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Big Aid is in crisis. Networked grassroots aid is the future.

This year, the world hit a grim milestone: Over 130 million people are displaced and in desperate need of humanitarian aid. That was before…

Oct 18, 2022

Big Aid is in crisis. Networked grassroots aid is the future.

Oct 18, 2022

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Creating New Supply Chains in an Emergency

What we learned by supporting local production during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jun 9, 2022

Creating New Supply Chains in an Emergency

Jun 9, 2022

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How We Use No-Code Tools to Power-up our UX Process (Part I)

Becoming the first marketplace for humanitarian aid, deployed in 20+ countries, and directing $20M+ in resources comes with a lot of…

May 26, 2022

How We Use No-Code Tools to Power-up our UX Process (Part I)

May 26, 2022

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2021: A Year to Remember (and Forget)

Who else was ready to leave 2021 in the rearview mirror? 🙋

Feb 2, 2022

2021: A Year to Remember (and Forget)

Feb 2, 2022

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We didn’t think it would be this hard.

Five years on, what we’ve learned about crisis response, social entrepreneurship, and the barriers to innovation in a world obsessed with…

Aug 26, 2021

We didn’t think it would be this hard.

Aug 26, 2021

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When Aid Gets Manufactured Locally

Connecting the dots to get needs met, fast

Apr 13, 2021

When Aid Gets Manufactured Locally

Apr 13, 2021

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What Leadership in Crisis Demands Now

We started NeedsList in 2016 because we knew there had to be a more efficient way to help local organizations get the funding and supplies…

Mar 25, 2021

What Leadership in Crisis Demands Now

Mar 25, 2021

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Four Ways for Funders to Amplify Your Nonprofit Partners this Year-End

With Giving Tuesday and year-end giving campaigns both around the corner, the time to amplify your nonprofit partners is, well, right now…

Oct 15, 2020

Four Ways for Funders to Amplify Your Nonprofit Partners this Year-End

Oct 15, 2020

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How Funders & Donors Can Shift Power to Refugee-led Organizations

In honor of World Humanitarian Day, a coalition of leading international humanitarian organizations and funders — including Amnesty…

Aug 20, 2020

How Funders & Donors Can Shift Power to Refugee-led Organizations

Aug 20, 2020

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Happy birthday to NeedsList

Today’s the day…we’re turning four years old! In honor of this milestone, we’re going to walk you through how this brainchild has grown…

Aug 12, 2020

Happy birthday to NeedsList

Aug 12, 2020

A Refugee’s Reflections on Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, in Detention and in Quarantine

Jaivet Ealom is the only known person to have ever escaped the notoriously brutal Australian-run refugee detention center on Manus Island…

Jun 20, 2020

A Refugee’s Reflections on Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, in Detention and in Quarantine

Jun 20, 2020

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We Will Not Stand Idly By

We are outraged by the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, as we are outraged by the countless African American men…

Jun 1, 2020

We Will Not Stand Idly By

Jun 1, 2020

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All Hands on Deck: Join Us to Tackle COVID-19

NeedsList is no stranger to crises that affect communities across borders and demographics. Since 2016, we have been developing crisis…

Mar 16, 2020

All Hands on Deck: Join Us to Tackle COVID-19

Mar 16, 2020

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Why Local Communities Aren’t Prepared for Coronavirus: Lessons from Disaster Relief

Natural disasters and pandemics share some important similarities. Both are unpredictable, hitting communities unevenly. Both strike…

Mar 6, 2020

Why Local Communities Aren’t Prepared for Coronavirus: Lessons from Disaster Relief

Mar 6, 2020

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Life for Refugees Under the U.S. Travel Ban Expansion

On January 31, 2020, the United States announced a travel ban that will prevent citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania…

Feb 13, 2020

Life for Refugees Under the U.S. Travel Ban Expansion

Feb 13, 2020

How We’re Giving Emergency Managers a New Way to Streamline Donations During Crisis

This fall, NeedsList was fortunate to participate in Innovate Durham, a 12-week program designed to foster innovation in government by…

Jan 21, 2020

How We’re Giving Emergency Managers a New Way to Streamline Donations During Crisis

Jan 21, 2020

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Multi-Sector Approaches to Innovation in Disaster Response: Lessons Learned in 2019

In an era where natural disasters are becoming bigger, more frequent, and unpredictable, innovative approaches to disaster response are…

Jan 8, 2020

OpenWorld Relief donation delivery after 2019 Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas

Jan 8, 2020

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NeedsList Facilitates Partnership Between IKEA and FCJ Refugee Centre to Meet Humanitarian Needs

It started with World Refugee Week last June. Local organizations around the globe supporting refugees had posted on the NeedsList…

Dec 10, 2019

NeedsList Facilitates Partnership Between IKEA and FCJ Refugee Centre to Meet Humanitarian Needs

Dec 10, 2019

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Avoiding the Second Disaster: 5 Tips for Matching Needs to Resources in Disaster Response

When you start working on solutions to address “the second disaster” — the mass influx of unsolicited in-kind donations that inevitably…

Dec 5, 2019

Avoiding the Second Disaster: 5 Tips for Matching Needs to Resources in Disaster Response

Dec 5, 2019

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Deploying for Dorian

Hurricane Dorian is heading to the mainland US this weekend, and NeedsList is on the ready. Want to get engaged?

Aug 31, 2019

Deploying for Dorian

Aug 31, 2019

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