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As volunteers struggled to get supplies to quake victims in Colombia, a few tech workers built an app to map and organize the sprawling relief effort. When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia last month, vital systems broke down for more than a million and a half people in the region: no water, no electricity, no cellphone signal. Civilians rushed to help, setting up donation points where people could drop off or collect aid in homes, cafes, universities, churches, gyms and at least one brewery. But the effort was haphazard: Some sites had food but no water. Others had water but no clothes.
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The quake in Colombia killed more than 300 people and injured more than 4,500 others, according to officials, and the epicenter was in a remote region where much of the population lives in poverty, leaving many in dire need.
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