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RenegAID™ is dedicated to improving people’s ability to reestablish themselves in catastrophic disasters.
RenegAID™, born out of the Hurricanes Katrina-Rita disaster, is an association of individuals with a vision for innovative humanitarian aid. Our purpose is to provide humanitarian relief, product, consultation and distribution.
RenegAID Team's Blog: After Sandy: A call to organized bike-based relief efforts - Janna Hawkins Mon, Dec 4th, 2012 - 18:00
I am a New Yorker and fortunate enough to have a bike. A few weeks ago I rode my bike from Brooklyn into Manhattan on the morning after Sandy’s storm surge hit New York Harbor. It was a great ride. During that bike ride I marveled at an iconic city without power or much car traffic. I was thrilled to be able to bike the Brooklyn Bridge, enjoying much greater mobility than the cars hoping to cross that morning and much greater speed than the pedestrians crossing with me. Having learned the skills of urban riding in Chicago…Read more
Practical uses of bikes in the early phases of disasters Sat, Nov 3, 2012 - 5:00 pm
One of the survivors of Hurricane Katrina had said back in 2005 that it was a shame that youth were not engaged in being a part of the recovery process, that if they had been given bikes they would have played a key role in the recover instead of people hearing about their 'looting and trouble-making.' We found the following photo and caption on the Chicago Tribunes's website.
Ryan Nelsen (right) and Fields Harrington (second from right) ride a tandem bicycle to generate power as people wait for their cell phones to recharge on Avenue C in the East Village of Manhattan, in New York. This neighborhood is in the area of Manhattan without any electrical power. — Stan Honda, Getty Images, Nov. 1, 2012
There are many reasons for bikes to be sent to disaster settings in the early stages of recovery: • having bikes allows the survivors to take matters into their own hands and not be left to the whim of an outside agenda. • bikes provide reliable transportation at a time when access to fuel is limited. • bikes can also be used for couriering messages, • bikes can be used for hauling supplies or people with trailers • bikes can be used for generating electricity • people of all ages generally know how to ride a bike • there are some people everywhere with enough skills to fix a bike What are some other reasons? Send us an email or call us to share your ideas.
Happy Birthday Little One! Sun, Oct 30, 2011 - 10:00
Happy Birthday Little One! Some see you only as a number (#7Billion). But I see you as a newborn baby – a joy to hold and snuggle as you explore with your open eyes the miracle of life. May your days, whether long or short, be filled with love. May we rise up to meet the challenge of feeding you, clothing you, protecting you and educating you until the day that you can join us – adults with responsibilities to each other to provide for the needs of the next generation. Happy Birthday Little One! RenegAID April's Deadly Tornados Sat, 4/30/2011 - 22:30 A huge thank you goes to the media at large for reporting on the individuals who are taking a leadership role in this disaster - people who drop everything to go to the aid of their neighbors. It is these ordinary people who act with compassion that make up a large portion of the relief complex.... Read more
Japan Quake Response Sun, 3/13/2011 - 06:12 I know we are all focused on the Japan quake aftermath. The situation with the reactor seems to shift priorities dramatically. In looking at some of the information coming in from Japan... Read more No Safe Place Mon, 12/06/2010 - 12:09It is easy to visualize what key items to bring to a catastrophic disaster once you have been a volunteer in such a situation. Workers from some relief organizations use items... Read moreDisorientation after disaster Mon, 11/29/2010 - 22:16 After hurricane Katrina the roads of Biloxi, Mississippi were strewn with pieces of houses and house contents, houses were shifted half-way onto the neighbor’s yard, and street... Read more Ready-to-Go Bikes overview Sat, 10/02/2010 - 15:28 The Ready-to-Go disaster relief Bicycle Project is currently in its final stages of development. The idea is to provide people with the resources and tools that make it easy to send a... Read more
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