GFIR's approach is built around two pillars that work together — a mobile early warning system that alerts families before climate-driven disasters strike, and immediate digital cash assistance once they hit. Our pilot starts in South Asia, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa — proving a model we plan to scale.
Two horizons — the deployment we're building today, and the model we're growing into.
Our first deployment is a two-year pilot supporting vulnerable families across South Asia, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Families are registered through local agents and receive mobile alerts and emergency cash transfers when hazards hit.
Support the Phase 1 campaign →From these first regions, our vision is to deepen the model where we work and extend it to more vulnerable communities — and to partner with global companies on climate resilience for their workers and local suppliers. One model, many places.
Read our principles →A simple flow designed to put life-saving alerts and emergency support directly into the hands of vulnerable families.
Families are pre-enrolled through trusted local agents — NGOs or community merchants — using biometric verification so aid reaches the right households. The agent is the human bridge between the platform and the community.
When a hazard is projected to affect a registered area, families and local agents receive disaster alerts in real time on their phones — with simple guidance on what to do next.
Once a disaster affects a registered family's location, digital cash assistance is delivered to them — secure, verified, and immediate.
Families visit a local agent to withdraw cash or purchase essentials — water, medicine, transport, temporary shelter — from a trusted point already part of their community.
Donate, share our work, or reach out if you'd like to help us build. Every kind of support helps a family prepare, respond, and recover.
