alxd ✏️ solarpunk prompts on Nostr: This is exactly what the Sierra Leonean hackers did in 2014 (full story at ...

This is exactly what the Sierra Leonean hackers did in 2014 (full story at https://lenses.alxd.org/ ): instead of just volunteering in hospitals among starving staff, they created infrastructure for everyone to be paid and continue working, saving tens, if not hundreds of thousands of lives.

As much as an app is not going to solve a flood, using your specialist knowledge, working with the people on the ground will usually help more.

More people can grab a shovel than set up a supply chain.