2. Follow up your online shopping spree with a donation
The next time you go to your favorite online shopping platform, pay attention to the Donate page that you usually disregard when finalizing your order. EBay and PayPal have jointly responded to the cause by providing a list of non-profits they have partnered with that are working on-site.
3. Take some online time to help geo-tag social media posts
Twitter has proven to be a powerful tool when it comes to providing breaking news and instant updates – it’s a lot more effective than your usual phone call or text message to your emergency contact because the micro-blogging platform reaches a larger audience that may include agencies that can actually provide assistance.
The Stand By Task Force – an online humanitarian group – has partnered with The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs as well as disaster response site MicroMappersand is seeking volunteers to contribute time to their Crisis Mapping effort, which includes four factors: information collection, visualization, analysis, and response. A part of this campaign involves the use of tweet and image apps to geo-tag various types of social media posts in order to quickly identify tweets relevant to disaster responders.