Helping Hurricane Victims: There’s an App
for That

by Nicholas Freiling

While we can tip our Uber drivers directly and in real-time, we send aid to hurricane victims through massive, archaic organizations—thousands of employees, some paid millions annually, who all sit together in a neighborhood of limestone buildings just north of Capitol Hill.

“When Harvey was impending, the vultures started circling,” Glyer said. “NGOs, federal agencies and big box charities like Red Cross descended on Houston while asking for dollar after dollar from people who wanted to help—most of whom will never know what good their dollars accomplished.”

HOW A P2P APP BYPASSED "BIG CHARITY" AND PAID FOR THE CAJUN NAVY’S GAS DURING HURRICANE HARVEY