Call to Action: Emergency Response for communities in path of Typhoon Haiyan (geekli.st)

36 hours ago we (@gklst) put out a Call to Action and launched an Emergency Response #Hack4good to help families and communities caught in the path of Typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda.

We need more designers, developers, product managers, social media experts and growth hackers to join the effort.

The latest Sitrep from the UN OCHA indicates more than 4 million people have been affected, with over 300,000 now in over 1000 evac centres and thousands more in need of rescue and humanitarian assistance.

The Geeklist Corps of Developers has received a direct request from the Presidential Office to build solutions to help them manage information coming in and assist rescue and relief efforts.

2 projects are already underway:

Rescue Coordination #ReliefPH (https://geekli.st/hackathon/52793a2660fb3f52d50001f8/idea/527c5a7053ddeb854a000024) is helping sift through requests for rescue coming in via multiple sources (SMS, Twitter, web forms) and allow rescue efforts to be better organised.

Area-based Relief Coordination (https://geekli.st/hackathon/52793a2660fb3f52d50001f8/idea/527ce2fd93f6ab665b00004b) is mapping specific relief needs (water, food, shelter, medicines, etc.) along with providers of these resources and assistance. They already have an early prototype up at relief.io

Tacloban City (Leyte province) There is no food, water or electricity there. Right now telecoms are down in many areas and roads are blocked, hampering relief efforts.

Emergency lighting is being installed to reopen airport runways and deliver emergency generators and Télecoms San Frontière are working with local telecoms companies to restore communications.

Once communications are restored, requests for Rescue and Relief are expected to snowball.

I ask you to join the effort in building solutions to assist in rescue and relief efforts.

via #Hack4Good - @gklst @dancunningham @rekatz @jedidiahweller