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How Technology Is Achieving Better Natural Disaster Preparedness, Recovery, and Resilience by Pratima Harite Submitted by Lenovo Lenovo is partnering with Prudence Foundation in the second edition of the SAFE STEPS D-Tech Awards, to find and fund technology solutions that save lives before, during or after natural disaster events. Lenovo wants to harness and empower the technology and creative know-how of entrepreneurs and charities to achieve better natural disaster preparedness, recovery, and resilience.  Disaster response in Asia Pacific has become critically important. Climate change is...

These are the best, meaningful virtual volunteer opportunities, from online tutoring that teens and students can do to helping the United Nations remotely.

GIS heroes honoured with OBE and MBE Published December 31, 2020 Done A GIS and remote-sensing expert has become an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the UK Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for his services to international development through the international humanitarian mapping charity MapAction. The charity’s Chief Executive has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to humanitarian crisis operations. Alan Mills has been a MapAction volunteer since 2005, applying his knowledge of geospatial systems t...