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” has popped up in national and international conversations. It often exists to counter to complaints and attention drawn to the technology community’s role in a variety of harms in other communities. As we confront climate change and look for ways to become more sustainable across lines of business, the “Tech for Good” concept has found its way into the disaster management conversation. There is a timely an interesting discussion about.
Here is an opportunity for businesses to engage with community leaders and researchers to develop cost-effective solutions. Some can be tailored to the specific needs of vulnerable communities while others can be engineered for widespread adoption. For instance, using low-cost sensors, mobile applications, or community-based networks, businesses can create more accessible early warning systems.
Marcia Masaquiza of the Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction Network explained that there are gaps in knowledge, but also opportunities for understanding, “ We have communities that don’t have water. Make it a part of your norms and policies to translate your materials into our languages and make things with the technology that we have in our communities.
This kind of direct testimonial from communities and organizations that are not usually in the rooms where decisions are made are critical. Engaging with them, designing with and for them is a key part of ensuring that this iteration of Tech for Good, “Tech for DRR” as it is called, can be more than a hashtag or new lexicon, but an opportunity to raise broader questions about the role of technology and business in society.
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