Relief Operations' Improvement Ideas

Some things in mind that I think can help hasten the efficiency and effectiveness of the relief operations conducted by various organization to different affected areas.

Idea # 1:
Issue: There are still affected areas that have not given any relief assistance causing the people to be severely hungry and helpless

Solution: Develop a coordination team in which various organization can track and update the areas that have been given assistance for the day and alarm them of areas that badly need immediate help.

Dependencies: Government may already have this sort of tracking so organization mays refer to it rather than creating a new file. Organization may opt to have another way of coordination.

Advantages: People can have a visual estimate of the victims' current situation by simply looking at the file. Any place with remained unpopulated with data means no help has been extended. This would then alarm the organization to prioritize areas.

Key Success Factors:
a. a complete and detailed information regarding the affected areas (name of place, estimated no. of casualties, etc)
b. a coordination and commitment to ALL private (and public?) organizations
c. a real-time update of the file by various orgs

please see link for the sample file.

II. Idea #2:
Issue: Lack of supplies due to limited funds

Solution: Bulk buying in Divisoria and companies' head office. Private organizations may pool cash resources and agree on what items to prioritize. Someone may coordinate then contact or physically go to divisoria to buy the goods. Carlos Celdran's transpo coordination can be used to pick up the goods and drop them to different relief centers.

Dependencies: Donors may opt to buy separately for lesser hassle. This must be scheduled and must be coordinated thoroughly.

Advantages: With bulk buying, especially with items found in Divisoria, we can get the most out of cash donations. Items such as underwears, tissue papers, toothbrush, potatoes, mongo, etc. can be very cheap thus providing MORE goods to people. In the same way, pooled cash can also be used to buy from the companies' head office and we can be luckier if they deliver the goods straight to the relief centers. This saves time and will free up our malls for crowded and long hours of purchasing.

What else? hmm...