Disaster Resilience Emergency Aid Management

All in one Emergency Aid
Management solution

When disaster strikes, the window to act is short. DREAM gives responders, NGOs, and governments what they need to move fast and get aid to the right people.

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What We Do

DREAM runs a fast, secure platform built specifically for disaster relief, from the moment funds are committed to the moment they reach survivors.

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Disaster Funds Disbursement

Getting disaster funds to verified recipients quickly, with full transaction visibility from the moment money moves.

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Verification Processes

KYC and AML checks confirm that aid reaches the right person. Fraud has fewer places to hide when every transfer is verified.

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Multilateral Communications

One platform connects government agencies, NGOs, businesses, and survivors. Everyone sees the same information.

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Spend Controls & Reporting

Donors set the parameters on when and how funds are spent. Every transaction is logged and visible to funders.

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Scalability & Location Precision

From a local flood to a national catastrophe, the platform handles it. Aid is delivered based on verified location data, not guesswork.

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Resource Coordination

Resources, personnel, and supplies tracked in one system, so nothing gets stuck between agencies or lost in the handoff.

Funds delivered to the right person
at the right time

Getting money to survivors shouldn't take weeks. DREAM's emergency mCards(mobile cards) put verified funds in someone's hands within minutes, with spend controls so donors know exactly how their money is used.

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    Mobile-first delivery

    Funds reach an mCard in minutes. No bank account needed.

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    Controlled spending

    Disaster-specific limits ensure funds are used for the right purpose.

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    Dynamic reporting

    Funders track every account and transaction as it happens.

DREAM mCard mobile app

DREAM mCard Platform

Minutes

from disaster event to funds in hand

Card platform

Card Platform

Full spend analytics

Relief

Aid Relief

With dignity, at scale

Timely and accurate communications are key in a disaster situation.

Real-time intelligence, at the moment it matters

In a disaster, bad information is as dangerous as no information. DREAM's platform pulls live data from emergency services, weather providers, and field teams, then pushes accurate updates to survivors and responders.

The platform runs extremely data-light microsites to register survivors and determine their location. It crowdsources field conditions, verifies reports, and sends millions of notifications per minute via SMS and email, even on low-bandwidth networks.

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Live weather & hazard data

Sourced from FEMA, emergency services, and third-party providers.

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Millions of notifications/min

SMS and email even on low-bandwidth networks.

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Survivor microsites

Ultra-lightweight registration and location tools for those in the field.

Crowdsourced verification

Information validated across sources before it reaches decision-makers.

How funds actually reach survivors

The gap between a donor's intent and a survivor's relief has always been filled with handoffs, delays, and fraud. DREAM closes that gap.

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Traditional System

Many handoffs, few controls

Donor / Government

Multiple handoffs

NGOs, intermediaries, agents

Manual verification

Slow, error-prone KYC

Cash distribution

Fraud entry points

Survivor (delayed)

Weeks later, often incomplete

Funds take weeks to arrive, passing through multiple hands. Each step is a potential point of fraud.

DREAM Platform

Fast, secure, accountable

Donor / Government

DREAM Platform

KYC, AML, spend controls

Verified mCard

Digital delivery in minutes

Survivor (immediate)

Full reporting to funders

Accountable giving with optional spend controls. Funds tracked from source to survivor, with reporting back to the funder.

Minutes

from event to funds in hand

100%

transaction accountability

Zero

uncontrolled fraud entry points

The DREAM Team

Deep expertise across fintech, payments, and disaster response, working on one problem: getting aid to the right people fast.

Kirsten Trusko

Kirsten Trusko

Fintech · Payments · Disaster Relief · Humanitarian Aid

Mark Steven

Mark Steven

Disaster Relief · Humanitarian Aid

David Strebinger

David Strebinger

Fintech · Payments · Banking · BaaS · Processing

Samuel Barlow

Samuel Barlow

Computer Science · AI · Entrepreneur

Jeff Sparrow

Jeff Sparrow

Retail · Loyalty · Payment Rails · Investor · Innovator

Building the coalition that makes humanitarian payments possible.

Associations & Partnerships

DREAM doesn't work alone. We're part of a coalition that makes humanitarian payments faster and more accountable.

PaaL - Payments as a Lifeline

Member Organisation

Payments as a Lifeline (PaaL)

PaaL is a coalition of payments companies that helps charities, foundations, and governments deliver funds to individuals quickly and securely, via Mastercard, wearable, or smartphone.

DREAM's membership in PaaL connects us to the payment infrastructure needed to move money at the speed disasters require.

Visit paalpay.org

Let's Connect

Whether you're a funder, an NGO, a government agency, or just exploring what DREAM can do for your disaster response, we'd like to hear from you. Tell us what you're working on.

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Inquiries

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