Projects

In the aftermanth of Hurricanes Irma and María, Habitat for Humanity, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing access to safe homes, with the support of donors, developed a five year plan to help rebuild hope and housing among families and communities most impacted by the disaster.  Aware of the changing landscape of emergency, disaster response and recovery, Habitat for Humanity incorporated into its Puerto Rico Recovery Program an area of action dedicated to Monitoring,  Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL).  In November 2020, the Puerto Rico Public and App

The Puerto Rico Public and Applied Social Sciences Workshop (PR PASS Workshop) is providing fieldwork support services to a research project that is exploring how changes in organizational ecology after the 2017 hurricanes in Puerto Rico impacted the relationships between hazard damages, poverty, and population ability to prepare for public health events.  The research, "Organizational Ecologies of Recovery: Relationships with Poverty and Health in Puerto Rico"  is led by Dr. Antonio Fernós Sagebien, economist at Inter American University, Metro Campus in Puerto Rico; Dr.

In this age of electronic immediacy and data driven services the homeless population is at risk of exponential marginalization. In urban areas across the US outreach programs have been set up to provide homeless population with access to cell phones, technology centers and training to build self sufficiency and capacity in our most vulnerable members of society.