Crowdsourcing Disaster Housing for Japan

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How to use technology to empower the community to help those affected by disaster. Sparkrelief created a site for people to give housing to those made homeless by the Japan earthquake.

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Japan CrisisBeginning with an Earthquake, leading to a Tsunami, and compounding with a nuclear threat, this disaster has far reaching impact and destruction

More than 8,000 have been killed by this disaster

Hundreds of thousands remain homeless after nearly 60,000 buildings were destroyedOffer Housing for Japan

Give Hope at Sparkrelief.org

Shelters to HomesDense shelters lead to disease, emotional stress, and lack of communications and resources.

There are people willing to help by offering others a place to stay. When those in need connect with these kind people, they also find the food, water, and clothing they need. The connections recreate the community that feels lost and leads to emotional recovery.

Information was gathered and shelters were formed, but it seems few are able to begin thinking past the first week of recovery.

We are trying to help thousands of families whose homes were destroyed find a place to recover and renew their lives.

Find a HomeFilter

For the place that fits your specific needs

ContactBy phone and email or message using the site

MeetWith the person before going to their home

Spread The Word

How to HelpOffer your home

Post the details of your home to Sparkrelief

Your contact info is kept private if you prefer

Meet with the person before hosting

or Volunteer to Help Our Team . Message us at team@sparkrelief.org

LanguageQuakeHousing.org is translated into both English and Japanese

Sparkrelief.org is a non-profit disaster technology companyWHAT we crowdsource disaster relief with an internet platform

WHY to immediately improve the lives of those affected by disaster

WHERE we develop our software in Colorado and deploy worldwide

A resource for disaster information and relief

Our PartFourteen people volunteered with Sparkrelief to create QuakeHousing.org

We empower you to easily help Japanese earthquake victims find housing

Eli Hayes . Executive Director

Help us provide housing to those displaced by this terrible disaster

Post your home and change a life on QuakeHousing.org

720.675.9609 . team@sparkrelief.org