TEDxEarthquake9.0 - Carlos Miranda Levy - Relief 2.0 April 27, 2011

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From Relief 2.0 to Relief Enterprise and B2B. Running the last mile in disaster response and creation of recovery opportunities with dignity, inclusion, generation and distribution of wealth.

Relief 2.0 is a focus on running the last mile in disaster response through independent units of local stakeholders and foreign volunteers in the field supported by mobile technologies and social networks to fill the gaps created by bureaucracy and slow response from top-down hierarchies.

Our guiding principle for Disaster Recovery is to
NEVER HELP: Enable, Engage, Empower and Connect.

Relief 2.0 Enterprise is a focus on disaster recovery with dignity, inclusion, generation and distribution of wealth through the promotion of social entrepreneurship, the creation of new businesses, transformation and re-opening of existing business, skills and capacity building, engagement and hiring of local stakeholders and local procurement of goods and services in the disaster areas.

Relief 2.0 B2B connects businesses affected by disasters with healthy business of the same trade elsewhere to enable them to re-open and get back on track with dignity through business collaboration and deals, not charity.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxEarthquake9.0, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxEarthquake9.0 event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)