How can design and social media help in an emergency situation?

Being outside your country while my friends, family and fellow citizens were suffering through massive wildfires proved immensely frustrating. Instead of sitting to watch the news I decided to help using my design tools. I designed a campaign to raise money and partner-up with other Chileans studying in the US. Using social media, we raised more than fifteen thousand dollars in three days; funds which were then donated to the firefighters and people who had lost everything in the fire.