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Microsoft, Accenture & Avanade Profile Aidmatrix' Innovation for Japan Disaster Reliefs
When the earthquake struck Japan last year, Aidmatrix had already been working with Second Harvest Japan in trying to address food poverty within the nation. However, the circumstances of the earthquake required a dramatic acceleration of our plans. In order to meet that need, we turned to a solution platform that had recently been implemented: Windows Azure. Our investment in the migration of applications to the Azure Cloud gave us the agility to quickly deploy a local solution for Second Harvest Japan within hours of the decision to implement the solution to support the tsunami response. Beyond helping respond to the Japan earthquake, the investment yielded operational benefits that enabled us to reinvest the cost savings into other relief programs and pass that savings on to our NGO partners. The work was a true partnership between Aidmatrix, Microsoft, Accenture and Avanade. The case studies below further detail the work involved.
 Microsoft Press Release and Case Study
Accenture Case Study
Avanade Case Study
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TechSoup App It Up Presents: Aidmatrix's Virtual Aid Drive
 TechSoup, a nonprofit with a goal to provide other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities, partnered with Aidmatrix to promote the Virtual Aid Drive™ (VAD), a fun & easy online virtual fundraising technology. Aidmatrix has been featured on their blog, their weekly newsletter and their social media.The VAD does away with the collection boxes and shelves full of donated items and replaces them with an easy-to-set-up, easy-to-run online drive.
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 The Trucks For Change Network, a nonprofit association of leading Canadian trucking firms helping community charities with donated transportation services, have launched MOVEmatrix, an online freight matching tool developed for the exclusive use of Trucks for Change's member trucking and charity partners. "Many trucking companies already generously support their communities," said Ontario Trucking Association president David Bradley. "Trucks For Change Network and its MOVEmatrix technology will help them to do so more efficiently and at a lower operating cost. It's a win-win situation." The MOVEmatrix program is powered by Aidmatrix.
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Rebuilding Haiti: 2 Years Later
Many of our NGO partners are still hard at work in Haiti working on the rebuilding efforts. Our team at Aidmatrix will forever remember and honor those lost in the earthquake in 2010. We also remember the sacrafices and hope of the Haitians we met in our work as they came to work to serve their neighbors despite having lost everything themselves. The recovery unfortunately is a very long road. Supporting these reputable organizations still hard at work in Haiti can keep the work going. Read about what our great partners at CARE, Catholic Relief Services and Save the Children are doing to aid the long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts in Haiti.
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Aidmatrix President & CEO Keynote Speaker at the International Disaster Conference & Expo
Aidmatrix President & CEO Governor Scott McCallum was a keynote speaker at the International Disaster Conference & Expo in New Orleans on January 18th. He also served as Moderator on a panel titled "Public-Private Sector Synergies - Mobilizing International Resources for Global Disaster Aid, Response and Recovery".
Read about the conference
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FareShare North East (Newcastle England) is the latest hunger relief warehouse to go live on Aidmatrix' Online Warehouse solution. This is part of a multi-warehouse rollout plan underway with FareShare, a national UK charity supporting communities to relieve food poverty.