Resilience to natural disasters is not enough; cities need to be resilient to the post disaster aid itself!

The talk details the dynamic between current foreign aid practices and communities, and suggests three steps for smarter disaster recovery that rearranges the hierarchy of responsibility.

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Chamutal worked and lived in emergency relief and development contexts in the Balkans, Africa, Asia and Europe in conflict and natural disaster environments managing emergency health, education, food and security operations.

Her research passion lays in organisational learning, the efficiency and impact of non-profits and, not for profit use and integration of technological innovation. She believes that better aid solutions are routed in a paradigm shift where giving and taking is done responsibly as international aid powers release control of aid and parallel national capacities and national social corporate responsibility lead aid programming.

Today she is an international advisor, researcher and is the CEO of Givem (formally 3 Million Club), a USA 501(c)3 charity. Givem is a revolutionary platform, taking Charity to the 21st century by applying the efficiency and transparency of eCommerce to the world of giving. Givem's unique model focuses on empowering local economies.
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