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Seeing Nepal Clearly

Seeing Nepal Clearly

Since the earthquake struck Nepal a week before, Communitere has been in continuous action on the ground and around the world. With the help of our volunteer and first responder, Paul Borrud, we are getting a clearer picture of the needs in Nepal and are working to...

Our Recent Success In Tacloban

Final Notes: Communitere’s Typhoon Ruby Response [vcex_spacing size="30px"] Philippines Communitere has just wrapped up its humanitarian response in Eastern Samar, the area worst hit by typhoon Ruby (internationally known as “Hagupit”). The storm ravaged the...

Building an Innovative Maker Space in Post-Disaster Philippines

Building an Innovative Maker Space in Post-Disaster Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan tore a path of destruction 100 miles wide through the Philippines last November, affecting 14 million people and displacing 5 million. Almost a year later, the people of the Philippines are still recovering from the massive disaster. Many homes were...

Glints of hope emerge in typhoon-hit Philippines city Tacloban

Glints of hope emerge in typhoon-hit Philippines city Tacloban

Sitting on a wooden stool as his customers mill around clutching burgers and bottles of San Miguel beer, Jacques Palami talks enthusiastically about life in Tacloban a year after the central Philippines town was slammed by Typhoon Haiyan. Owner of the brightly-lit...

Giving Local Inhabitants the Tools to Power Themselves

Giving Local Inhabitants the Tools to Power Themselves

When I write about projects and people that I find interesting, I often wonder "Why the heck don't more people know about these projects/people?" You can say that I see it as my duty to spread the word, to inform people about the things going on out there, and make...

Flipping the script on disaster

Flipping the script on disaster

When typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines last fall, Sandra Borgueta could do little but sit in front of her computer and watch. At school in Seoul, South Korea, Borgueta was well out of harm’s way, but her family was not. As the Category 5 storm made landfall on...

e-NABLing Haiti

e-NABLing Haiti

Starting last summer, a group of e-NABLE volunteers came together to develop a concept for bringing e-NABLE’s know-how, devices and community-building approach to the developing world. Motivated by a grant opportunity posed by billionaire and former New York Mayor...