During times of disaster, NetHope responds by providing emergency telecommunications solutions to the humanitarian sector. NetHope mobilizes to establish reliable communications capabilities to hundreds of organizations, to facilitate data-sharing, and to compile and distribute crisis informatics to aid decision-making and planning. NetHope helps to ensure that aid providers have the information, communication, and technology tools they need to stay in touch, coordinate efforts, and maximize their ability to deliver assistance to affected communities.
NetHope has responded in a variety of disaster situations, ranging from the Syrian Refugee Crisis to the Ebola outbreak to the Nepal Earthquake of 2015 and the devastating Caribbean hurricanes in 2017. Response includes connectivity in refugee camps and along migration routes; managed laptops to aid refugee resettlement; and through crisis informatics and data visualization to equip aid agencies in emergency response.
NetHope has played a key role in cross-sector collaboration between global nonprofits and innovative companies to assist relief workers in some of the most devastating disasters.
