peace and Development (PEFENAP)

We are still responding to last year's response to Cyclone Freddy victims and are looking forward to Reducing the Disaster Risk for the Next Rainy Season, the Amount Required is $50,000 for the intervention.

• Texas (USA): Coastal Bend Food Bank

The Coastal Bend Food Bank has seen an increase in demand; we are helping families and individuals impacted by the economy. Food prices continue to increase, and paychecks don’t reach as far as they used to. We ensure that people don’t choose between buying food or paying rent.

• Virginia (USA): Greater Hampton Roads Diaper Bank

Our "Greatest Need" in 2024 is $20,000 to purchase adult incontinence supplies to be given free-of-charge to dependent, homeless, and handicapped adults in our community.

• Bangladesh: Participatory Development Action Program (PDAP)

We are still serving flood-impacted communities and need 20,000 USD to provide overdue healthcare services.

• Liberia: Rights and Rice Foundation

We work with farmers and farming groups, who are formalizing their land rights under the new Land Rights Law of Liberia but who are beginning to experience the shock of climate change, and will need to be supported to prepare mitigation measures: Critical need is to support 50 community farming groups with critical inputs valued at around $100.00 each.

• Kenya: Kyle Gabriel Foundation

We are helping households with malnourished children after a prolonged drought in Turkana County and need 30,000 USD to donate food and supplements.

• Pakistan:Society for Mobilization Advocacy and Justice

Regrettably, we've only been able to address 30% of the population affected by the 2022-23 floods. The remaining victims are still in desperate need, and we now require USD 450,000 to sustain rehabilitation efforts for these communities.

• Nigeria: Environmental and Rural Mediation Centre (ENVIRUMEDIC)

We are helping Delta and Bayelsa States communities in the Niger Delta Region affected by flood and need $30,000 USD to provide relief materials, foods and shelters

• Zimbabwe: Rosa Care Organization

Following the Heavy rains and Hail storm in Buhera and Chikomba District we are in need of US$50,000.00 to support the affected families

• Sierra Leone: Youth Partnership for Peace and Development

We are still serving the August 28^th flood-impacted communities across the Western Urban and Pujehun districts and need 40,000 USD to sustain the provision of under-five child healthcare and water quality monitoring.

• Liberia: People Empowerment Program

PEP Liberia is planning to help 200 small holder farmers to sustain their productions in anticipation of the dry season and needs $40,000 USD.

• Haiti: Initiative Citoyenne du Nord-Oeust Pour la Democratie et le Developpement (ICINOD)

We would like to provide our support to young girls/women who live in vulnerable neighborhoods and who suffer from sexual violence, for an amount of 35,000 US dollars.

• Slovakia: Mareena

We provide critical assistance to refugees on the move and need 30 000 USD to ensure that their needs are met.

• Pakistan: EHSAR Foundation

EHSAR needs 40000 USD to Provide winterized kits to 2000 families of snow bound areas at Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan.

• Nepal: Dalit Welfare Organization

The Earthquake in Jajarkot has made difficult to the poor and Dalit family so please if you have such project kindly support us on food and warm cloths to support to Earthquake affected families.

• Pakistan: Umeed Partnership Pakistan

Pakistan’s deadly floods affected most of the province of Baluchistan. Umeed Partnership Pakistan plans to provide 1500 food (dry ration) packages to 1500 flood affected, displaced, needy and hungry families in Quetta for which we need US$50,000.

• Nigeria: Ukana West 2 Community Based Health Initiative (CBHI) 

Financial support to enable the organization reach out to indigent and vulnerable lives to access healthcare services throughout a year.

• Pakistan: Hamdam Development Organization (HDO)

The Hamdam Development Organization (HDO) is still serving flood-impacted communities and urgently needs 35,000 USD to provide overdue WASH services.

• Bangladesh: Gana Unnayan Kendra

We are helping extremely poor people affected by cold wave in the northern region of Bangladesh by proving warm cloths/blankets and need 40,000 USD to support 10000 people.

• Tanzania: Promotion Of Education Link Organization (PELO)

PELO is responding to floods and landslides that occurred in December 2 in Hanang, Tanzania and is in need of 66,546 USD to support food, shelter, livelihood and mosquito nets for 3000 needy survivors.

 

November 2023 - 7 New Organizations Approved to Join SmartResponse

In November, the following SEVEN (7) organizations joined SmartResponse:

•  Bangladesh: Somaj Unnoyan Karjocrom-SUK

•  Colombia: Fundacion Equipo Scout de Emergencia Region Quindío

•  Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Justice-Plus

•  Kenya: Kyle Gabriel Foundation

•  Morocco: Association planète verte pour l'environnement et le développement durable

•  Poland: Fundacja Inicjatywa Dom Otwarty

•  Poland: Fundacja Q

October 2023 - 8 New Organizations Approved to Join SmartResponse

In October, the following EIGHT (8) organizations joined SmartResponse:

•  Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Actions pour la Justice, la Paix et le Développement AJPD-RDC

• Morocco: Espace Associatif pour le Développement Participatif of Morocco

• Pakistan: Salik Development Foundation

• Philippines: Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB), Inc.

• Ukraine: 100 Life Kyiv

• Ukraine: Charitable organization Charity fund Community unity

• Ukraine: Klitschko Foundation

• Ukraine: Everybody Can

Webinar: COVID-19: Hear from local NGOs and nonprofits responding around the world

You're invited to join our next webinar:  

COVID-19: Hear from local NGOs and nonprofits responding around the world

Please register here: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_apVa5j7eRH-3vPF0tKf85A 

When:  Thursday, May 14 at 11 AM - 12 PM ET.

What:  Local NGOs and nonprofits are working on the front-lines of this global pandemic caring for the sick, protecting vulnerable populations, feeding those hit hard economically and/or staying at home, providing critical mental health and public education/awareness services, and more.

After previous major disasters, the entire world showered its generosity on a hard-hit place. However, because COVID-19 is impacting nearly every country, most donors are not focusing on organizations operating outside their community.

On Thursday, the following leaders will summarize how their organizations are responding, share top needs and challenges, present lessons learned, and discuss ways the public can help.

Who: Leaders of local NGOs/nonprofits on the front-lines, from around the world.

• Saadiyah Hassoon, President, Together to Protect Human & the Environment Association, Iraq

• Abid Lashari, CEO, National Disability And Development Forum, Pakistan

• Bhakta Singha, Executive Director, Community Development Forum Nepal

• Susan Van Ness, Chief of Programs, National Diaper Bank Network & Alliance For Period Supplies, USA

• Quazi Baby, Executive Director, Participatory Development Action Program (PDAP), Bangladesh

• Denise Santos, President, Banco de Alimentos de Puerto Rico, USA

About Disaster Accountability Project and SmartResponse.org:

Started after Hurricane Katrina, the nonprofit Disaster Accountability Project saves lives and reduces suffering after disasters by maximizing the impact of preparedness, response and relief through citizen oversight and engagement, policy research and advocacy, and public education.

SmartResponse.org curates localized and data-informed "how to help" lists to help donors make more informed decisions about how to directly support organizations responding locally. Over 500 organizations are already registered on SmartResponse.org from over 49 countries and 22 U.S. states and territories. 

View the SmartResponse COVID-19 "how to help" list here:  www.smartresponse.org/covid19 

Disaster Accountability Project and SmartResponse are supported by the generous donations of individuals, private foundations and corporations.  Both are fully independent of the disaster relief community.

Please stay safe,

Ben Smilowitz
Founder and Executive Director

ben@disasteraccountability.org

10 years ago in Haiti

Ten years ago, over 200,000 people were killed after a major earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince.

The entire world responded with incredible generosity. Everyone donated.

DAP released reports after six and twelve months identifying which organizations raised funds and what they were doing. Five years later, after Nepal's major earthquake, DAP released another report with similar findings. Most donations were not reaching the ground.

An intervention was needed.

We created SmartResponse with the support of an amazing team of volunteer developers around the world to serve as a real-time reference for donors, incentivize transparency in the humanitarian sector, advance localization, and correct the unhealthy power dynamic when outside organizations raise more than local ones.

So far, nearly 480 organizations from over 46 countries and 20 U.S. states and territories have already self-registered including 16 connected to Haiti and most are local.

Haiti will face more hurricanes, floods, and even earthquakes. Now there is a better way for donors to help by directly supporting organizations that are both operating locally and willing to share information.

Please have a look at this list of organizations operating in Haiti and consider supporting them as we mark this 10th anniversary.

Thank you,

Ben Smilowitz

Executive Director

Disaster Accountability Project and SmartResponse.org

Note: We are preparing lists for the Taal Volcano in the Philippines and the fires in Australia. Also, dozens have already died from the frigid temperatures in Bangladesh and India. As SmartResponse continues to grow, we will have more complete lists for more disasters around the world.

About SmartResponse

Disaster Accountability Project launched SmartResponse to improve the effectiveness of disaster relief by helping donors connect directly to organizations operating locally. SmartResponse also incentivizes transparency and data-sharing across the humanitarian sector.

SmartResponse continues to grow with now nearly 480 organizations self-registered from over 46 countries and 20 U.S. states and territories. New organizations register and share data on the platform daily.

SmartResponse is not an intermediary and does not process donations on behalf of the organizations listed. Donation buttons lead to each organization's respective donation page and organizations handle/process their own donations.

SmartResponse is fully independent of the organizations listed and does not charge organizations for their listings nor take a percentage on donations made directly to groups. SmartResponse relies on donations to offer this valuable public service.

Make a tax-deductible donation today! 

http://www.disasteraccountability.org/donate

How to Help in Puerto Rico

According to USGS, one region of Puerto Rico experienced 188 earthquakes over magnitude 2.5 in the last 10 days. 15 quakes were over magnitude 4.0, six over magnitude 5.0 and one, this morning, was magnitude 6.4. Five of the quakes over magnitude 5.0 occurred in the last 24 hours alone.  (and that's just by the time I write this email) Impacted communities are still recovering from Hurricane Maria's direct hit just over two years ago.   Damage assessments are just beginning.  However, we know local organizations are already there and will continue to be there long after the news cameras head home. Consider supporting a local organization operating in the impacted area here: https://www.smartresponse.org/prquake    Please spread the word.  Local organizations often see only a small percentage of the funds donated -- and these organizations shared enough information with SmartResponse to get listed.  I hope they benefit from the generosity that follows these difficult times. In addition to supporting these organizations' community efforts, they should also be rewarded for their transparency and early participation in SmartResponse. Much of the information collected by SmartResponse is not available elsewhere.  About SmartResponse Disaster Accountability Project launched SmartResponse to improve the effectiveness of disaster relief by helping donors connect directly to organizations operating locally. SmartResponse also incentivizestransparency and data-sharing across the humanitarian sector. SmartResponse continues to grow with now over 470 organizations self-registered from over 45 countries and 20 U.S. states and territories. New organizations register and share data on the platform daily. SmartResponse is not an intermediary and does not process donations on behalf of the organizations listed. Donation buttons lead to each organization's respective donation page and organizations handle/process their own donations. SmartResponse is fully independent of the organizations listed and does not charge organizations for their listings nor take a percentage on donations made directly to groups. SmartResponse relies on donations to offer this valuable public service.   Make a tax-deductible donation to support DAP and SmartResponse today! http://www.disasteraccountability.org/donate