A Bit ShakenI’m suffering from vertigo from earthquake aftershocks and this isn’t even the big one.I was sitting outside, under a grapevine in the garden when the Valentine’s Day earthquake shook my world. It was a 5.7 and I saw the ground jump up from under me in a violent, horrific…
West Coast RumblingsIn the past 48 hours, the entire west coast, from British Columbia to California, has been affected by up to 4.0…
Life really is getting better, just ask the people of Laxmi Bazar, NepalThe world’s getting better. Not just little nudges better. Better better. Huge leaps better. Vastly more people are leading better lives than ever before. The stats are out there, check them out if you…
How did v2oconnect start?It all started at a small coffee shop in New York City in 2014. We were discussing about our plans for the spring holidays after we had come back from attending a book reading event. During the conversation one of us asked if there were any organizations or medium that matched…
How to get $3000 aid for quake retrofitEditorial|14 January 2016The Earthquake Brace+Bolt program is offering up to $3000 in over 100 zip codes in California towards a retrofit of older wood-frame homes with a ‘cripple wall’ or ‘stem wall’ (these are types of crawl spaces…
YoungInnovations Weekly #32: All Hands meetings, new version of Aidstream, Aidstream talk in Tanzania, dawn of new community and showcase of Earthquake Response Transparency Portal
Unearthing hope buried beneath history in Kathmandu.This piece is dedicated to someone close to me I’m looking for today in Kathmandu.I struggle to title this piece as I hunker over my laptop in the tight seats of this tiny Yeti airlines night flight to Kathmandu.
Aftershock: How I moved onA home is where one feels safe and comfortable. Imagine what happens when your one place of safety feels like a mound of rock and concrete, ready to collapse any second as the ground moves beneath you.
