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How You Can Help After a Disaster

 
The fastest way to help the survivors of the hurricanes and wildfires, whether through financial donation or personal volunteerism, is through a trusted organization.
 
Donations: Cash is best. The National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) lists trusted organizations receiving donations. The NVOAD website has information on non-profit organizations accepting or registering individual in-kind donations here. For corporate donations, connect here. You may also make financial donations to a National VOAD member organization to help voluntary or charitable organizations continue to provide services to hurricane survivors.
 
NVOAD is coordinating closely with the governor’s offices on offers of assistance. FEMA does not transport donations collected by local, tribal, territorial, or state government or collected by private sector, non-governmental organizations, or NVOAD from point of collection to impacted areas. Those who want to help should visit www.nvoad.org. To provide assistance directly to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, visit www.prfaa.pr.gov/unitedforpuertorico and to the U.S. Virgin Islands, visit www.usvirecovery.org.
 
Volunteering: Anyone seeking an opportunity to get involved in response and recovery operations is encouraged to volunteer with local and nationally known organizations. A list of volunteer websites is available at www.nvoad.org. Those who wish to register to volunteer to support response efforts for Hurricane Maria can go here for Puerto Rico (https://prvoad.communityos.org/cms/irma) and here for the U.S. Virgin Islands (https://usvivoad.communityos.org/cms/irma). To register as an affiliated volunteer with a voluntary or charitable organization, visit the National VOAD for a list of partners active in disaster. Alternatively, you may register your interest to volunteer here for partner organizations to reach out to you.