Digital Humanitarian
by monday.com Foundation
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What North Carolina’s hurricane experience revealed about the future…
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About this podcast
Disaster response is at a turning point. Traditional humanitarian tools - paper logs, slow coordination, limited scalability - can’t keep up with the growing scale and pace of global crises.
And as political instability reduces available resources, it's more critical than ever to adopt bold, technology-driven solutions.
Digital Humanitarian takes you to the front lines of disaster relief, where innovation isn't optional - it's saving time, resources, and lives.
Episodes
- What North Carolina’s hurricane experience revealed about the future of emergency communications · 27 min · Episode 9When Hurricane Helene hit early in the morning, six states lost power, fiber lines, and communication. Many communities in western North Carolina were unreachable. In this…
- A look inside Google’s flood predictions that beat Nigeria’s peak floods by a week with GiveDirectly · 33 min · Episode 8In late 2024, rising waters threatened communities in Kogi State, Nigeria, where floods have long devastated lives and livelihoods. However, this time, people were ready. In this…
- How tech helped track 10,000 evacuees during Brazil’s worst climate crisis · 25 min · Episode 7When historic floods overwhelmed Rio in 2024, civil society mobilized quickly, but tech coordination lagged, and someone needed to step in. In this episode, Dana Yaari speaks…
- How tech kept aid moving when roads closed during the Maui wildfires · 30 min · Episode 6During the 2023 Maui wildfires, technology became the lifeline for restoring communication and helping communities survive. In this episode, Dana Yaari talks with Dr. Jarone Lee…
- Paper-based operations slows aid (tech doesn't) · 29 min · Episode 5Three million people were affected, roads were underwater, and a digital command center was put to the test. In this episode, Dana Yaari speaks with Miguel Garcia, Operations…
- No signal, no aid: Why communication is the most critical asset during emergencies · 34 min · Episode 4The calm after the storm starts with a signal. Dana Yaari sits down with Armando Samayoa, Regional Director at Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), to explore what it truly takes to…
- AI for humanitarian action: protecting land ownership during crisis · 26 min · Episode 3Capturing land rights before disaster strikes…with just a conversation. In this episode, Dana Yaari speaks with Ibere Lopes from IOM and Raphael Schoenball from UNDP about their…
- Inside the LA Wildfires: How Airbnb & 211 LA provided housing to 10k+ families · 32 min · Episode 2Over 10,000 families. One disaster. And the tech-driven response that changed everything. In this episode, Dana Yaari talks to Christoph Gorder from Airbnb.org and Maribel Marin…
- Why coordination mechanisms are failing aid (and how to avoid it) · 25 min · Episode 1What happens when the humanitarian system built to help… doesn’t? In this episode of Digital Humanitarian, host Dana Yaari talks with Abril Páez, Director at Proyecto…
- Introducing Digital Humanitarian · 1 minDisaster response is at a turning point. Traditional humanitarian tools - paper logs, slow coordination, limited scalability - can’t keep up with the growing scale and pace of…
