Who are we?
We are a team, passionately creating a remedy to the humanitarian eco-system by empowering people with humanitarian tools they can easily use. With all the brilliant techs in the world, it's a wonder technology has been so far from humanitarian infrastructure. Experiencing aftermaths of tragedies barehanded has fueled our drive to equip, well, everyone in the world.
The Re-launch
The idea for Humat began in 2007. (See Founder's Story) Humat incorporated in 2012, was built and crashed it's servers in 2014, and now back in development. After a sharp learning curve, we've developed our humanitarian search engine on a scalable, rock-solid platform. With plans revamped and one of the original techs integrating a new design, our re-launch, phase one, is at hand. We have some incredible upcoming tools up our sleeves too!
Empowering You to make a Difference
Seeing our dream come true is an exciting feeling. Helping other humanitarians reach their dream, your dream and cause, is even more fulfilling. Whether you own a non-profit or have a heart to help your neighbor, we want to be there for you. We want to take care of the complicated stuff so you can focus on your friend in need, a family hit by disaster, or even find resources for yourself. At Humat, we truly believe empowering you with efficient tools can turn your 3 steps into 300 steps. If we can impact you and your sphere of influence, we can impact the world.
Our Mission:
Humat's Mission is to use information technology to empower humanitarians, collaborate efforts and resources, increase response time, and expand spending power in an online and mobile environment.
Our Vision:
Humat's Vision is to be the World's Humanitarian Connection.
Humat's Values:
- Impact: Global and Local
- Accessibility
- Efficiency
- Advocate - Defend and Respect Humanity
- Empowering and Engaging
- Unify and Crowd-Source
- Financial Stewardship and Sustainability
- Publicize Needs in a non/bipartisan way
- Dare to Pioneer Creative Global Solutions
- Lead Innovative Infrastructure
We aim to empower and connect charitable individuals, organizations, and resources. Our objective is to provide a public driven index, media source, communication link, and networking center for all humanitarian endeavors.
- If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa - Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.
Princess Diana - The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
Albert Einstein
Founder’s Story
In 2007 I took a trip to Africa.
My father had been helping Equatorial Guinea Africa with infrastructure work and sending humanitarian aid. I assisted him in placing orders and arrange for shipping surplus from organizations such as UNICEF and Heart to Heart.
In planning a trip to Mozambique, my friend and I were asked to come a couple months early to help with flood victims. Almost 300,000 people had been displaced or needed aid because of the flood. We agreed. That was the last I heard from our contacts until we arrived. When I requested a list of items they needed to order from our surplus organizations, the line went cold. Even the U.S. contacts could not reach anyone who might know. My best, very ignorant, American guess for emergency items made me think surgical. So, I brought the wrong supplies, which were put in storage for two years. They needed first aid, de-worming, anti-malaria, and a few other simple medicines which we had available to save lives. The South African doctor working with us on the front lines said 20% of the victims we had treated would be dead the next year. "They have no follow-up treatments and we have no medicines to leave." We could not get to any of the other villages, the majority of the victims, because we had no more medicine or anything useful. They were left to battle infections, disease, and wounds with nothing but disease ridden water and dirt. Hundreds were left to die in their make-shift mud and straw huts, all because I could not find out what supplies they needed. This broke my heart! There has got to be a better way with all the technology at our fingertips!
My experiences with hurricanes Katrina and Rita showed similar gaps. Many Katrina victims were brought to Houston. Then hurricane Rita hit Houston and victims were brought from the Astrodome to the Dallas/Fort Worth area. So many of my friends, affluent and not, were asking how they could help. “Can we offer our spare rooms? Can we bring food? How do we volunteer?” Security had blocked all civilians from helping. Only Red Cross employees and volunteers who had previously been background checked could help. Meanwhile, victims were sleeping on cots and on the floor in Reunion Arena. When a local apartment complex opened up a wing of their units to victims, we were able to assist distributing furniture and household items. Before then, our hands were tied. I knew there had to be a solution!
A new humanitarian infrastructure needs to be put in place. So many kind hearts are willing and wanting to help their neighbor, especially during a crisis. Thus, Humat was born. An opulent supply of surplus and resources are available. Humat aims to provide the efficient pipeline needed to empower organizations and the public to multiply their power of resources to these needs.
-Cheryl Brooks