GFIR's approach is built around two pillars that work together — a mobile early warning system that alerts families before climate-driven disasters strike, and immediate digital cash assistance once they hit. Our first deployment supports 200 families in South Asia/Caribbean, and proves a model we plan to scale.
Two horizons — the deployment we're building today, and the model we're growing into.
Our first deployment is a practical pilot supporting approximately 200 vulnerable families in South Asia/Caribbean facing extreme heat and severe flooding. Families are registered through local agents and receive mobile alerts and emergency cash transfers when hazards hit.
Support the South Asia/Caribbean campaign →From South Asia/Caribbean, our vision is to extend this model to other vulnerable regions — like Nepal, Haiti, Bangladesh, and Vietnam — and to work with global companies on climate resilience for their workers and local suppliers. One model, many places.
Read our principles →A simple flow designed to put life-saving alerts and emergency support directly into the hands of vulnerable families.
Families are pre-enrolled through trusted local agents — NGOs or community merchants — using biometric verification so aid reaches the right households. The agent is the human bridge between the platform and the community.
When a hazard is projected to affect a registered area, families and local agents receive disaster alerts in real time on their phones — with simple guidance on what to do next.
Once a disaster affects a registered family's location, digital cash assistance is delivered to them — secure, verified, and immediate.
Families visit a local agent to withdraw cash or purchase essentials — water, medicine, transport, temporary shelter — from a trusted point already part of their community.
Donate, share our work, or reach out if you'd like to help us build. Every kind of support matters when you're just starting.
