Crisis Response

Today, our global developer community gathered in San Jose for F8, an annual two-day event where developers come together to explore the future of technology.

People from all over the world use Community Help, a crisis response tool on Facebook, to find and give help in times of crisis. Starting today, organizations and businesses can also post on Community Help during crises to help people access critical information and services.

By Naomi Gleit, VP Social Good Today at the second annual Social Good Forum, we announced new tools and initiatives to help people keep each other safe and supported on Facebook. Mentorship and Support, a new product where mentees and mentors come together to connect and interact directly with…

By Mike Nowak, Product Director, Social Good Today, we’re announcing Crisis Response, a new center on Facebook where people can find more information about recent crises and access our crisis response tools – including Safety Check, Community Help and Fundraisers to support crisis recovery – all in one place….

By Naomi Gleit, VP Social Good As part of our ongoing commitment to build a safe community, today we’re announcing several updates to Safety Check: Introducing Fundraisers in Safety Check: people in the US will have the option to start a fundraiser from within Safety Check Expanding Community Help:…

We are introducing disaster maps to help organizations address respond to natural disasters.

We’re announcing an update to Safety Check, called Community Help, that lets people find and give help such as food, shelter and transportation after a crisis.