How Your “Help from Home” Can Reach the Frontline

How Your “Help from Home” Can Reach the Frontline – The coronavirus pandemic is constantly reshaping the world as we know it. Many of us at home are practicing self-isolation and social distancing to flatten the curve. However, we’re also looking for other ways to help out frontliners and those affected by the crisis.

With limitations brought about by the enhanced community quarantine, people have turned to social media to proactively look for organizations to support their causes. A group of volunteers saw the need to house all the information in one place. In response, they created a microsite to readily connect people at home with those who are on the frontline.

Help From Home (HFH) is a coordination hub that connects individuals and institutions to those most in need: frontliners and communities at risk. It contains listings of publicly accredited organizations in the country seeking donations that can sustain, feed, and protect the most vulnerable. It also promotes transparency through the information provided, which also helps address the gaps through public support.

Are these organizations legitimate?

More than just consolidating the efforts of various organizations, the HFH volunteers also employ an extensive verification process. The purpose of this is to validate and ensure that each organization is legitimate. Part of the requirements which they review includes the institution’s background, digital assets, fundraising history, and proof of delivery. These details are critical to helping website visitors make informed and data-driven decisions about how and where to make donations.

But aside from presenting the supply side, the HFH website also features a real-time and needs-based list and map to showcase the demands needed nationwide.In collaboration with By Implication, Switchboard PH, and Vector, HFH developed a tool that quantifies hospital needs. It also presents how much of these needs have been fulfilled. The list uses color and progress bars to denote the quantity needed. While the map uses both color and the size of the circle to delineate this. This tool can be used by individuals and organizations alike to more strategically provide and distribute supplies. HFH is also currently working on featuring demands from vulnerable sectors, and identifying them by municipality and by barangay.

HFH continues to update its database and system to accommodate a growing list of partner organizations. Furthermore, they monitor the status of donation drives as well. The group plans to reach out to more initiatives, communicate efforts being done in far-flung communities. They also seek to collaborate with like-minded brands and institutions with shared goals.

The call to help from home continues to inspire action. For more information on supporting frontliners and communities at risk, visit their website https://helpfromhome.ph/.

About Help From Home

Help from Home (HFH) Philippines is a volunteer-led coordination hub that assists those most in need: the frontliners and the vulnerable communities. It contains a growing directory of publicly accredited organizations and initiatives in the country seeking aid. Also featured on the site are supporting data from hospitals and local government units identifying the gaps the public can help support. HFH aims to encourage people to make informed decisions about their contributions.

For further information, please contact: media.Xchange PR, for Help From Home, Kara Guioguio kara@mediadotexchange.com