People in Brazil using a public spreadsheet to coordinate relief funds

People in Petrópolis , a Brazilian recently struck by landslides, are using a public gdocs spreadsheet to coordinate the distributions of donations to victims. As many people lost their houses, they are sheltered in schools and churches. Because of this people started using this spreadsheet to coordinate the donations of food, clothing and hygiene products - the motivation is the lack of trust in authorities.

I found this case interesting, because it shows that there's space for a "smart cities" (or should I saw, "smart citizenship"?), for applications that help prevent, notify and coordinate relief during natural disasters.

If you are not aware about the disaster, here's some videos and an article about it (the number of deaths and missing are sadly increasing fast)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-judbAHGdg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGOktHnZros

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/17/1081382378/brazil-mudslides-k...

I have climber friends who are organising missions up to Petropolis to donate aid. They re coordinating on Facebook.