Community ties are strong in Puerto Rico. This is a place that is built around people getting together and working together. While poverty and food insecurity were always problems in Puerto Rico, which imports over 80% of its food, the extensive damage inflicted on the island from Hurricane Maria accelerated and intensified this issue. While […]

Connecting communities & resources with AtmaGo People are more likely to survive disasters and address vulnerabilities when they have good social networks and connections. But especially on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, we recognize that there is no one easy fix or perfect tool to reduce disaster risk. The best plan for resilience […]

      Helping Palu Rise Again We’ve been hard at work promoting resilience in the field and documenting stories of recovery in Sulawesi and Lombok. Since earthquakes and tsunamis uprooted those communities in 2018, we have seen neighbors come together to rebuild and strengthen their economies. Watch AtmaGo user Rahma as she talks about […]

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   View this email in your browser AtmaGo users engaged in Gotong Royong, or mutual support, cleaning up their neighborhood and preparing for potential natural disasters like flooding. AtmaGo in the News as Disaster Solution We are excited to announce that Atma Connect was featured in a Forbes article titled, ‘A Surprising Solution To […]

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   View this email in your browser On the first day of 2019 AtmaGo users in Lombok planted Mangrove trees as protection from natural disasters. Mangrove trees provide an effective barrier against destructive storms and flooding, and reduce the momentum and impact of waves. Climate change is happening and Atma Connect is here to […]

We have grown five-fold since our inception in 2015 and owe so much of this success to you. Thank you for joining us in our efforts to use technology to empower millions of people so they can help each other, share information, and build better lives. This year, we are particularly proud of our growth to over 1.5 million users and an independent, evidence-based, impact study about AtmaGo, which we released worldwide in October 2018.

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*   View this email in your browser AtmaGo helps in recovery from volcano-triggered tsunami Dear *|FNAME|*, On Sunday, December 23rd, as most of us in the US were preparing for the holidays, Indonesia was hit by its third natural disaster of the year. A volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami across the Sunda Strait, affecting the […]

Can Mobile Phones Improve Disaster Preparedness?, was independently conducted by the Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG) in Indonesia and released in October 2018 at the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference by Atma Connect. Read the report and impact evaluations here.

As Spring turns to Summer in California, our user-base continues to grow in Indonesia—and our organization continues to take shape as an independent nonprofit. Last month we had over 6,000 active monthly users, and we have reached over 30,000 unique users since our launch.