ACT Abroad Group

Financial relief when natural disasters strike.

We help communities regain life, health and economy as quickly as possible after hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and other disasters.

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Who We Are

Our Mission

Spreading financial relief to lessen the harsh impacts of natural disasters.

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Providing post-disaster financial assistance.

  • Hurricanes are the costliest of weather-related storms. They alone create a range of short- and long-term health and economic woes, with socially vulnerable populations often shouldering the greatest burden.
  • Funding delays can cause even further devastation. Without timely loans or construction funds, these same people may lose their homes and businesses and be forced to leave once-vibrant communities.
How It Began

Our Story

What started as a few parents passionate about traveling and exposing their young adults to the world to grow compassion quickly grew into everyone involved wanting to assist those in need.

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After seeing many areas devastated by natural disaster, ACT Abroad was re-born. We work to bring financial assistance to all areas of the world devastated by natural disasters. Our purpose is to help regain life, health and economy as quickly as possible for each human being affected.
A resident surveys hurricane damage to her property in Puerto Rico
A resident surveys the damage to her property after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico in September 2017. Alex Wroblewski/Getty
What Guides Us

Our Values

Impact, Passion, Partnership, Equity and Capability.

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🎯Impact
❤️Passion
🤝Partnership
⚖️Equity
💪Capability
Where We Help

Our Work

We focus on places where disasters present opportunities to rebuild more secure, productive communities.

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The Challenge

Facts We Will Overcome With Your Support

Carbon emissions account for between 65–76 percent of the greenhouse gases from human activity, causing the Earth's temperature to rise at its fastest rate in millions of years.
Buildings account for 40% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States. These emissions come from burning fossil fuels required to heat, cool and power all types of appliances.
Conventional buildings consume 70% of the electricity produced in the United States.
Green building is the low-hanging fruit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gases contribute directly to climate change, driving rising global temperatures, rising sea levels, droughts, hurricanes and wildfires.
Currently, over 15,000 people a day die from air pollution.
In 2016, greenhouse gas emissions were 50% higher than the average over the previous 10 years.
The average CO2 concentration is now over 403 parts per million (PPM), the largest increase in the last 30 years.
According to the National Weather Service, heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United States, followed by flooding and then tornadoes.
Between 1994 and 2013, EM-DAT recorded 6,873 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives, almost 68,000 lives on average each year. In addition, 218 million people were affected by natural disasters on average per year during this 20-year period.
From 1980 through September 2018, 41 hurricanes each averaged nearly $22 billion in losses (not including Hurricane Michael), covering wrecked homes, damaged hospitals, public infrastructure and lost income, but not health-related costs or lives lost.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, over 316,000 people were killed in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Over the last decade, the United States, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and China have been the five countries most frequently hit by natural disasters.
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In disaster, volunteers have an opportunity to learn more about and help apply bold, creative solutions that spark, scale and sustain lasting change.

But we can't do this work alone. We need the support, expertise, innovations and solutions of our corporate and foundation partners to help people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities. We need you!

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