In December 2021, a deadly tornado outbreak ripped through six US states, including Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee, leaving dozens dead and decimating entire towns. Your donation to this relief fund will help people in impacted communities recover from these tornadoes over the long term.
More than 100 people are feared dead in Kentucky and neighboring states after a series of unseasonal storms struck in December 2021 making this one of the most devastating tornado events in Kentucky's history. Your donation to this fund will provide long-term assistance, with a focus on locally led responses.
All donations to this fund will support relief and recovery efforts in tornado-impacted communities in south and midwest US states. Initially, funds helped first responders meet survivors' immediate needs for food, fuel, clean water, hygiene products, and shelter. The fund now supports longer-term recovery efforts run primarily by local, vetted organizations in the communities affected in the United States.
When you donate to GlobalGiving's Midwest and Southern US Tornado Relief Fund 2021, your donation will be used to:
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GlobalGiving has been responding to disasters and supporting emergency aid and long-term relief programs since 2004. We have facilitated more than $100M in disaster donations to funds just like this one.
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This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
When a disaster strikes, recovery efforts led by people who live and work in affected communities are often overlooked and underfunded. GlobalGiving is changing this reality. Since 2004, we've been shifting decision-making power to crises-affected communities through trust-based grantmaking and support.
We make it easy, quick, and safe to support people on the ground who understand needs in their communities better than anyone else.
They were there long before the news cameras arrived, and they’ll be there long after the cameras leave. They know how to make their communities more resilient to future disasters, and they’re already hard at work. GlobalGiving puts donations and grants directly into their hands. Because the status quo—which gives the vast majority of funding to a few large organizations—doesn’t make sense.
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