Rapid Response Relief Fund
Disasters don't fundraise first. This fund means we don't have to.
When an earthquake, flood, or displacement crisis hits, pain arrives immediately — and supply chains fail at exactly that moment. The Rapid Response Relief Fund keeps reusable, drug-free relief devices pre-positioned and ready to move, so deployment starts when the need does, not after a fundraising campaign catches up.
Why Pre-Positioned Relief Works
Ready Before the Crisis
Inventory funded today is staged and deployable immediately — the days saved are the days when relief matters most.
No Supply Chain to Fail
The devices need no batteries, electricity, refills, or cold chain — they work in exactly the conditions disasters create.
Built for Shelters
One reusable device can be shared within a household or shelter group, multiplying each dollar's reach in displacement settings.
What the Fund Supports
Pre-Positioned Inventory
Devices manufactured and staged ahead of need, ready for immediate dispatch.
Disaster Deployment
Rapid distribution after earthquakes, storms, floods, and conflict displacement, alongside responding partners.
Refugee & Shelter Support
Relief for camps and shelters, where clinics are overwhelmed and pharmacies are gone.
Logistics & Training
The unglamorous essentials: shipping, staging, and simple placement training for responders on the ground.
Deployments run through the same partner structures as our ongoing work — see the Global Pain Relief Initiative — and the technology's published evidence is on Clinical Evidence & Research.
Ways to Give to the Fund
Online
Give any amount on our donate page — add "Rapid Response Relief Fund" in the note to designate your gift.
Through a DAF
Recommend a grant with the designation language below — full instructions on DAF Giving.
By Wire or Check
For wires and larger gifts, contact us — we'll send transfer instructions directly and make sure your gift is acknowledged properly.
Suggested Grant Language
For a designated (restricted) gift:
Prefer to give us flexibility? Unrestricted gifts let us balance readiness with wherever the need is greatest — simply omit the designation.
Fund the Response Before It's Needed
The next crisis is a matter of when. A gift today is inventory staged, training ready, and relief that ships the week disaster strikes — not a month later.